Tourism as a source of work for youth and immigrants
One of the industries most affected by the coronavirus is tourism, due to the closure of borders, travel restrictions, and hygiene and infection control measures, which plunged activity to historic lows. Although it is too soon to determine the future of the tourism industry once the current emergency situation is over, Statistics Canada published a report on the role this sector played in the country’s economic and job activity before the pandemic. The tourism industry emerged as one of the most committed to making Canada’s much-touted diversity a reality. Tourism jobs held by immigrants represented 27.6% of all existing jobs in the sector in 2019. British Columbia with 35% and Alberta with 34.3% are the provinces with the greatest participation of immigrants in tourism jobs. On the other hand, Newfoundland and Labrador with 8.4% and Nunavut with 7.2% had the lowest participation of foreign workers in this sector.
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