Employment in tourism

In 2023, there were 146,600 employed people in tourism. Tourism accounted for 5.3 per cent of all employed persons. The sector also has very significant multiplier effects on other sectors, such as construction, transport and trade.

Regional distribution of employment

In regional terms, tourism provides employment especially in Uusimaa, where more than one third (37%) of the employed persons in the sector worked in 2023. The proportion of people working in tourism was significantly higher than average in Åland (20.3%) and in Lapland (8.3%).

Employment in tourism by industry

Examined by industry, the food and beverage service sector is by far the biggest employer in tour-ism: a half (50%) of employees worked in the food and beverage service sector in 2023. One quar-ter (24%) of the employees in the tourism sector worked in passenger transport services. The rest (25%) worked in cultural, sport and recreational services, accommodation services, and travel agencies and similar services.