The number of tourism workers falls in the Balearic Islands, but sets a record in Spain – La Voz De …

In the third quarter of this year the number of tourism workers has fallen in the Balearic Islands, but has grown in Spain. The archipelago has had a decrease of 9.9% year-on-year in workers in the sector. At the same time, at national level the figure has grown by 2.3% compared to the same period in 2023. This has allowed that, for the first time in history, the total number of tourism workers exceeded 3 million. In the Balearic Islands just over 201,000 tourism workers have been counted, according to Turespaña’s latest Labour Force Survey (EPA). This includes the employees of the sector, which are about 183,000 (90.9% of the total) and the self-employed, just over 18,000 (the remaining 9.1%). While employees were 10.5% less…