Go to target 8.8
Target 8.9: Promote beneficial and sustainable tourism
By 2030, devise and implement policies to promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products.
Indicators
8.9.2
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Definition
The indicator shows the number of persons employed in tourism industries in any of their jobs incl. persons working part time. The tourism industries comprise all establishments for which the principal activity is a tourism characteristic activity. This is an activity that typically produces tourism characteristic products, as defined in the International Recommendations for Tourism Statistics 2008 (IRTS 2008) (United Nations and World Tourism Organization, 2010). Examples to tourism related activities include among other services accommodation services, food and beverage serving, passenger transportation and travel services.
Data source: UN website on SDG global data.