The U.S. Travel Associationtoday announced that projected modest 2010 increases in leisure, business andinternational inbound travel will enable the industry to add nearly 90,000American jobs. Leisure travel is expected to rise 2.0 percent, business travelis projected to increase by 2.5 percent and international inbound travel willincrease by nearly 3.0 percent. These job gains come on the heels of 400,000combined travel industry job losses in 2008 and 2009.
"The travel industry shares President Obama's goal of putting Americans backto work. Our industry is uniquely capable of adapting to economic upswings andquickly adding tens of thousands of jobs," said Roger Dow, president and CEOof the U.S. Travel Association. "What we announce today is based upon modestincreases in travel. Given its immense potential, we call on theAdministration and Members of Congress to build a plan for economic recoverythat drives significant increases in travel."
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