Table 7

TOTAL EMPLOYMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES AND EMPLOYMENT IN TOURISM INDUSTRIES, 200

In thousand persons

In thousand persons
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES 28,294 29,154 30,062 30,627 31,611 32,312 32,962 33,564
TOURISM CHARACTERISTIC INDUSTRIES 2,639 2,724 2,799 2,940 3,077 3,136 3,449 3,549
Accommodation and food and beverage 684 668 693 750 806 861 893 907
Passenger transport 1,085 1,157 1,181 ### ### ### 1,533 1,598
Travel Agents, tour operators and tourism guides 115 124 126 127 137 142 23 26
Recreation, entertainment and cultural services 240 245 250 265 278 258 233 241
Retail trade on tourism-charactersitic goods 179 205 219 219 229 240 261 266
Miscellaneous 336 325 330 318 301 297 507 510

Percent share
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Share of Employment in Tourism Industries 9.3% 9.3% 9.3% 9.6% 9.7% 9.7% 10.5% 10.6%
to Total Employment

Growth rate
00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES 3.0 3.1 1.9 3.2 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.6
TOURISM CHARACTERISTIC INDUSTRIES 3.2 2.8 5.0 4.6 1.9 10.0 2.9 2.6
Accomodation and food and beverage (2.3) 3.8 8.2 7.5 6.8 3.7 1.6 5.0
Passenger transport 6.6 2.1 6.9 5.1 1.0 14.5 4.3 (0.3)
Travel Agents, tour operators and tourism guides 7.5 1.8 0.8 7.9 3.6 ### 16.1 (0.3)
Recreation, entertainment and cultural services 2.1 1.8 6.2 4.9 (7.2) (9.8) 3.4 16.3
Retail trade on tourism-charactersitic goods 14.5 6.8 (0.2) 4.8 4.7 8.8 2.2 1.1
Miscellaneous (3.1) 1.6 (3.9) (5.3) (1.4) 71.0 0.6 2.2

Sources of basic data: Labor Force Survey (LFS), Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI),
and Census of Philippine Business and Industry (CPBI) of the Philippine Statistics Authority
INDUSTRIES, 2000 - 2016

housand persons
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
34,089 35,060 36,047 36,614 37,600 38,118 38,092 38,741 40,837
3,642 3,912 4,126 4,266 4,561 4,709 4,820 4,971 5,224
953 1017 1045 1116 1579 1601 1694 1743 1756
1,593 1762 1,902 1870 1675 1746 1713 1779 1927
26 26 26 30 26 29 30 26 33
280 279 279 328 338 343 349 349 368
270 274 276 307 300 312 319 323 353
521 554 598 615 643 678 714 751 787

Percent share
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

10.7% 11.2% 11.4% 11.7% 12.1% 12.4% 12.7% 12.83% 12.79%

08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 14-15 15-16

2.8 2.8 1.6 2.7 1.4 -0.1 1.7 5.4
7.4 5.5 3.4 6.9 3.2 2.3 3.2 5.1
6.8 2.8 6.8 41.5 1.4 5.8 2.9 0.7
10.6 7.9 (1.7) -10.4 4.3 -1.9 3.8 8.3
(0.3) - 15.1 -13.1 9.5 5.4 -11.9 23.6
(0.4) 0.1 17.3 3.2 1.5 1.7 -0.1 5.4
1.5 0.9 11.4 -2.4 4.2 2.2 1.0 9.3
6.3 7.9 2.9 4.7 5.4 5.3 5.2 4.8