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STS429 Valentina Stoevska
(i) % of employed in the tourism industries
(ii) % of employed in environmental sector of tourism
(iii) % of jobs in tourism industries that are decent
(iv) % of jobs in tourism industries that are green
While each of the listed indicators (i), (ii) and (iii) can be used for assessing
one dimension of sustainability, the indicators (iv) can be used to assess all 3
dimensions of sustainable tourism A major advantage of counting ‘green
jobs’ in tourism industries is that it focuses on all three dimensions the
sustainable tourism: economic, environmental and social. It takes into
account:

- Job in the tourism industries,
- Jobs that contribute to environmental protection and resource
management in tourism,
- Quality of the jobs in tourism.

Figure 1: Employment data for assessing the three dimensions of sustainability of tourism

Other indicators that might be of interest to policy –makers include
indirect and inducted employment create thanks to tourism. Employment in
these groups will increase with the increase of the tourism activities. These
jobs could be estimated through TSA or statistical modelling.

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