The global travel and tourism industry experienced a 10% drop in new job postings related to environmental sustainability in Q3 2023 compared with the previous quarter, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics. This compares to a 14% decrease versus Q3 2022. GlobalData’s Travel & Tourism: Hiring Trends & Signals Q3 2023 report reveals comprehensive insights into hiring patterns, job roles, required skills, geographical trends, and key themes within the travel & tourism industry, facilitating anticipation of future workforce needs. Buy the report here.

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Notably, Management Occupations jobs accounted for a 15% share of the global travel and tourism industry’s environmental sustainability-related total new job postings in Q3 2023, down 30% over the prior quarter.

Management Occupations drive environmental sustainability-related hiring activity

Management Occupations, with a share of 15%, emerged as the top environmental sustainability-related job roles within the travel and tourism industry in Q3 2023, with new job postings drop by 30% quarter-on-quarter. Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations came in second with a share of 10% in Q3 2023, with new job postings dropping by 32% over the previous quarter.

The other prominent environmental sustainability roles include Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations with a 9% share in Q3 2023, Office and Administrative Support Occupations with a 5% share of new job postings.

Top five companies in travel and tourism industry accounted for 35% of hiring activity

The top companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, as of Q3 2023 were Marriott International, Flix, Accor, Hilton Worldwide, and Norwegian Cruise Line. Together they accounted for a combined share of 35% of all environmental sustainability-related new jobs in the travel and tourism industry.

Marriott International posted 417 environmental sustainability-related new jobs in Q3 2023, Flix 412 jobs, Accor 359 jobs, Hilton Worldwide 275 jobs, and Norwegian Cruise Line 221 jobs, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics.

Hiring activity was driven by the US with a 48.57% share of total new job postings, Q3 2023

The largest share of environmental sustainability-related new job postings in the travel and tourism industry in Q3 2023 was in the US with 48.57% followed by Germany (7.95%) and the UK (6.40%). The share represented by the US was one percentage point higher than the 47.67% share it accounted for in Q2 2023.

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This content was updated on 8 October 2023

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