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Total contribution of tourism to employment in Latin America & Caribbean 2019-2021
After having lost more than six million jobs as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Latin American tourism industries experienced a recovery in 2021. In that year, more than 22 million jobs in Latin America were directly or indirectly related to the travel and tourism sector.