Statistics Norway

Tourism satellite accounts

11   Employment in tourism industries. Full-time equivalent persons (1000), employees and selfemployed. 1996-2005
  1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005*
Hotels and restaurants 53.8 55.8 56.4 57.1 56.7 55.8 55.5 54.1 53.6 53.8
Transport via railways, tramway and suburban transport 12.1 8.3 8.7 8.8 8.8 8.3 8.1 7.5 7.4 7.2
Scheduled motor bus transportation and taxi operation 21.5 21.8 21.9 21.7 22.1 21.1 21.3 20.7 20.6 21.2
Ocean and coastal water passenger transport abroad 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0
Inland water transport 8.9 9.0 8.4 8.1 7.3 7.4 8.0 8.1 7.6 7.5
Air transport 10.7 11.4 13.5 13.7 12.9 12.8 11.7 11.4 11.3 11.0
Activities of travel agencies etc. 4.0 4.3 4.5 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.4
Rental of transport equipment 4.0 4.3 4.5 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.6
Motion picture and other entertainment, news agencies and cultural services 21.9 22.0 22.0 22.5 22.3 18.9 21.5 20.8 21.0 21.7
Sporting and other recreational activities 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.7 1.7
                     
Total employment in tourism industries  140.2  140.1  143.2  144.7  143.1  137.6  138.7  135.1  134.0  135.1
Total employment 1 857.1 1 911.6 1 960.5 1 975.4 1 984.0 1 980.8 1 982.8 1 960.1 1 962.0 1 983.6
                     
Tourism industries' share of total employment 7.5 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.2 6.9 7.0 6.9 6.8 6.8

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