Statistics Norway

Tourism satellite accounts

11 Employment in tourism industries. Full-time equivalent persons (1 000), employees and self-employed
  1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007* 2008*
Hotels and restaurants 53.8 55.8 56.4 57.1 56.7 55.8 55.5 54.1 53.6 53.4 56.3 58.1 59.5
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 7.1 6.3 6.3 6.2
Scheduled motor bus transport and taxi operation 21.5 21.8 21.9 21.7 22.1 21.1 21.3 20.7 20.6 21.6 21.7 22.1 22.7
Sea 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 2.0 2.1 2.2
Inland water transport 8.9 9.0 8.4 8.1 7.3 7.4 8.0 8.1 7.6 7.5 7.2 7.4 7.5
Air transport 10.7 11.4 13.5 13.7 12.9 12.8 11.7 11.4 11.3 9.9 8.7 8.7 8.6
Activities of travel agencies etc. 4.0 4.3 4.5 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.7
Rental of transport equipment1 1.4 1.5 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.4 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.6
Motion picture, other entertainment, news agencies and cultural activities 21.9 22.0 22.0 22.5 22.3 18.9 21.5 20.8 21.0 21.4 22.5 23.1 23.6
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 1.4 1.4 1.4
                           
Total employment in tourism industries2  136.1  137.3  140.5  141.8  140.1  134.1  135.2  131.6  130.6  130.3  132.0  135.2  138.0
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 1 991.5 2 070.5 2 159.8 2 226.1
                           
Tourism industries' share of total employment. Per cent 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.1 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.2
1  The figures have been corrected since the previous publication.
2  The components do not always add up to the totals due to rounding off.

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