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2,200,000

2,200,000 -- tourism employment for UK tourism sector (2006)

Name: Tourism Employment Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-09-27

2006 · Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)

2.2 million people work in tourism in the UK, accounting for 7.7% of the UK workforce.

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Value

2,200,000

Unit

Count

Data Vintage

2006

Entity

UK tourism sector

Evidence Quality

Strong, reliable evidence

Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.

61/100 confidence

Single source - not yet corroborated

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Source Trust

Citation Chain

Independence

Methodology

Freshness

Source

Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) Primary Tier B

http://www.visitengland.org/england-tourism-industry/DestinationManagerToolkit/DestinationPlanning/1… ↗

Confidence: 53/100 Vintage: 2006 Channel: Common Crawl

Source Article

1D: Tourism and Planning

Original Research

Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) · Original study ↗

Methodology

Cited from DCLG Good Practice Guide on Planning for Tourism (May 2006)

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Industrymarketing

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UK tourism sector: 2,200,000 tourism employment. Source: Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) (2006). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/uk-tourism-employment-2006

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