WASHINGTON, DC – David Huether, senior vice president for research and economics at the US Travel Association, provides analysis on today’s Labor Department employment report and the Commerce Departme
WASHINGTON, DC – David Huether, senior vice president for research and economics at the US Travel Association, provides analysis on today’s Labor Department employment report and the Commerce Department export report for February:
“After eight consecutive months of gains, travel employment declined slightly by 4,000 jobs in March, consistent with the national employment growth slowdown. Still, one month does not make a trend, and travel job growth in the first quarter of 2015 averaged 7,200 jobs per month. The travel industry continues to support more than eight million direct jobs since the employment recovery began, outpacing job growth in the rest of the economy by 37 percent.