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Hotel employees are worried about working conditions amid the pandemic.
Many say their jobs have gotten harder because of lower staffing levels.
Others have yet to return to work after being laid off last spring.
A year into the pandemic, workers in the battered hospitality industry know tourists are returning, and they re worried.
Some are worried about dangerous working conditions. Some are worried about an increased workload and reduced staffing. And some are worried the jobs they rely on aren t coming back.
The American Hotel & Lodging Association reported that about 3.5 million leisure and hospitality jobs about 20% of total jobs in the sector disappeared during the pandemic and have not yet returned.
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âThe Start of a Comebackâ in 5 U.S. Cities
With vaccinations picking up, warmer weather and increased business reopenings over the last week, tourism has picked up in these destinations.
Roller skaters in the French Quarter are a sign of tourism picking up in New Orleans.Credit.Emily Kask for The New York Times
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As Covid-19 vaccinations have picked up and more businesses reopen across the country, Easter weekend saw a resurgence of tourist activity in some cities, perhaps indicating a turning point for the struggling tourism industry.
Chip Rogers, the president and chief operating officer for the American Hotel & Lodging Association, the trade organization for the hospitality industry, said that before last weekend, recovery had been âvery regionalized,â with places like Florida and Texas doing well and âcities that thrive on large meetings and conventions like a Chicago, Orlando, Las Vegasâ struggling to recover.
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