Insight Department: Tourism employment in Scotland

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1 Insight Department: Tourism employment in Scotland December 2018

2 Introduction This document provides Scotland s sustainable tourism employment1 statistics for 2017 and compares them to the position in 2009 and The report contains the following information: Tourism employment levels from ; Tourism employment by SIC Code & rate of change ; Tourism employment by Local Authority area and rate of change ; Tourism employment as % of Scotland total & all jobs in Local Authority Area 2017; and Tourism employment relative to employment in other Scottish Growth Sectors in This report has been prepared by VisitScotland using Scottish Government Growth Sector statistics (published in October 2018) and Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics (sourced in November 2018). Both datasets relate to the year As defined by Scottish Government using the SIC codes available in Table 1 on page 3 1

3 Tourism Employment levels from Tourism employment recently fell from 207,000 in 2016 to 206,000 in This level of employment although down from 2015 s nine year high remains above the long term average from 2009 to Tourism employment has increased by 13% over the past five years ( ) which coincides with the introduction of the national tourism strategy in This compared favourably to a 5% fall in the preceding four-year period ( ). Figure 1: Tourism Employment : National tourism strategy Tourism Scotland 2020 (TS2020) launched average is198,100 compared to 185,175 between and 203,950 between

4 Tourism Employment by SIC Code & Rate of Change The tourism growth sector is defined by the activity of 14 SIC codes in Table 1 that make up the sustainable tourism sector as defined by Scottish Government. Table 1: Tourism Employment by SIC Code & Rate of Change & SUSTAINABLE TOURISM STANDARD INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION (SIC) CODE SIC 56.1: Restaurants and mobile food service activities SIC 55.1: Hotels and similar accommodation VALUE NO. CHANGE % CHANGE ,900 64,900 79,000-2,000 14,100-3% 22% 49,200 50,100 50, % 0% SIC 56.3: Beverage serving activities 41,600 30,500 36,000-11,100 5,500-27% 18% SIC 93.11: Operation of sports facilities SIC : Other sports activities (not including activities of racehorse owners) nec 13,400 13,400 15, ,600 0% 12% 2,000 3,800 4,500 1, % 18% SIC 91.02: Museum activities 4,100 4,400 4, % 2% SIC 55.2: Holiday and other shortstay accommodation SIC 91.03: Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions SIC 55.3: Camping grounds, recreational vehicle parks and trailer parks SIC 91.04: Botanical and zoological gardens and nature reserve activities SIC 93.29: Other amusement and recreation activities 2,900 3,000 3, % 17% 1,000 2,200 2,500 1, % 14% 2,200 2,300 2, % 9% 2,100 1,800 2, % 25% 2,300 2,000 3, ,000-13% 50% SIC 79.12: Tour operator activities 1,600 1,400 2, % 43% SIC 79.9: Other reservation service and related activities SIC Activities of amusement parks and theme parks 1,000 1, % -33% % 20% Total 190, , ,000-9,400 24,650 95% 13% *May not sum due to Scottish Government controlled rounding criteria 3

5 Approximately four in every five tourism related jobs are in three well represented sub sectors: restaurants; hotels and beverage services. Employment in these dominant sub sectors has increased by 5% from mainly due to a sizable increase in restaurant and food services employment from Employment in hotels is broadly similar to its 2009 position. However, beverage services employment while recovering slightly between experienced the highest loss of employees over the period Employment in this sector contracted by 5,600 workers (-13%) since Employment in the remaining 11 SIC codes all increased markedly between (with the notable exception of operation of sports facilities). Overall these fluctuations have resulted in a longer-term trend which is helping to provide a more even balance between in the top three SIC codes and the remaining 11 SIC Codes (see Tables 2 & 3). Table 2: Tourism Employment Top 3 SIC codes v bottom 11 SIC Codes & Top 3 SICs 157, , ,000 As % of total 82.6% 80.2% 80.0% Remaining 11 SICs 33,200 36,000 41,150 As % of total 17.4% 19.8% 20.0% Table 3: Tourism Employment by Local Authority Area and Rate of Change & Top 3 SICs -7.7% 13.4% 4.6% Remaining 11 SICs 8.4% 14.3% 23.9% Tourism Employment by Local Authority Area & Rate of Change Table 4 shows the level of tourism employment in each local authority area and the rate of change over the three distinct time periods. Tourism employment declined in 21 local authorities between which contrasts to the period when tourism employment increased in all but one local authority area. Tourism employment over the longer term from has generally grown in Scotland s city regions: Edinburgh (22%); Glasgow (12%); Perth & Kinross (5%) and Inverness/Highland (22%) with the exceptions of Dundee and Aberdeen where tourism employment marginally decreased (-2% and -1% respectively). Tourism employment in the South of Scotland (Dumfries & Galloway and Scottish Borders (5% and 11% respectively)) experienced strong growth from following a period of decline in the previous period. 4

6 Table 4: Tourism Employment by Local Authority Area and Rate of Change & Tourism Jobs 2017 % change % change % change Aberdeen City 10,000 2% -3% -1% Aberdeenshire 8,000 4% 14% 19% Angus 3,000-6% 3% -3% Argyll & Bute 6,000 9% 3% 13% Clackmannanshire 1,000 25% 0% 25% Dumfries & Galloway 6,000-5% 11% 5% Dundee City 5,000-14% 14% -2% East Ayrshire 2,500-9% 19% 9% East Dunbartonshire 2,000-16% 25% 5% East Lothian 3,500 7% 21% 30% East Renfrewshire 1,500-22% 7% -17% City of Edinburgh 34,000 3% 19% 22% Na h-eileanan Siar 1,000-10% 11% 0% Falkirk 4,000-5% 11% 5% Fife 11,000-14% 16% -1% Glasgow City 29,000-3% 15% 12% Highland 16,000 0% 22% 22% Inverclyde 2,000-11% 18% 5% Midlothian 2,000-17% 33% 11% Moray 3,000-14% 20% 3% North Ayrshire 4,000-10% 5% -5% North Lanarkshire 6,000-17% 5% -13% Orkney Islands 1,250-8% 14% 4% Perth & Kinross 8,000 5% 0% 5% Renfrewshire 5,000-17% 11% -7% Scottish Borders 4,000-6% 18% 11% Shetland Islands 1,250 0% 4% 4% South Ayrshire 6,000 2% 9% 11% South Lanarkshire 8,000-22% 11% -13% Stirling 6,000 5% 30% 36% West Dunbartonshire 3,000-32% 58% 7% West Lothian 3,500-16% 13% -5% Scotland 206,000-5% 13% 8% * May not sum due to Scottish Government controlled rounding criteria 5

7 Tourism Employment as % of Scotland Total & all Jobs in Local Authority 2017 Table 5 shows the importance of tourism related jobs in each area relative to each areas population and employment profile. Tourism related jobs are particularly prevalent in Scotland s island and city economies. Commuter local authorities with good transport links to Glasgow and Edinburgh (i.e. East Renfrewshire; East Dunbartonshire and West Lothian) have the lowest number of tourism jobs per head of population. Table 5: Tourism Employment as % of Scotland Total & all Jobs in Local Authority Tourism jobs as a % of Scotland total Tourism employment as a % of total employment in LA in 2017 Tourism jobs per 1,000 of the Population Aberdeen City 5% 8% 44 Aberdeenshire 4% 6% 31 Angus 1% 5% 26 Argyll & Bute 3% 15% 69 Clackmannanshire 0% 4% 19 Dumfries & Galloway 3% 9% 40 Dundee City 2% 8% 34 East Ayrshire 1% 5% 21 East Dunbartonshire 1% 4% 19 East Lothian 2% 7% 33 East Renfrewshire 1% 3% 16 City of Edinburgh 17% 13% 64 Na h-eileanan Siar 0% 8% 37 Falkirk 2% 5% 25 Fife 5% 6% 30 Glasgow City 14% 10% 47 Highland 8% 13% 68 Inverclyde 1% 6% 22 Midlothian 1% 4% 22 Moray 1% 7% 31 North Ayrshire 2% 7% 29 North Lanarkshire 3% 4% 18 Orkney Islands 1% 10% 57 Perth & Kinross 4% 11% 60 Renfrewshire 2% 6% 34 Scottish Borders 2% 8% 35 Shetland Islands 1% 10% 54 South Ayrshire 3% 12% 53 South Lanarkshire 4% 5% 25 Stirling 3% 14% 53 West Dunbartonshire 1% 7% 25 West Lothian 2% 4% 19 Scotland 100% 8% 38

8 Figure 2 shows the number tourism jobs per 1,000 head of population4. It shows the importance of the tourism sector in the context of all residents not just the resident workforce. Figure 2: Tourism Jobs per 1,000 head of population 4includes economically unproductive part of each local authority area (i.e. children; unemployed and economically inactive). 7

9 Tourism Employment Relative to Employment in other Growth Sectors Scotland s Economic Strategy identifies sustainable tourism as one of six growth sectors5 where Scotland has a distinct comparative advantage. Sustainable tourism is the most represented growth sector in Scottish Local Authorities. Tourism employment is the largest provider of employment in 16 out of 32 local authorities (50%) (Table 6)6. Table 6: Tourism Employment relative to all Growth Sector Employment Local Authority Largest Growth Sector in LA Aberdeen City 16% 16% 17% Energy (45%) Aberdeenshire 19% 19% 18% Food and Drink (36%) Angus 28% 27% 26% Food and Drink (43%) Argyll & Bute 45% 48% 46% Sustainable Tourism Clackmannanshire 30% 36% 34% Sustainable Tourism Dumfries & Galloway 29% 29% 28% Food and Drink (47%) Dundee City 34% 36% 39% Sustainable Tourism East Ayrshire 26% 23% 25% Financial and Business Services (35%) East Dunbartonshire 37% 31% 33% Sustainable Tourism East Lothian 35% 35% 37% Sustainable Tourism East Renfrewshire 45% 42% 38% Joint with Finance & Business Services City of Edinburgh 25% 27% 29% Finance & Business Services (50%) Na h-eileanan Siar 14% 14% 14% Food and Drink (72%) Falkirk 35% 33% 29% Joint with Finance & Business Services Fife 36% 34% 35% Sustainable Tourism Glasgow City 23% 24% 25% Financial and Business Services (47%) Highland 36% 36% 38% Sustainable Tourism Inverclyde 34% 29% 31% Financial and Business Services (54%) Midlothian 32% 27% 34% Sustainable Tourism Moray 27% 24% 26% Food and Drink (52%) North Ayrshire 42% 41% 37% Sustainable Tourism North Lanarkshire 28% 25% 25% Financial and Business Services (34%) Orkney Islands 27% 26% 26% Food and Drink (51%) Perth & Kinross 31% 35% 33% Sustainable Tourism Renfrewshire 38% 34% 34% Sustainable Tourism Scottish Borders 30% 28% 28% Food and Drink (42%) Shetland Islands 23% 22% 52% Food and Drink (55%) South Ayrshire 50% 52% 52% Sustainable Tourism South Lanarkshire 30% 25% 26% Financial and Business Services (29%) Stirling 37% 37% 37% Joint with Finance & Business Services West Dunbartonshire 43% 33% 39% Joint with Finance & Business Services West Lothian 25% 23% 26% Financial and Business Services (33%) Scotland 28% 28% 29% - 5Growth Sectors: Food & Drink; Creative Industries (including digital); Sustainable Tourism ; Energy; Financial & Business Services and Life Sciences 6Sustainable Tourism is the largest growth sector in 12 local authorities and is the joint largest (with Finance & Business Services) in a further four. Food & Drink is the largest growth sector in eight local authorities followed by Finance & Business Services (seven) and Energy (one). 8

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