In 2011, the tourist industry employed approximately 235 million people worldwide.
2.1 million are employed and around 132,000 of them jobs are self employed :)
It is estimated that there are between 2.5 and 3.5 million people employed in the arms industry worldwide. This includes workers involved in manufacturing, sales, research and development, and other aspects of the industry.
The global timber industry employs millions of people worldwide. In the United States alone, the industry employs over 60,000 people in logging and around 400,000 in wood products manufacturing.
2.1 million
According to the Oil and Gas Global Salary Guide for 2013, there are 5 million people employed worldwide in the gas and oil industry. One would also assume there millions indirectly working in related jobs. There are also 6.5 million people working in the renewable energy industry worldwide.
The single industry in Cuba that employs the most people is the tourism industry. The tourism industry in Cuba employs approximately 1,109,000 million people.
The industry employed approximately 40,000 people in 2000, compared to 32,963 in 1998.
The largest industry in the Maldives is the tourism industry
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About 300,000 people are employed by the health insurance industry.
According to the Securities Industry Association, the securities industry employed more than 612,000 people in 1997. This figure represents a 36 percent increase in five years