UAE is steering the way to generate travel and tourism employment between 2010 and 2020. Plans are that UAE will generate 5.7 per cent annualised growth rate in travel and tourism economy employment making it the fastest in the world. UAE stands fifth among the countries expected to grow their travel and tourism economy GDP during the 10-year period. The contribution of the T&T economy to employment is expected to surge from 429,000 jobs in 2010 (13.8 per cent of total employment or one in every 7.2 jobs) to 745,000 jobs (18 per cent of total employment or one in every 5.5 jobs) by 2020, WTTC data show. The UAE is followed by Cape Verde, Fiji and Solomon Islands (all 5.4 per cent), Botswana (5 per cent), Nicaragua and Mali (4.9 per cent each), and Comoros (4.8 per cent). With a 4.7 per cent growth rate during the same period, GCC peer Qatar features at No9 on that list, followed by Guatemala (4.5 per cent). The contribution of travel and tourism to UAE's GDP is expected to grow from 16.6 per cent (Dh156.3 billion or $42.56bn) in 2010 to 21.7 per cent (Dh513.9bn or $139.93bn) by 2020.
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