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The number of workers in the accommodation and food services activities sector dropped by 11%, or 46,000 quarter-on-quarter (QoQ), to 386,400 in Q1 2021, the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) data showed.
The accommodation and food services activities sector comprises two sections:
First: Accommodation and Food Services
This section comprises a number of activities including hotels, resorts, furnished apartments, motels, staff housing, guesthouses, bed and breakfast units, visitor flats and bungalows, time-share units, holiday homes, chalets, housekeeping cottages and cabins and youth hostels and mountain refuges.
Second: Food and Beverages Services Activities
This section includes activities of restaurants, mobile food carts, fast-food restaurants, buffets, etc.
The number of Saudis working in the sector declined 13%, or 12,000 workers, to 78,300, accounting for 20% of the industry’s total workforce in Q1 2021. Meanwhile, the number of non-Saudi workers, representing 80% of the sector total workforce, fell 10%, or nearly 34,000, to 308,100 workers in Q1 2021.
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Number of Workers in Accommodation & Food Services in Saudi Arabia (‘000) |
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Period |
Saudis |
Non-Saudis |
Total |
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Male |
Female |
Total |
Male |
Female |
Total |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
|
Q4 2020 |
50.90 |
39.41 |
90.31 |
339.17 |
2.95 |
342.11 |
390.06 |
42.36 |
432.42 |
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Q1 2021 |
39.48 |
38.85 |
78.33 |
305.90 |
2.16 |
308.05 |
345.38 |
41.01 |
386.39 |
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Change |
(11.42) |
(0.56) |
(11.98) |
(33.27) |
(0.79) |
(34.06) |
(44.69) |
(1.35) |
(46.03) |
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