China is the top country by direct contribution of travel and tourism to employment in the world. As of 2019, direct contribution of travel and tourism to employment in China was 29,088.7 thousand persons that accounts for 22.68% of the world's direct contribution of travel and tourism to employment. The top 5 countries (others are India, the United States of America, Philippines, and Indonesia) account for 56.87% of it. The world's total direct contribution of travel and tourism to employment was estimated at 128,276 thousand persons in 2019.
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