Using Business Registers to analyse Enterprise Demography and Employment in the Tourism Industries

Steve MacFeely&Jillian Delaney

http://www.cso.ie

Background

1st Tourism Policy Workshop, Dromoland Castle – May 6th, 2010

Tourism Renewal Implementation Group – March 23rd, 2011

ILO Worldwide Consultation – April, 2011

Motivation

Policy relevant

Broadening use of business statistics (Business Demography)

No additional burden

No additional cost (marginal only)

Definition - Employment

Employment in Tourism Industries

not

Tourism demand generated employment

Definition – Persons Engaged v Employee

Persons Engaged- includes: proprietors, partners, directors, casual & temporary workers...

Employee

Definition - Tourism Industries (UNWTO – IRTS)

Definition - Tourism Industries (CSO)

Scope - Enterprises

All Business Enterprises

except for

Agriculture Non-market sectors (health, education, defense...)

Enterprise & Employment demography, 2006 - 2009

FTE labour input to Tourism Industries, 2006 - 2009

Tourism Industries by NACE (%) - 2009

Regional Enterprise demography - 2009

Tourism Dependency Ratios (Enterprises) - 2009

County Number of Enterprises

- Tourism

Number of Enterprises

- All

Tourism Dependency

Ratio 000's 000's %

Kerry 1.2 6.9 17.8Leitrim 0.2 1.4 16.8Donegal 1.0 6.2 15.6Mayo 0.8 5.5 14.9Waterford 0.6 4.5 14.3Tipperary 0.9 6.7 14.2Clare 0.8 5.4 14.1Sligo 0.4 2.6 14.0Kilkenny 0.5 3.7 13.2Galway 1.4 11.1 13.0Laois 0.3 2.6 13.0Westmeath 0.5 3.7 13.0Roscommon 0.3 2.5 12.9Limerick 1.0 7.8 12.6Wexford 0.8 6.5 12.3Longford 0.2 1.6 11.9Offaly 0.3 2.7 11.8Carlow 0.3 2.4 11.6Cavan 0.4 3.2 11.5Louth 0.6 5.0 11.4Cork 2.7 23.7 11.3Kildare 0.9 8.9 10.3Wicklow 0.7 6.5 10.3Meath 0.7 7.7 9.7Monaghan 0.3 2.8 9.2Dublin 5.4 60.8 8.8

Regional Persons Engaged Business demography - 2009

Tourism Dependency Ratio (Persons Engaged) - 2009County

Number of Persons Engaged

- Tourism

Number of Persons Engaged

- All

Tourism Dependency

Ratio 000's 000's %

Kerry 8.0 33.7 23.6Donegal 6.5 29.0 22.6Clare 5.2 26.4 19.8Wicklow 4.8 25.2 19.0Mayo 5.0 26.4 18.9Leitrim 1.2 6.2 18.7Galway 10.8 58.9 18.4Limerick 7.6 42.4 17.9Wexford 5.4 30.3 17.7Sligo 2.6 15.0 17.4Westmeath 3.0 17.6 16.9Laois 1.8 10.8 16.8Kilkenny 3.0 18.2 16.7Carlow 2.0 12.1 16.5Roscommon 1.5 9.5 16.0Tipperary 5.2 32.4 16.0Waterford 4.4 28.3 15.6Louth 3.9 25.9 15.1Meath 4.5 31.9 14.1Cork 18.6 132.4 14.0Dublin 86.1 613.4 14.0Kildare 6.7 48.8 13.8Offaly 1.9 14.3 13.1Longford 0.9 7.0 13.0Monaghan 1.7 12.9 12.9Cavan 2.1 16.4 12.5

Next Steps...

Earnings- Tourism Dependency ratio?- Quality of work indicators?

Age profile of Tourism Industries- Deaths & Births- Gazelles- Survival since 2006

Job Churn - Economic Sector- Regional migration