In terms of employment, main features of tourism can be itemized as follows;
1. Since tourism has a seasonal characteristic, it allows underemployment conditions
turning employment into a seasonal one.
2. Tourism sector’s employment effect is usually a hidden one since this sector transfers
labor from other sectors and most of the people employed in this sector are uninsured.
3. Due to the fact that qualified personnel is employed permanently and unqualified ones
are employed temporarily in this sector, this leads to low working efficiency and so it
weakens regional economic development (Çakır, 2002:201).
4. Although full employment is nearly achieved in the tourism season, the decrease in
employment out of season creates social costs socially. In order to eliminate this, it is
necessary to employ interns or similar staffs who have free time in intense periods (Içöz:
108).
5. The number of women staff is higher in tourism sector as compared to those employed
in other sectors.
6. Since the capital amount which required for creating business volume for one person is
less than other sectors, it provides employment opportunity for more people with the
same investment amount (Kozak, Akoğlu and Kozak, 1997:67)