Tourism in need: urgent call for more seasonal workers!

Tourism in need: urgent call for more seasonal workers!

The burden in tourism is growing: In Austria, industry representatives urgently require an increase in workers in order to counteract the blatant shortage of personnel. According to Robert Seeber from the WKO, the nationwide contingent for seasonal workers will only be increased marginally from 4,287 to 4,295 in the coming year, while the actual needs are over 20,000 employees. This is particularly alarming for gastronomy and accommodation, since these sectors are dependent on personal care and cannot be easily digitized or shifted abroad, such as vienna.at determined.

The required complete release of the labor market for third -country nationals could be a solution. Seeber appeals to politics to take the necessary steps to secure the competitiveness of the industry and strengthen the tourist economy. In view of the upcoming increase in the contingent for seasonal workers, this could be considered insufficient and the question of whether the current measures really represent a sustainable solution for the acute need for labor in the tourism sector.