Revised BLS Data Paints Darker Picture for Travel Industry Losses, Need for Additional Aid

U.S. Travel Association | February 8, 2022

WASHINGTON — February 8, 2022 — U.S. Travel Association Executive Vice President of Public Affairs and Policy Tori Emerson Barnes issued the following statement on the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ January employment report, which also featured revised data for the past several months confirming that 10% of leisure and hospitality jobs now remain lost, accounting for an overall 61% of the job losses due to the pandemic:   “While the overall jobs report today may be good news for some, the revised BLS data now confirms an even bigger revelation, that 61%, or nearly two-thirds, of all jobs still lost due to the pandemic are in t...