Definitions

Data refer to the number of employed persons in the tourism industries, comprising employees and the self-employed, and exclude men who are serving their 2-year full-time national service in the Singapore Armed Forces, Police and Civil Defence Forces.

Concepts

The United Nations (UN)-defined tourism industries include industries that are not in the Singapore Tourism Board (STB)-defined tourism industries, which are mentioned on STB's website.

Computational Method

Total number of employed persons in the UN-defined tourism industries

Disaggregation

-

Data Source

Ministry of Manpower (MOM)

Data Collection

Employment data are compiled primarily from administrative records of the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board and the Work Pass Division, MOM.
The number of self-employed is estimated from the Labour Force Survey. The self-employed comprises persons aged 15 years and above who are own account workers, employers or contributing family workers.

Time Period

2015 onwards

Frequency

Annual

SDG Global Metadata

Link to United Nations SDG global metadata

Indicator 8.9.2