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California's Resilient Tourism Workforce

By Dan Smith | 4 min.

Travel and hospitality workers bore the brunt of California’s employment losses in 2020 – 600,000 jobs were lost in the first month after lockdown.


Entry-level and Latino workers saw the biggest declines for the year. Even as the economy re-opens, the foundation of the industry – its people – strive to return to work in a safe and confident manner. Listen to their stories.