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Main characteristics of spanish tourist firms in 2002

Quirós Tomás, Francisco Javier

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This paper aim is the analysis of some of the more important facts related with Spanish tourist sector in the year 2002. Number of companies and their legal condition and size, number of premises, number of workers and kind of labour relationship with the tourist firms and so on will be analysed. When possible, the analysis will be widened to the different tourist subsectors or branchs: hotels, restaurants and travel agencies and tour operators. Their figures will be compared with the same ones for the Spanish economy as a whole.

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MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF SPANISH TOURIST FIRMS IN 2002 F ancisco Ja ie Qui ós Tomás 1 1 F ancisco Ja ie Qui ós Tomás. Depa amen o de Adminis ación de Emp esas y Ma ke ing. Uni e sidad de Se illa. Tel: 34 954 75 27. E Mail: qui [email protected] MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF SPANISH TOURIST FIRMS IN 2002 F ancisco Ja ie Qui ós Tomás Abs ac : This pape aim is he analysis o some o he mo e impo an ac s ela ed wi h Spanish ou is sec o in he yea 2002. Numbe o companies and hei legal condi ion and size, numbe o p emises, numbe o wo ke s and kind o labou ela ionship wi h he ou is i ms and so on will be analysed. When possible, he analysis will be widened o he di e en ou is subsec o s o b anchs: ho els, es au an s and a el agencies and ou ope a o s. Thei igu es will be compa ed wi h he same ones o he Spanish economy as a whole. MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF SPANISH TOURIST FIRMS IN 2002 F ancisco Ja ie Qui ós Tomás 1.- THE IMPORTANCE OF TOURISTIC SECTOR IN SPAIN Tou ism indus y is one o he mo e impo an sec o s in Spanish economy. Table 1 p o ides in o ma ion abou i . The Spanish Tou ism Sa elli e Accoun e eals ha i amoun s o as much as 11.6% o G oss Domes ic P oduc (G.D.P.). This includes ecep i e ou ism and o he componen s o ou isms, mainly homeland ou ism. TABLE 1: G.D.P. AND TOURIST SECTOR. YEAR 2002 Pe cen age Recep i e Tou ism 5.8% O he Tou is Elemen s 5.8% To al 11.6% Sou ce: Tou ism Sa elli e Accoun o Spain. I G oss Added Value o ho els and es au an s is some wha smalle , jus 6.9% (G aph 1), ha is ela ed o ac ha ho els and es au an s is jus pa o ou is sec o . GRAPH 1: GROSS ADDED VALUE AND ECONOMIC SECTORS 11,5% 6,9% 9,5% 5,3% 13,9% 1,4% 2,0% 2,6% wholesale and Re ail T ade; Repai s Ho els and Resx au an s T anspo , S o age and Commmunica ion Financial In e media ion Real S a e, Ren ing and Business Ac i i ies Ma ke Educa ion Ma ke Heal h and Social Wo k O he Communi y Social and Pe sonal Se ice Ac i i ies 4,2% 4,0% 19,0% 8,7% 53,3% 14,8% Ag icul u eEne gyIndus y Cons uc ionMa ke Se icesNo Ma ke Se ices The impo ance o ho els and es au an s ela ed o employ is e en smalle . G aph 2 p o ides in o ma ion a his espec . The pe cen age o employmen ela ed o he whole Spanish employmen is abou 6.1%. GRAPH 2: EMPLOYEEMENT AND ECONOMIC SECTORS 2.- TOURIST SECTOR FIRMS: A GENERAL IDEA. The ou is sec o in Spain consis ed o 270,553 2 i ms in he yea 2002. This was 10.30% o Spanish o al i ms 3 . Table 2 p o ides some gene al igu es abou hese companies. The mean o p emises by i m is jus o 1.1. The mean g oss income was 209.51 housand eu os, wi h a g oss in es men o 13.41 housand eu os and he compensa ion pe employee was 5.79 housand eu os. TABLE2: MAIN TOURIST SECTOR FIGURES. YEAR 2002. Tou is To al To al P emisess / Fi m 1.10 G oss Income / Fi m (000 ¼ ) 209.51 G oss In es men /Fi m (000 ¼ ) 13.41 Employees Compensa ion /Wage ea ne s (000 ¼ ) 5.79 Sou ce: Annual Se ices Su ey 2 Sou ce: Encues a Anual de Se icios 2000, INE. 3 Sou ce: Di ec o io Cen al de Emp esas (DIRCE), yea 2000. 6,2% 0,7% 17,6% 10,8% 43,9% 20,8% Ag icul u e Ene gy Indus y Cons uc ion Ma ke Se ices No Ma ke Se ices 15,1% 6,1% 5,9% 2,1% 7,7% 1,7% 2,2% 2,9% wholesale and Re ail T ade; Repai s Ho els and Resx au an s T anspo , S o age and Commmunica ion Financial In e media ion Real S a e, Ren ing and Business Ac i i ies Ma ke Educa ion Ma ke Heal h and Social Wo k O he Communi y Social and Pe sonal Se ice Ac i i ies In he yea 2002, he numbe o new i ms in he sec o has been o 39,661, mo e han one o e eigh o i ms c ea ed in Spain (Table 3). This numbe is sligh ly bigge han he numbe o i ms ha closed he same yea , 38,867, o one o e se en o all i ms ha closed. TABLE 3: DEMOGRAPHY OF THE COMPANIES. YEAR 2002 Numbe Pe cen age Pe manence Spain To al 2,383,332 100.00% Tou is 245,595 10.30% New lis ed Spain To al 327,068 100,00% Tou is 39,661 12.13% Deslis ed Sapin To al 274,365 100.00% Tou is 38,867 14.17% Sou ce: DIRCE As you can see, his i ms demog aphy is e y dynamic. The e a e jus a 10.30% o his kind o i ms in Spain as a whole, e sus12.13 % o new ones 14.17% o closed ones. Tou is sec o can be di ided in subsec o s o b anchs o ac i i y. These a e show in he igu e below. Tou ism T a el Agencies, Tou Ope a o s and Simila Ho els and Res au an s Ho els and Simila Ho els Camping Si es and Simila Res au an s and Simila Res au an s Ba s Can eens and Ca e ing The e we e 272,272 ou is i ms in Spain in 2002, ha is one in 10 o e e y Spanish company was a ou is one (G aph 3). Almos 187,000 o hem we e Ba s (69% o ou is i ms) and mo e han 53,000 we e es au an s (almos 20% o hem). GRAPH 3: PERCENTAGE OF FIRMS BY ECONOMIC SECTOR 3.- TOURIST FIRMS LEGAL CONDITION The e a e h ee main legal condi ions: Public Limi ed Company, Limi ed Liabili y Company and Physical Pe sons. Fac s abou each one o hem is p o ided in Table 4. The e a e some mo e legal condi ions which ha e been g ouped as O he s. TABLE 4: FIRMS AND LEGAL CONDITION. YEAR 2002 To al Public Limi ed Companies Limi ed Liabili y Companies Physical Pe sons O he s Numbe Numbe Pe cen . Numbe Pe cen . Numbe Pe cen . Numbe Pe cen . All CNAE93 G oups 2,710,400 126,529 4.67% 716,542 26.44% 1662,183 61.33% 205,146 7.57% Tou is 272,272 6,803 2.50% 50,033 18.38% 191,742 70.42% 23,694 8.70% Ho els and Res au an s 265,626 5,086 1.91% 47,343 17.82% 189,644 71.40% 23,553 8.87% Ho els 10,896 1,829 16.79% 3,544 32.53% 4,686 43.01% 837 7.68% Camping 6,442 627 9.73% 2,309 35.84% 2,594 40.27% 912 14.16% 89,6% 10,4% No Tou is Tou is 4,0% 2,4% 19,5% 68,7% 3,0% 2,4% Ho els Camping Si es and Simila Res au an s Ba s Can eens and Ca e ing T a el Agencies and Tou Ope a o s Si es and Simila Res au an s 53,121 1,589 2.99% 17,783 33.48% 27,759 52.26% 5,990 11.28% Ba s 186,946 869 0.46% 21,818 11.67% 149,847 80.16% 14,412 7.71% Can eens and Ca e ing 8,221 172 2.09% 1,889 22.98% 4,758 57.88% 1,402 17.05% T a el Agencies and Tou Ope a o s 6,646 1,717 25.84% 2,690 40.48% 2,098 31.57% 141 2.12% Sou ce: DIRCE Public Limi ed Companies igu es display ha he mean o all Spanish i ms is 4.67% while o he ou is sec o is jus less han hal ha numbe . The igu es o ho els a e wice la ge han mean and o a el agencies almos a ound 5.5 imes. Limi ed Liabili y Companies legal condi ion is mo e equen in ou is sec o han o he whole economy excep o ba s y can eens and ca e ing. The highe igu es a e o a el agencies and ou ope a o s, wi h 40.48%. Physical Pe sons a e e y common among ba s, wi h mo e han 80% o hem belonging o his legal condi ion. 4.- TOURIST FIRMS AND THEIR SIZE The e a e a lo o ways o g oup i ms by i s size. Table 5 p o ides in o ma ion abou i ms wi hou any wage ea ne s, wi h 1 o 2, h ee o 5, 6 o 9, 10 op 19, 20 o 49, 50 o 99, 100 o 1999, and 200 o mo e. As you can see, he size o Spanish i ms is e y small. Abou 89% o hem ha e less han six wage ea ne s, and only 10.54% ha e mo e han 200. The same can be said abou ou is i ms, bu wi h one di e ence. The pe cen age o ou is s i ms wi hou any wage ea ne is smalle han he mean, while he numbe o hose wi h 1 o wo is bigge . TABLE 5: TOURIST FIRMS AND SIZE. YEAR 2002. Employees Numbe Wi hou Employees F om 1 o 2 F om 3 o 5 F om 6 o 9 F om 10 o 19 F om 20 o 49 F om 50 o 99 F om 100 o 199 200 o mo e All CNAE93 G oups 52.59% 26.45% 10.03% 4.86% 3.31% 1.87% 0.50% 0.23% 10.54% Tou is Sec o 46.00% 31.94% 12.14% 6.05% 2.11% 1.15% 0.30% 0.19% 9.61% Ho els and Res au an s 46.84% 32.15% 11.84% 5.90% 1.80% 0.97% 0.24% 0.16% 8.91% Ho els 28.71% 25.10% 13.35% 12.10% 7.59% 7.04% 2.53% 2.29% 29.26% Camping Si es and Simila 40.58% 27.63% 12.96% 9.22% 4.92% 3.29% 0.76% 0.40% 18.19% Res au an s 20.68% 35.40% 22.69% 14.25% 4.29% 2.07% 0.38% 0.16% 20.99% Ba s 55.42% 32.05% 8.72% 3.04% 0.59% 0.17% 0.02% 0.00% 3.81% Can eens and Ca e ing 49.75% 26.38% 9.93% 6.18% 3.04% 2.32% 1.00% 0.63% 12.54% T a el Agencies and Tou Ope a o s 34.64% 29.07% 16.17% 8.17% 6.35% 3.53% 1.04% 0.55% 19.09% Sou ce: DIRCE Ho els and Res au an s ha e g ea e companies. Bo h o hem ha e many big i ms (mo e han 200 employees), wi h almos 20 and mo e han 10 pe cen age poin s o e he mean espec i ely. On he o he hand, bo h o hen ha e less han hal he mean o i ms wi hou any wage ea ne . Ba s ha e a smalle numbe o wage ea ne s han a e age. Only in he pe cen age o i ms wi h less han wo employees is bigge han he mean o Spanish i ms. T a el Agencies and Tou Ope a o s ha e g ea e igu es o e e y size, excep o non wage ea ne s i ms. In o ma ion abou legal condi ion and size o he di e en ou is subsec o s in 2002 is p o ided in Table 6. The pe cen age o Physical Pe sons dec eased s eadily o e e y subsec o , while he p opo ion o Public Limi ed Companies wen opposi e. On he o he hand, he p opo ion o Limi ed Liabili y Companies g ew a he beginning bu la e i began o go down. The size o he u mos o his ype o companies was di e en o each subsec o . Ho els and Simila eached he u mos o i ms wi h 5 o 19 employees, Res au an s and Simila o 20 o 99 employees and i was jus 2 o 4 size he one in which mo e Limi ed Liabili y Companies he e was o a el Agencies and Tou Ope a o s in 2002. TABLE 6: TOURIST FIRMS BY SIZE AND LEGAL CONDITION . YEAR 2002. To al Physical Pe sons Public Limi ed Companies Limi ed Liabili y Companies O he s Numbe Numbe Pe cen age Numbe Pe cen age Numbe Pe cen age Numbe Pe cen age Tou ism To al 270,553 202,194 74.70% 5,694 2.10% 41,975 15.50% 20,690 7.60% Less han 2 119,196 112,421 94.30% 206 0.20% 4,748 4.00% 1,821 1.50% F om 2 o 4 108,616 76,734 70.60% 1,228 1.10% 17,661 16.30% 12,991 12.00% F om 5 o 19 37,141 12,860 34.60% 2,097 5.60% 16,532 44.50% 5,653 15.20% F om 20 o 99 4,992 177 3.50% 1,787 35.80% 2,812 56.30% 216 4.30% 100 o Mo e 608 1 0.20% 375 61.70% 222 36.50% 9 1.50% The case o he di e en ou is subsec o s is shown in G aph 6. The pe cen age o wage ea ne s is e y high o Ho els and a el Agencies. Less han 90% o hei wo ke s a e non wage ea ne s. GRAPH 6: WORKERS PROFESSIONAL SITUATION AND TOURIST SUBSECTORS The pe cen age o wo ke s wi h an inde ini e wo k con ac is simila o he mean o Ho els and Res au an s, bu i is highe o T a el Agencies and Tou Wage Ea ne s Tempo a y Wo ke s No Wage Ea ne s Inde ini e Wo ke s Wage Ea ne s Tempo a y Wo ke s No Wage Ea ne s Inde ini e Wo ke s 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% To al Tou is Ho els and Simila Res au an s and Simila T a el Agencies and Tou Ope a o s Ope a o s (74% while he mean is 64% o ou is sec o as a whole and 55.8 o Spain). Gende is ano he impo an in o ma ion abou wo ke s. Table 11 p o ides ac s abou his ma e . The e we e mo e males han emales wo king in he ou is sec o , e en hough he numbe o women wage ea ne s was highe hen he numbe o men. Rela ed wi h his, he p opo ion o wage ea ne s among emales was highe han among males (84.4% y 71.3% espec i ely). Tha was ue o e e y ou is subsec o , excep in Ho els and Simila case. Fo hem, he pe cen age o wage ea ne s is simila o male and emale. On he o he hand, he p opo ion o males employees wi h inde ini e labou ela ion is highe han emales by 7.68 pe cen age poin s. This p opo ion is e en highe in Ho els and Simila subsec o , wi h almos 10 pe cen age poin s di e ence. TABLE 11: TOURIST WORKERS, LABOUR RELATION AND GENDER. YEAR 2002 To al Tou is Sec o Ho els and Simila Res au an s and Simila T a el Agencies and Tou Ope a o s To al 1,167 ,874 100.0 0% 276,1 03 100.0 0% 844,7 70 100.0 0% 47,00 0 100.0 0% Male s 612,4 58 100.0 0% 130,8 94 100.0 0% 465,0 59 100.0 0% 16,50 7 100.0 0% Wo ke s Fema les 555,4 16 100.0 0% 145,2 10 100.0 0% 379,7 12 100.0 0% 30,49 4 100.0 0% To al 883,2 29 75.63 % 261,4 39 94.69 % 578,9 89 68.54 % 42,80 1 91.07 % Male s 436,7 27 71.31 % 124,0 03 94.74 % 298,2 13 64.12 % 14,51 1 87.91 % Wage Ea ne s Fema les 446,5 03 80.39 % 137,4 36 94.65 % 280,7 76 73.94 % 28,29 1 92.78 % To al 542,1 92 61.39 % 154,2 02 58.98 % 356,3 39 61.55 % 31,65 2 73.95 % Male s 285,0 45 65.27 % 79,41 0 64.04 % 194,2 61 65.14 % 11,37 3 78.38 % Inde ini e Fema les 257,1 48 57.59 % 74,79 2 54.42 % 162,0 78 57.73 % 20,27 9 71.68 % To al 341,0 37 38.61 % 107,2 37 41.02 % 222,6 50 38.45 % 11,14 9 26.05 % Male s 151,6 82 34.73 % 44,59 3 35.96 % 103,9 52 34.86 % 3,138 21.62 % Tempo a y Fema les 189,3 55 42.41 % 62,64 4 45.58 % 118,6 98 42.27 % 8,012 28.32 % To al 284,6 45 24.37 % 14,66 5 5.31 % 265,7 82 31.46 % 4,199 8.93 % Male s 175,7 31 28.69 % 6,891 5.26 % 166,8 46 35.88 % 1,996 12.09 % Non Wage Ea ne s Fema les 108,9 13 19.61 % 7774 5.35 % 98,93 6 26.06 % 2,203 7.22 % Sou ce: Annual Se ices Su ey 7.- WORKERS WITHOUT LABOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TOURIST FIRMS. The e a e o ypes o wo ke s whose wo k o ce is employed by i ms belonging o he ou is sec o bu ha e no labou ela ionship wi h he i ms. This si ua ion happens when he e is a empo a y ec ui men o when he e is a comme cial con ac be ween he i m and he wo ke . TABLE 12: TOURIST WORKERS WITHOUT LABOUR CONTRACT RELATIONSHIP. YEAR 2002 Tou ism Ho els and Simila Res au an s and Simila T a el agencies and Tou Ope a o s Wo ke s wi h Labou Con ac Numbe 1,087,4 80 24,3481 799,033 44,966 Numbe 13,453 6,562 6,794 97 E.T.T. 4 Pe cen a ge 1.24% 2.70% 0.85% 0.22% S.C.L. 5 Numbe 4,742 874 3,370 499 4 E.T.T.: Emp esas de T abajo Tempo al. Fi ms whose wo k is o p o ide empo a y s a . 5 S.C.L.: Wo ke s which ha e a non labou con ac wi h a i m. Pe cen a ge 0.44% 0.36% 0.42% 1.11% Sou ce: Annual Se ices Su ey Table 12 p o ides in o ma ion abou hese wo ypes o wo ke s in he ou is sec o . Thei numbe is small ela i e o he numbe o wo ke s. 1.24% o E.T.T. and 0.44% o S.C.L. Recou se o E.T.T. wo ke s is a mo e common o Ho els and Simila han o any o he b anch o se ices, while ecou se o S.C.L. is mo e common o T a el Agencies and Tou Ope a o s. BIBLIOGRAFÍA Anua io de Es adis icas Labo ales y Asun os Sociales. Minis e io de T abajo y Asun os Sociales 2002. Encues a de Población Ac i a (E.P.A.), Resul ados De allados. I.N.E. 2002. Di ec o io Cen al de Emp esas (D.I.R.C.E.), Explo ación Es adis ica. I.N.E. 2002. Con abilidad Nacional de España, Base 2000. I.N.E. 2002. Cuen a Sa éli e del Tu ismo en España, Base 1995, Resul ados De allados. Se ie Con able 1995-2003. I.N.E. 2002. Encues a de Ocupación Ho lele a 2002. I.N.E. 2002. Encues a Anual de Se icios. I.N.E. 2002.