Resources on Occupational Safety and Health by industry/sector

  1. UN Policy brief: COVID-19 and Transforming Tourism

    28 August 2020

  2. COVID-19 and accommodation and food service activities: Prevention and control checklist

    26 August 2020

    This checklist is designed as a practical and participatory tool to help implement and continuously improve practical action to prevent and mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in accommodation and food service activities.

  3. © ILO Asia-Pacific 2022
    COVID-19 and the tourism sector

    18 June 2020

    Tourism is a major driver of jobs and growth. But COVID-19 has dramatically changed this. The impact on tourism enterprises and workers, the majority being young women, is unprecedented. Timely, large-scale and, in particular, coordinated policy efforts both at international and national levels are needed in consultation with governments, employers’ and workers’ representatives, taking into consideration relevant ILO international labour standards.

  4. © Mladen ANTONOV / AFP 2022
    COVID-19 and employment in the tourism sector: Impact and response in Asia and the Pacific

    24 April 2020

    This note offers the ILO’s preliminary assessment concerning the possible impacts of COVID-19 on employment in the tourism sector of the Asia-Pacific region and proposes a range of policy options to mitigate these impacts and facilitate strong and fast recovery.

  5. Toolkit on Poverty Reduction through Tourism

    12 December 2011

    The toolkit outlines the background to poverty reduction approaches and how the ILO is involved within the context of decent work and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. Recent developments in tourism and a vision for an inclusive, pro-poor tourism industry are summarized.

  6. Hotels, catering & tourism - Violence and stress at work

    01 September 2011

  7. Hotels, catering & tourism - Occupational safety and health

    01 September 2011

  8. Report of the discussion - Workshop to Promote Ratification of the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181)

    21 October 2009

  9. Private employment agencies, temporary agency workers and their contribution to the labour market

    01 October 2009

    Issues paper for discussion at the Workshop to promote ratification of the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181)

  10. Occupational safety and health manual for Tourism (English)

    01 August 2009