Luanda – The sector of Hotels and Tourism has generated a total of 73,435 direct jobs in the last three year, Angop learned Friday in Luanda.

The information was released by the Angolan minister of Hotels and Tourism, Pedro Mutindi, on the occasion of the year-end greetings ceremony.

According to the minister, tourism, because of its potential, is one of the sectors that provide more jobs mainly for youth.

This is because of the emergence of many new hotels and other accommodation facilities and  services on initiative of the private sector.

The Government official said that during the above mentioned period, the market gained 45 new hotels, four flat services, 136 boarding houses and 173 guest houses, providing 5,789 beds and 3,486 bedrooms.