Tourism takes over 107,000 off jobless list

A massive recruitment campaign, mainly in the sectors of tourism and food service, as well as a significant reduction in layoffs in April, emerge from the data of registered unemployment issued on a monthly basis by the Public Employment Service (DYPA).

The start of tourism flows seems to have been accompanied by significant hirings, which resulted in the registered unemployed falling to 927,793; they showed a decrease of 7.1% (70,529 fewer unemployed) compared to the corresponding month last year. The decrease reaches 107,787 people (-10.4%) if the comparison is made with March. 

However, as high-ranking officials of the service estimate, there was also a drastic reduction in the number of unemployed people - i.e. fewer layoffs. This is how the steep reduction of the subsidized unemployed is explained, especially those who were employed in sectors of a seasonal...