Abstract: China’s tourism policies have been adjusting with the national economic conditions since its openness to outside, which promote the development of tourism industry and tourism employment. But the boundary of tourism industry has not been defined clearly, the importance of tourism employment has received skepticism. This paper describes the growing path of tourism employment, takes the policies as a variable, estimates the effects of the policies and industry development on the tourism employment.

Keywords: tourism employment; tourism policy; industry development

摘要： 自从改革开放以来，我国的旅游政策不断地根据国情进行调整，这种政策变化促进了旅游产业的发展。以旅游产业的发展为基础，我国旅游就业的总量也在不断增长。由于旅游产业的分布特性，它对就业的作用一直受到人们的质疑。文章应用重要的史料指出了就业的增长轨迹，结合政策变量，计算了政策对就业的效应。

关键词: 旅游就业, 旅游政策, 产业发展