Hallowed Heritage: The Life of VirginiaTorpey, Dorothy Margaret
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Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia
Torpey, Dorothy Margaret
Virginia -- Civilization
Employment in Forestry and Fisheries--Current employment in
forestry and fisheries constitutes slightly less than 1% of the
total civilian non-agricultural work force. Commercial fishermen
far outnumber the foresters. However, as described previously,
the lumber and lumber products industry, the paper and allied
products industry and the furniture industry which are based upon
the forestry industry have experienced great increases in their
employment. Employees engaged in forest products industries now
constitute one-fourth of the total employment in manufacturing.
Although fishermen outnumber foresters at the present time, the
number of fishermen has been decreasing. Nevertheless, the fisheries
supply additional employment to processing and wholesale employees.
A few localities such as Mathews, Northumberland, Lancaster,
Gloucester, York and Middlesex Counties have a comparatively high
percentage of their workers engaged in fisheries.
Employment in Travel Trade--The number of employees engaged in
travel trade employment is unknown. Two characteristics of this
type of employment should be noted: (1) in addition to full-time
employees, there is an indeterminate number of part-time employees;
and (2) employees engaged in travel trade are, for the most part,
seasonal workers. The greatest number of such workers are found in
hotels, motels and other tourist lodgings, in restaurants and cafes,
in gasoline service stations and in recreational and entertainment
activities. Approximately 94% of Virginia's travel trade comes
to Virginia via the automobile; out-of-state tourists constitute
about 70% of the travel trade in Virginia. It has been estimated
that about half of these travelers are on vacations and the other
half are mainly on business trips. About half of the vacationers
are usually passing through Virginia on the way to or from specific
destinations outside the state. The other half usually have selected
Virginia as their particular destination to visit relatives or
friends, to tour historical and scenic places and to enjoy the
recreational attractions found here. The travel trade has increased
considerably during the past few years. As a direct result of the
increase, the number of hotels, motels and other lodging places in
Virginia has likewise rapidly increased. Williamsburg and Virginia
Beach illustrate the singular importance of travel trade in causing
widespread growth in total employment in a community.
_Importance of Transportation_
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