Despite falling by 14% from March’s record high, April recorded the second-highest number of travel job placements since the index began in January 2012.
 
Last month’s total was up by 48% from April 2019, up by 30% from April 2018, up by 17% from April 2017 and up by 42% from April 2016.
  
However, following an all-time high in March, there was a dip in newly created travel jobs last month. Despite this, last month’s figure was still above pre-pandemic equivalents and was up by 33% from April 2019. It was also up by 5% from April 2018, up by 8% from 2017 and up by 30% from April 2016.
 
Similarly, after March’s eight-month high, candidate volumes also slipped back in April to record their lowest monthly figure of the year so far. However, volumes were still up by 27% from April 2021 and down by just 1% from April 2019.

Speaking about the stats, Barbara Kolosinska, managing director at C&M Travel Recruitment and C&M Executive Recruitment, said: "2022 continues to be a record breaker for the travel recruitment sector with more new jobs being filled in the past two months than we have ever seen before.

"The market is extraordinarily busy at the moment, with May also looking like it will be one for the record books. But in order for this momentum to continue, we need more new job seekers to enter the market."