it can also vary by skills level and is more likely to be lower for managerial levels than for line employees in france for example an estimated positions are unfilled in the sector at any one time even though the number of tourism graduates is at a sufficient level to meet the vacancy rates in australia the turnover rate is and is more pronounced in regions where tourism is competing with other higher paying sectors notably the resources sector while the job vacancy rate in tourism is almost five times the rate for the overall economy