That's quite a leap of logic, especially in today's economy.
First, even if the jobs are far from ideal, it's better for 295,000 people to be employed than to collect unemployment, or a type of welfare, or not have an income.
Second, we aren't in a centrally planned economy. Unless the government engages in an absurdly large stimulus, no one can wave a magic wand and hire people exclusively in high-output sectors. Job openings will be created in the sectors that need to hire more employees.
Third, it isn't necessarily a bad sign for certain "unproductive" sectors to have job growth. As noted, growth in the hospitality sector means that more people are spending money on things like vacations and dining out. You're far less likely to take the family to Disneyland if you're unemployed, or concerned you will lose your job next week, or already burdened by big consumer debts.
Fourth, wages are typically based not on productivity or sector output, but on factors like supply, demand, experience, skillset, and relative wages. If you need a high-skilled person to perform an "unproductive" job (e.g. senior hotel manager), the hotel's owner is not going to say "you know, hotels are not as productive for the economy as a whole as mining for coal, so I'm going to pay you less than a coal miner."
Oh? Are dollars spent on the hospitality industry actually subtracted from GDP, then? Is our economy in deep trouble because we spend billions on movies, vacations, concerts and video games? How curious.
Why would municipalities do things to increase tourism, if it's the economic equivalent of crack cocaine?
Was building the High Line in NYC a "net drain" on the NYC economy?
Production is not an inherent good or a final goal. We do not increase productivity for the sake of increasing productivity because we want to increase productivity. We produce to satisfy demand, and a big surplus of goods doesn't provide much benefit.
Look at the oil industry. Presumably energy is a value-enhancing sector. However, we're producing so much oil that prices cratered, and storage is becoming an issue -- an issue big enough that a company is starting to trade oil storage futures. We shouldn't produce oil for the sake of producing more oil, but to meet demand.
Oddly enough, the BLS seems quite content about the hospitality sector as driving job growth during the recession:
http://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-3/restaurants-help-feed-job-growth.htm