VENTILATION STRUCTURE FOR ENGINE COMPARTMENT

A ventilation structure of an engine compartment (4) that houses an engine and is adjacent to a cooling fan that supplies cooling air to a heat exchanger in a form of a radiator (51) is provided. A ventilation structure of the engine compartment (4) includes: an exterior cover (3) with which the engine and the cooling fan are covered; and a ventilation duct (8) that includes an inner surface of the exterior cover (3), in which a first end of the ventilation duct (8) is open in the engine compartment (4) while a second end of the ventilation duct (8) intercommunicates with a surrounding area of the cooling fan.