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International tourism recovered 63% of pre-pandemic levels last year, with Europe and Middle East in the lead but Asia Pacific lagging.
Global export revenues from tourism could reach US$1.3tr in 2022, although Asia Pacific’s recovery lags.
International tourism arrivals have reached more than half of pre-pandemic levels but Asia Pacific is lagging.
A better-than-expected Q1 prompts the agency to bring forward its forecasts for the recovery.
The slowest region to recover will be Asia Pacific, with around 80% of experts surveyed saying it will not return to pre-Covid levels until at least 2024.
The UNWTO said the impact of Covid-19 on tourism has cost the world economy US$4tr.
More tourism experts have pushed out the prospects of a full recovery until 2024 at the earliest.
The body lays out two scenarios for international arrivals.
NZ is among a third of countries surveyed to have shut their borders with Asia Pacific implementing the strictest measures.
Global tourism suffered its worst year on record in 2020 with international arrivals falling 74% or one billion people, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation.
International arrivals will fall by 20%-30% in 2020 compared to last year because of the coronavirus pandemic, says the United Nations World Tourism Organisation.
International tourism growth slowed to 4% in 2019 – its slowest rate since 2016 – on the back of a cooling global economy, geopolitical tensions and Brexit uncertainty according to the World Tourism Organisation.
The tourism industry has been urged to take independent action to reduce global emissions after a new landmark report forecasts the sector’s transport-related carbon emissions will rise 25% between 2016 and 2030.
The UNWTO expects tourist arrivals in the region to top 363 million in 2019.
Destinations worldwide received 641 million international visitors between January and June – more than forecast by the UNWTO.
It’s the United Nations’ World Tourism Day, marked every September 27, with this year’s theme being ‘Tourism and the Digital Transformation’.
NZ tourism is generating spending above the proportion of its visitors but it still lags behind Australia.
International tourist arrivals have outstripped forecasts in the first four months of the year with numbers up by 6%.
The Secretary-General of the UN World Tourism Organization Zurab Pololikashvili’s opening address of the 2018 edition of the ITB Berlin travel trade show.
International tourist arrivals grew by a remarkable 7% in 2017 to reach a total of 1,322 million, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer.
Destinations around the world welcomed 1.13 billion international tourists between January and October 2017, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer.
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) announces the winners of the UNWTO Ulysses Prize and the UNWTO Ethics Award.
International tourist arrivals topped 901 million for the eight months to August 2017, 56 million more than the same period last year, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation’s latest World Tourism Barometer.
Tourism is today the 3rd largest export industry in the world after chemicals and fuels.
Destinations worldwide welcomed 598m international tourists in the first six months of 2017, some 36m more than in the same period of 2016.
The ‘Travel.Enjoy.Respect’ campaign wants to engage tourists in making the sector a catalyst for positive change.
International tourist arrivals hit 1.24bn in 2016, marking the seventh consecutive year of sustained growth in international tourism according to the UNWTO.
International tourist arrivals worldwide grew by 6% to 369m in January-April 2017 compared to the same period last year, according to the UNWTO.
Food tourism offers enormous potential in stimulating world economies according to a new paper from the United Nations World Tourism Organisation.
The University of Waikato has joined The United Nations’ prestigious international network of sustainable tourism observatories.
Tourism can transform our world and build better understanding in a world living a deficit of tolerance, says UNWTO Secretary-General Taleb Rifai says In his address at the opening ceremony of ITB Berlin 2017.
International tourist arrivals grew by 3.9% to reach a total of 1,235 million, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer.
Christchurch Airport rejects academics’ call to scrap Tarras plan
New NZ Traveller Declaration will allow better targeting of arrivals – Biosecurity NZ
Study calls for rethink of carbon emission taxes on air passengers
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