Following on last week’s report of the 2014 UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, travel and expenditures from traditional source markets picked up last year. This growth compensated for the slowdown of the large emerging markets, which had been driving tourism growth in previous years, said the World Tourism Barometer. The agency estimates that the total number […]
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UNWTO: +1.1 billion tourists traveled abroad in 2014
International tourist arrivals reached 1,138 million in 2014, up 51 million, or 4.7%, over 20134, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. This is the fifth consecutive year of above average growth since the 2009 economic crisis. For 2015, UNWTO forecasts international tourism to grow by 3% to 4%. The Americas and Europe were […]