UNWTO confirms upward trend in international tourist arrivals

03 May 2010 2052 | World Travel News

The latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer has confirmed an upward trend in international tourist arrivals.

According to the report, a 7% growth in international tourist arrivals was recorded in the first two months of 2010 worldwide.

This follows on from the growth registered in Q4 of 2009 when arrivals grew by 2% after 14 consecutive months of negative results.

The UNWTO Barometer indicated that growth was positive in all world regions during the first two months of 2010 led by Asia and the Pacific (+10%) and Africa (+7%).

?The pace of international tourism growth was slower in Europe (+3%) and in the Americas (+3%), the two regions, which were hardest hit by the GFC and are proving to be comparatively weaker.
A large number of countries around the world reported positive results in the first months of 2010.

Out of the 77 destinations revealing data for this period, 60 showed positive figures, of which 24 posted double-digit growth including Estonia, Israel, Hong Kong (China), Macao (China), Japan, Taiwan (pr. of China), Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Guam, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, US Virgin Islands, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Kenya, Seychelles, Morocco, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

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