The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) revealed on Tuesday that international tourism is showing signs of recovering at a good pace, with figures for the first quarter of 2023 showing that travelers were double those recorded a year ago. Data released by the WTO's world tourism barometer indicates that international arrivals reached...
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Global tourism grew 4% last year, but remains below pre-pandemic levels, says WTO
Data from the World Tourism Organization, WTO reveals that the sector's overall performance in 2021 saw a 4% growth compared to the previous year. The latest report from the WTO highlights, however, that international tourist arrivals were 72% below 2019, before the pandemic. In the second half of last year,...
Brazil hosts the first World Tourism Organization office in Latin America
Brazil was elected as the Latin American country that will host the first office of the World Tourism Organization (WTO). The country will become one of the four worldwide where the United Nations agency specialized in tourism has a presence. According to the real estate portal of Jornal Económico, Gilson Machado Neto, Minister...
WTO reveals improvements in tourism as vaccination advances
The World Tourism Organization, WTO, has published a study that reveals improvements in the sector after the crisis generated by the pandemic. According to United Nations data some 54 million tourists crossed borders in July 2021 Although the figure represents a drop of 67% compared to the same month in 2019, the study highlights that this is one of the most...
World Tourism Organization Expects Travel Restrictions to Ease Soon
The World Tourism Organization (WTO) says that the vaccination of the population against covid-19 and the growing adoption of digital solutions for safe travel is expected to lead to an increase in international mobility in the coming weeks and months
WTO and Google team up to lead tourism recovery
The World Tourism Organization (WTO) and Google have signed an agreement to focus on harnessing the power of innovation, education and data to drive a sustainable and inclusive recovery of global tourism