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According to the "April Interim Update of the UNWTO World Tourism The Barometer", prepared by the World Tourism nosegay Organisation (UNWTO), in the first two months of this year there were nearly five percent of arrivals in international tourist destination. It is a continuation of growth of 7% at the end of last year. Only the Middle East and North Africa recorded a decline in the number of tourists.
In January and February 2011, the increase in tourist arrivals observed in all regions of the world, with the exception of the two mentioned above. nosegay The highest recorded Southern Africa nosegay and South Asia (both the 15%), followed by Central Africa (+13%) and the central and eastern part of Europe (+12%).
As for the regions, Asia-Pacific, which was one of those that saw the fastest growth nosegay in the past year, this time the pace slowed slightly (up 6%). In no way do not hurt him, as he entered the 2011 with very good results.
Better than expected were the results in Europe (+6%), mainly due to the central and eastern parts of the continent. Contributed to the problems of countries located in southern Europe and North Africa (-9%) and Middle East (-10%).
Number of tourist arrivals worldwide in the first two months of 2011 exceeded 124 million (119 million in the corresponding period of the previous year). Also, emerging economies grew at a faster pace, increasing from 4% in 2010 to 6% today.
"These results confirm that, despite the challenges that had to be overcome in the development nosegay of international tourism is still going on," - commented UNWTO Secretary General, Taleb Rifai. "The news is particularly good for emerging economies and developing countries, particularly for Africa, which is increasingly noted the share of tourism in both the development and exports and employment" - he added.
Regarding the UNWTO forecasts for 2011 are based on these international tourist traffic will increase by about 4-5%. This scale should not change the last conflicts nosegay in North Africa and the Middle East, or itsunami March earthquake in Japan.
As regards expenditure on international tourism in the year 2010 was estimated to be $ 919 billion worldwide (693 billion euros), thus increased by 5% compared with the 851 billion nosegay dollars (610 billion euros) in the year 2009.
When it comes to the most popular targets journey at the beginning of 2011, a noticeable growth in China, which "are trying to" get under the terms of the third position in the world. From the year 2000 until the Middle Kingdom reported a fourfold increase in visitor expenditure and thereby achieves unparalleled fastest growth in this category over the last decade. Other changes in the ranking is the promotion of Canada and Australia in the place of 6 and 10
China also strengthened its position in the rankings of the most popular tourist destinations in 2010. The amount of arrivals ahead of Spain, reaching third place, just after France and the United States. In the category of expenditure are in fourth place - against Italy. The most popular country among tourists invariably remains France.
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