International tourist arrivals will stagnate this year, with the exception of some Western markets, which will cause losses of up to USD 2,400 billion, according to a study published by the UN, which adds that the sector will not fully recover until 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to this report, prepared by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), COVID-19 vaccination and certificates are vital to restore confidence in international tourism, which provides significant income for many countries, especially small island nations that rely on the tourism sector for jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2020, international tourist arrivals fell by 73% compared to 2019, causing losses of USD 2,400 billion to tourism and related sectors, the report says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The mentioned report presents three scenarios for 2021, according to which international tourist arrivals are expected to decrease by 63% to 75% compared to the pre-pandemic level, which would generate losses between USD 1,700 and 2,400 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zoritsa Urosevic, UNWTO representative, estimates that reaching 2019 figures will return after 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n
According to UN reports, international tourism is not expected to reach pre-pandemic levels until after 2023.<\/p>\nWhat are the estimated financial losses for the tourism sector?<\/strong>\n The sector faced losses of USD 2.4 trillion in 2020, with similar losses projected for 2021 depending on the recovery scenario.<\/p>\nWhat is needed to restore confidence in global travel?<\/strong>\n Widespread COVID-19 vaccination and the implementation of health certificates are seen as vital tools for the industry’s recovery.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" International tourist arrivals will stagnate this year, with the exception of some Western markets, which will cause losses of up to USD 2,400 billion, according to a study published by the UN, which adds that the sector will not fully recover until 2023. According to this report, prepared by the UN Conference on Trade and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":87996,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-117637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism"],"article_style_override":"on","post-style":"style2","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turism-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117637"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=117637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}