{"id":120380,"date":"2019-01-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/global-international-tourist-arrivals-up-by-6\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T20:36:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T18:36:43","slug":"global-international-tourist-arrivals-up-by-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/global-international-tourist-arrivals-up-by-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Global International Tourist Arrivals Up by 6%"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Last year, the number of international tourist arrivals worldwide increased by 6%, reaching 1.4 billion people, hitting this milestone two years earlier than predicted, according to a recent estimate published by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This growth is mainly due to international tourists traveling to Southern Europe, where their numbers recorded a 7% increase in 2018 compared to 2017. Overall, the number of tourists who came to Europe last year increased by 6%, reaching 713 million people.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For 2019, UNWTO expects a growth of between 3% and 4% in the number of international tourists.<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.profit.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Profit<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>How much did global tourism grow last year?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>International tourist arrivals increased by 6% globally, reaching a total of 1.4 billion people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which region saw the highest growth in tourism?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Southern Europe led the growth with a 7% increase in international tourist arrivals in 2018.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the tourism growth forecast for 2019?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) predicts a growth rate between 3% and 4% for 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, the number of international tourist arrivals worldwide increased by 6%, reaching 1.4 billion people, hitting this milestone two years earlier than predicted, according to a recent estimate published by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). This growth is mainly due to international tourists traveling to Southern Europe, where their numbers recorded a 7% increase&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":67539,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-120380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","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\/120380","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=120380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120380"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=120380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}