{"id":121380,"date":"2018-01-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/unwto-global-tourism-grew-by-6-in-2017\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T11:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T09:23:12","slug":"unwto-global-tourism-grew-by-6-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/unwto-global-tourism-grew-by-6-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"UNWTO: Global Tourism Grew by 6% in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The number of international tourists worldwide increased by 6% in 2017, and a growth of 3-4% is estimated for 2018, stated Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) &#8211; the United Nations agency that coordinates the international promotion of tourism.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the number of tourists increased in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean region, North Africa, and the Middle East. <br \/>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.profit.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Profit<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>By how much did global tourism grow in 2017?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>International tourism saw a 6% increase during 2017.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the UNWTO projections for 2018?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The World Tourism Organization estimates a continued growth of 3-4% for the year 2018.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which regions experienced the highest growth in tourist numbers?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Significant increases were reported in Southern Europe, the Mediterranean region, North Africa, and the Middle East.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of international tourists worldwide increased by 6% in 2017, and a growth of 3-4% is estimated for 2018, stated Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) &#8211; the United Nations agency that coordinates the international promotion of tourism. Additionally, the number of tourists increased in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":67030,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-121380","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\/121380","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=121380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121380"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=121380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}