{"id":123467,"date":"2016-05-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/unwto-global-tourism-revenues-grew-by-3-6-in-2015\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T17:31:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T15:31:45","slug":"unwto-global-tourism-revenues-grew-by-3-6-in-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/unwto-global-tourism-revenues-grew-by-3-6-in-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"UNWTO: Global Tourism Revenues Grew by 3.6% in 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The World Tourism Organization announced that in 2015, global tourism revenues grew by 3.6% to $1,400 billion, or an average of $4 billion per day. This occurred as tourist arrivals increased by 4.4% in 2015, reaching a record 1.184 billion.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to preliminary data on tourism revenues in 2015, the world&#8217;s main tourist destinations are the USA &#8211; $178 billion, China &#8211; $114 billion, Spain &#8211; $57 billion, and France &#8211; $46 billion.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Currently, international tourism represents 7% of total world exports and 30% of service exports. Tourism&#8217;s share in total exports of goods and services increased from 6% to 7%. In the ranking of global export categories, tourism ranks third, after fuels and chemicals, ahead of food products and automobiles.<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economica.net\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Economica<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What was the global tourism revenue in 2015?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Global tourism revenue reached $1.4 trillion in 2015, representing an average of $4 billion per day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which countries were the top tourism earners in 2015?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The leading destinations by revenue were the USA ($178bn), China ($114bn), Spain ($57bn), and France ($46bn).<\/p>\n<p><strong>How significant is tourism to the global economy?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tourism accounts for 7% of total world exports and 30% of service exports, ranking as the third-largest export category.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Tourism Organization announced that in 2015, global tourism revenues grew by 3.6% to $1,400 billion, or an average of $4 billion per day. This occurred as tourist arrivals increased by 4.4% in 2015, reaching a record 1.184 billion. According to preliminary data on tourism revenues in 2015, the world&#8217;s main tourist destinations are&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":66100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-123467","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\/123467","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=123467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123467"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=123467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}