{"id":123894,"date":"2016-01-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-17T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/unwto-4-4-increase-in-international-tourists-in-2015\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T18:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:36:08","slug":"unwto-4-4-increase-in-international-tourists-in-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/unwto-4-4-increase-in-international-tourists-in-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"UNWTO: 4.4% Increase in International Tourists in 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>In 2015, world tourism recorded a record number of 1.184 billion international tourists, an increase of 4.4% or 50 million people compared to the previous record from 2014, announced the World Tourism Organization, UNWTO.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>UNWTO Secretary-General Taleb Rifai stated that 2015 is the 6th consecutive year in which international tourism continues to grow above the long-term trend projected by UNWTO for the 2010-2020 period, which was 3.8%.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The number of international tourists visiting Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the American continent increased by 5% in all three cases, while it decreased by 8% in North Africa, where countries like Tunisia were affected by attacks against tourist areas.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Last year, a series of attacks affected several important global tourist destinations such as Tunisia, Egypt, and Turkey.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For 2016, UNWTO estimates a new 4% increase in international tourist arrivals worldwide.<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capital.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Capital<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>How many international tourists were recorded in 2015?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2015, world tourism reached a record high of 1.184 billion international tourists, representing a 4.4% increase over the previous year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which regions experienced the highest growth in tourism?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, and the Americas all saw a 5% increase in international tourist arrivals during 2015.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the tourism outlook for 2016 according to UNWTO?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The UNWTO estimates a further 4% growth in international tourist arrivals worldwide for the year 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2015, world tourism recorded a record number of 1.184 billion international tourists, an increase of 4.4% or 50 million people compared to the previous record from 2014, announced the World Tourism Organization, UNWTO. UNWTO Secretary-General Taleb Rifai stated that 2015 is the 6th consecutive year in which international tourism continues to grow above the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":65853,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-123894","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\/123894","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=123894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123894"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=123894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}