{"id":124960,"date":"2015-01-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/record-1-138-billion-international-tourists-recorded-in-2014\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T23:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T21:22:08","slug":"record-1-138-billion-international-tourists-recorded-in-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/record-1-138-billion-international-tourists-recorded-in-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Record 1.138 Billion International Tourists Recorded in 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) announced that last year the number of international tourists reached a record level of 1.138 billion people, 51 million more than in 2013. With a growth of 4.7%, this is the fifth consecutive year in which international tourism continues to grow above the long-term trend projected by UNWTO for the 2010-2020 period (3.8%).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to UNWTO, Europe consolidated its position as the world&#8217;s most visited region, with 588 million tourists, an increase of 22 million people compared to 2013.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Leading the way were Northern Europe and Mediterranean Europe, both with a 7% increase, while international tourism recorded a more modest growth in Western Europe of 2% and stagnated in Central and Eastern Europe, after 3 years of solid growth.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For this year, UNWTO estimates an increase in international tourist arrivals between 3 and 4%.<\/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 2014?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2014, a record number of 1.138 billion international tourists was recorded, representing a 4.7% increase compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which was the most visited region in the world in 2014?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Europe consolidated its position as the most visited region, attracting 588 million international tourists.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the UNWTO forecast for international tourism growth?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The World Tourism Organization estimates a growth in international tourist arrivals of between 3% and 4% for the following year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) announced that last year the number of international tourists reached a record level of 1.138 billion people, 51 million more than in 2013. With a growth of 4.7%, this is the fifth consecutive year in which international tourism continues to grow above the long-term trend projected by UNWTO for the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":65262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-124960","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\/124960","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=124960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124960"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=124960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}