International tourism continues to grow, confirming its resilience successful the look of economical and geopolitical pressures. According to the latest UN World Tourism Barometer, planetary arrivals accrued by 5% successful the archetypal fractional of 2025 compared to the aforesaid play successful 2024, exceeding pre-pandemic levels by 4%.
During the aforesaid period, the full fig of planetary travelers reached astir 690 million, 33 cardinal much than successful the corresponding 6 months of past year.
Regional performance
Africa: Led the mode with a 12% increase, with North Africa reaching +14% and Sub-Saharan Africa +11%.
Europe: Welcomed astir 340 cardinal planetary travelers (+4% vs. 2024, +7% vs. 2019). Central and Eastern Europe recorded a beardown betterment (+9%) but remains 11% beneath pre-pandemic levels. Northern, Western and Southern European Mediterranean recorded a 3% increase, contempt mixed monthly results.
Americas: Average 3% increase. South America stood retired (+14%), portion North America and the Caribbean remained flat.
Middle East: Slight diminution successful planetary arrivals (-4%), but inactive 29% supra 2019.
Asia-Pacific: Impressive 11% increase, recovering to 92% of pre-pandemic levels, with Northeast Asia astatine +20% compared to 2024.
Major destination countries specified arsenic Japan and Vietnam saw a 21% jump, portion Morocco (+19%), Korea (+15%), Mexico (+7%), France (+5%) and Spain (+5%) besides recorded beardown increases.
According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), some planetary aerial postulation (RPKs) and planetary aerial capableness (ASKS) accrued by 7% compared to the archetypal fractional of 2024.
Tourism receipts up
Tourism receipts besides moved up. Japan grew 18% successful the twelvemonth to June, the UK +13% (up to March), France +9%, Spain +8% and Turkey +8%.
Strong question request led to accrued spending from immoderate large markets specified arsenic China (+16% up to March), Spain (+16%), the UK (+15% up to March), Singapore (+10%) and the Republic of Korea (+8%).
In 2024, planetary tourism receipts accrued by 11% to a grounds US$1.734 billion, astir 14% supra pre-pandemic levels successful existent terms.
At the aforesaid time, precocious prices for transport and accommodation stay a large headache for travel. “Tourism inflation” is expected to easiness to 6.8% successful 2025 from 8% past year, but remains good supra pre-pandemic levels. Lower user assurance and geopolitical tensions are besides seen arsenic holding backmost growth.
3%-5% maturation successful planetary arrivals by end-2025
Despite the uncertainties, UN Tourism maintains its forecast for an yearly maturation of 3%–5% successful planetary arrivals by end-2025, portion the Confidence Index for the autumn-winter play rises to 120 points (on a standard of 0–200) compared to 114 successful the May-August period.
Around 50% of UN Tourism experts expressed a amended (44%) oregon overmuch amended (6%) outlook for the September-December period, portion 33% forecast a akin show to 2024. Around 16% expect tourism show to beryllium worse. This positive, though inactive cautious, outlook is besides reflected successful the higher proportionality of “better” and “much better” outlooks recorded for 2025 wide (60% successful the September survey versus 49% successful May).
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