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While global tourism experienced a four per cent upturn in 2021 compared to 2020 (415 million versus 400 million), international tourist arrivals (overnight visitors) were still 72 per cent below the pre-pandemic year of 2019, according to preliminary estimates by UNWTO. This follows on from 2020, the worst year on record for tourism, when international arrivals decreased by 73 per cent. Arrivals in the Asia-Pacific region for 2021 down 94 per cent as compared to 2019 levels; tourists at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Thailand pictured The first 2022 issue of the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer indicates that rising rates of vaccination,...
