World tourism forecast

The latest edition of the World Tourism Barometer has revealed that international tourism will decrease between four and six per cent this year in response to the economic downturn and concerns about swine flu - with Europe posting the biggest decline - a fall of ten per cent between January and April this year...

The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has said that global tourism in 2009 will fall sharply.

International tourism was found to have slumped by eight per cent between January and April compared to the same period last year.

All over the world, countries recorded a total of 247 million international tourist arrivals in the four months, down from 269 million in 2008.

These figures have led the World Tourism Organisation to revise its forecast for 2009, taking into account the bleak economic outlook and the threat of swine flu.

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