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International tourism rebounded in the Northern Hemisphere

Verantwortlicher Autor: Carlo Marino Rome, 29.11.2021, 15:56 Uhr
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Rome [ENA] Despite recent improvements, uneven vaccination rates around the world and new Covid-19 strains could impact the already slow and fragile recovery. The economic strain caused by the pandemic could also weigh on travel demand, aggravated by the recent spike in oil prices and disruption of supply chains. According to the latest UNWTO data, international tourist arrivals are expected to remain 70% to 75% below 2019

levels in 2021, a similar decline as in 2020. The tourism economy would thus continue to be highly impacted. Tourism’s direct gross domestic product could lose another US$ 2 trillion, the same as in 2020, while exports from tourism are estimated to stay at US$ 700-800 million, significantly below the US$ 1.7 trillion registered in 2019. The newest edition of the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer says that international tourist arrivals (overnight visitors) increased by 58% in July-September compared to the same period of 2020. However, they remained 64% below 2019 levels. Europe recorded the best relative performance in the third quarter, with international arrivals 53% down on the same three-month period of 2019. In August and September

arrivals were at -63% compared to 2019, the best monthly results since the start of the pandemic. Between January and September, worldwide international tourist arrivals stood at -20% compared to 2020, a clear improvement over on the first six months of the year (-54%). Nevertheless, overall arrivals are still 76% below pre-pandemic levels with irregular performances among world regions. In some sub regions – Southern and Mediterranean Europe, the Caribbean, North and Central America - arrivals actually rose above 2020 levels in the first nine months of 2021. Some islands in the Caribbean and South Asia, together with a few small destinations in Southern and Mediterranean Europe saw their best performance in Q3 2021 according to available

data, with arrivals coming close to, or sometimes exceeding pre-pandemic levels. UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili said: “Data for the third quarter of 2021 is encouraging. However, arrivals are still 76% below pre-pandemic levels and results across the different global regions remain uneven.” In light of the rising cases and the emergence of new variants, he added that “we cannot let our guard down and need to continue our efforts to ensure equal access to vaccinations,  coordinate travel procedures, make use of digital vaccination certificates to facilitate mobility and continue to support the sector.” 

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