The global tourism industry has faced a number of challenges over the last two years but the signs of recovery are more than evident and fully demonstrated in this unique report.

Despite the September 11th terrorist attacks, the Bali bombing and the situation in Iraq, 2002 saw the World Tourism Organization (WTO) reporting that international global tourist arrivals had exceeded 700 million for the first time. In 2000 in excess of 55% of the total tourism expenditure originated in the top ten source markets. This report supplies a comparative analysis of the most important tourism-generating countries in the world as well as the most significant regional players.

The global tourism industry has faced a number of challenges over the last two years but the signs of recovery are more than evident and fully demonstrated in this unique report.

Despite the September 11th terrorist attacks, the Bali bombing and the situation in Iraq, 2002 saw the World Tourism Organization (WTO) reporting that international global tourist arrivals had exceeded 700 million for the first time. In 2000 in excess of 55% of the total tourism expenditure originated in the top ten source markets. This report supplies a comparative analysis of the most important tourism-generating countries in the world as well as the most significant regional players.

A variety of factors, including demographic, economic, monetary and social policies, are evaluated in this unique report in order to provide a comprehensive insight into these outbound markets. Tourist expenditure, preferred destinations, length of stay, purpose of visit and seasonality are assessed, while important trends in terms of transport, the structure of the travel trade and socio-demographic characteristics of travellers are outlined. The impact of recent events in 2003 including the war in Iraq and the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) are also considered. This publication is packed full of information that is absolutely essential to government tourist boards, holiday operators and travel agents, airlines and airports, business schools and advertising and media agencies

The outbound markets analysed in this report are: the USA, Germany, the UK, Japan, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Canada, China, Austria, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Russia and South Africa.

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