International tourism arrivals hit record high in 2017 |
The number of people travelling abroad hit record levels in 2017 with a total of 1,323 million international tourist arrivals recorded in destinations around the world, with India leading the growth in the South Asian region, according to data from the UN`s tourism organisation. The latest edition of its Tourism Highlights shows international arrivals reached 1.323 million last year. The figure represents an 84 million increase over 2016, and a new record, with the sector also recording “uninterrupted growth” in arrivals for eight consecutive years. India is the partner country of the 2018`s Beethovenfest in Bonn. A joint Indian-German music piece will be created for the event. To get things started, German percussionists met their Indian counterparts in Mumbai. Europe and Africa led the regions with increases in arrivals, with growth of eight per cent and nine per cent, respectively. The UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO, a specialized agency of the United Nations) added that tourism is the world`s third largest export category, earning USD 1.3 trillion in receipts in 2017: an increase of five per cent.
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