Retail Tourism Represented US$178BN Accounting for 6% of Travel & Tourism’s GDP in 2019

The World Travel & Tourism Council | September 8, 2023

Barcelona, Spain: The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has today launched “Global Retail Tourism: Trends and Insights”, a report set to change the way we think about shopping tourism. The joint research between WTTC and the Hospitality & Tourism Research Centre of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, in collaboration with The Bicester Collection, was published during an event which took place at La Roca Village, part of The Bicester Collection, in Barcelona, Spain, to coincide with the Village’s 25th anniversary. In 2019, retail tourism represented a substantial US$178BN, comprising 6% of the Travel & Tourism se...