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International Tourism Reached 97% of Pre-Pandemic Levels in the First Quarter of 2024
UN Tourism | May 21, 2024
International tourist arrivals reached 97% of pre-pandemic levels in the first quarter of 2024. According to UN Tourism, more than 285 million tourists traveled internationally in January-March, about 20% more than the first quarter of 2023, underscoring the sector’s near-complete recovery from the impacts of the pandemic. In 2023 international tourist arrivals recovered 89% of 2019 levels and export revenues from tourism 96%, while direct tourism GDP reached the same levels as in 2019. UN Tourism’s projection for 2024 points to a full recovery of international tourism with arrivals growing 2% above 2019 levels. In line with this, the...
New Data Shows Investment Returning to Global Tourism Sector
UNWTO | September 14, 2023
Investment in the global tourism cluster has started to bounce back from the lows it touched during the pandemic off the back of the steady recovery of international tourist arrivals, according to a newly released report jointly produced by UNWTO and fDi Intelligence. The report, which is based on data from fDi Markets, fDi Intelligence's proprietary database of greenfield FDI projects, as well as international tourism data from UNWTO, provides a broad overview of the ongoing investment cycle in the tourism sector, breaking down investment figures by region, segments and companies. Key findings include: Both FDI project numbers and job ...
New Guidelines Put Women’s Empowerment at Heart of Tourism’s Restart
UNWTO | March 1, 2022
A new set of guidelines will help both governments and businesses better address the needs of women in the tourism sector. The guidelines published by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) were developed with the support of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Development (BMZ), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and UN Women. They aim to ensure an inclusive and resilient recovery from the impacts of the pandemic. They recognize that, given the disproportionate loss of employment suffered by women, as well as the high proportion of women workers within tourism and their concentration in lowe...
Cloud5 Communications Announces Key Sales Hire in Western U.S. With Tara Dean as Director of Business Development
Cloud5 Communications | June 6, 2019
CHICAGO (June 6, 2019) – Industry leader Cloud5 Communications continues to grow its business development team with the appointment of Tara Dean as a Director of Business Development. Dean draws upon 15 years of technology experience and a deep knowledge of High-Speed Internet Access (HSIA), converged networks, telephony and software solutions to offer Cloud5's comprehensive line of communication products to lodging customers in the Western U.S. Prior to joining Cloud5, Dean served as the top selling account director with Sunray Technology Ventures, a hospitality network design and management company specializing in serving full-service,...
