2/18/11

Recession doesn't discourage travellers

At the time that everybody is concerning where the global economy is going, the figures regarding Travel Industry could be socking. According to the new figures published to Asia Travel Tips, IATA is expecting a massive growth of travellers. 800 million new travellers will add up in this massive 8 trillion industry raising the total number to 3.3 Billion travellers up to 2014. This is rising a question. "Are the vacations a luxury? or a need"? As the stress levels are rising up, seems that more people need a good break. 
Who is going t Travel more?
China will be the biggest contributor of new travelers, according to Asia Travel Tips. Among  the 800 million new travelers expected in 2014, 360 million (45%) will travel on Asia Pacific routes and of those 214 million will be associated with China (181 million domestic and 33 million international). The United States will remain the largest single country market for domestic passengers (671 million) and international passengers (215 million).


Top 5
By 2014, the top five countries for international travel measured by number of passengers will be the United States (at 215 million, an increase of 45 million), the United Kingdom (at 198 million with an increase of 33 million), Germany (at 163 million with an increase of 29 million), Spain (123 million with an increase of 21 million), and France (111 million with an increase of 21 million).

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