World Tourism Organization assesses pandemic damage
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) reports that the number of tourist trips worldwide in the first eight months of 2020 decreased by 70% compared to the same period in 2019, with losses reaching $730 billion.
In July, there were 81% fewer trips than in July last year, in August – 79%. From January to August, there were 700 million fewer trips than in the same time of 2019.
Economic losses amount to $730 billion – eight times more than in the crisis of 2009.
Zurab Pololikashvili, the head of the World Tourism Organization, called the decline unprecedented and said "the urgent need for a safe, timely and coordinated resumption of tourism."
In 2019, the World Tourism Organization recorded 1.5 billion international tourist trips around the world.
Source: ria
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