Global tourism investment hit a 10-year high in 2017
The 2017 world tourism city federation's
xiangshan tourism summit opens on September 19 in Los Angeles, California. The
theme of the two-day tourism summit in xiangshan is "globalization and the
development of world tourism cities". From 51 countries, 87 cities of the
37 ministers, the mayor, travel agency executives and from the United Nations
world tourism organization, the Pacific Asia travel association and other
international tourism organization of more than 400 delegates attended the
meeting.
World tourism city yu song, director of the
association secretary-general, the Beijing municipal commission of tourism
development in a keynote speech, say, the global tourism investment scale will
reach $2017 in 839.68 billion, a decade highs. According to the world tourism
city federation, the total number of tourists in 2017 will reach 11.9 billion,
and the total number of tourists will reach 1.6 times the global population.
Tourism GDP accounts for more than 10% of global GDP. From 2013 to 2017, global
tourism investment will grow by 4.2 percent annually and global tourism
investment will reach us $839.68 billion in 2017, a 10-year high. The United
Nations world tourism organization predicts that by 2020, the number of
international tourists alone will reach 1.6 billion, with international tourism
revenue of $2 trillion and the direct employment of 130 million. Tourism has
become an effective carrier to increase the employment of export and
non-technical labor. Tourism cities accelerate development and become an
important engine for world tourism development. According to the statistics of
the world tourism economic trend report, the world has formed the six super
city clusters of London, Paris, New York, Tokyo, Beijing and Shanghai, becoming
the main hub of tourism. Currently, the total tourism economy of the 128 member
cities of the federation is $1.89 trillion, accounting for 37 percent of the
global tourism economy. The sharing economy develops rapidly, becomes the
vitality factor that changes tourism development business state. The
enterprises that share the economy as the main characteristics go deep into all
aspects of tourism. In 2016, the membership of the federation has covered 194
countries in the world, and it can provide 1.5 million houses.
Yu song said, the world tourism federation
is the world's first city to tourism city as the main body of tourism
organization, adhering to the "tourism make city life more beautiful"
core values, is committed to promoting exchanges and cooperation between the
world tourism city. The federation hopes to promote the flow of capital,
technology and personnel among member cities, enhance the impact of tourism
cities on world economic development, and inject new vitality into tourism
globalization.