Press Release: Tourism: Commission welcomes OECD report indicating revival

International tourism arrivals have returned rapidly to steady growth, showing tourism’s resilience to the effects of the global economic and financial crisis, according to a new OECD report published in July 2012. 'OECD Tourism Trends and Policies 2012' indicates that OECD countries were the destination of choice for 66% of global arrivals in 2010 with EU countries accounting for 50.2%.

In 2010, total international arrivals in all countries reached 940m, 6.7% above the 2009 figure, with most growth taking place in Asia and the Pacific. Overall, international arrivals increased by 4% to OECD countries and 2.7% to the EU.

OECD: Growth in tourism industry picks up http://www.oecd.org/newsroom/tourismgrowthintourismindustrypicksup.htm

OECD: Centre for Entrepreneurship: SMEs and Local Development: Tourism http://www.oecd.org/cfe/tourism

OECD: OECD Tourism Trends and Policies 2012 (Introduction) http://www.oecd.org/cfe/tourism/oecdtourismtrendsandpolicies2012.htm

OECD: OECD Tourism Trends and Policies 2012 http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/industry-and-services/oecd-tourism-trends-and-policies-2012_tour-2012-en

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