Thursday, May 7, 2015

Global Tourism Competitiveness Report: Spain Ranks First



On the 6th May, the Geneva-based World Economic Forum released 2015 Tourism Competitiveness Report, Spain ranked first in the world for the first time to become the world's most powerful country regarding the tourism competitiveness, China ranked No. 17.

The report made a survey in 141 global economies, it was aimed by index analysis to measure the potential of each country to create economic and social benefits through the development of tourism. In Asian countries, Japan, with a wealth of cultural resources, improved infrastructure and first-class digital economy, ranked ninth in the world rankings. Another eight Asian countries entered the top 50 list, including Singapore (ranking11), China (17), Malaysia (25), Thailand (35) and Indonesia (50).

It was reported that, although the current top ten countries are still traditional popular tourist countries such as Spain, France, Germany, the United States, Britain, Switzerland, Australia, Italy and Canada, tourism competitiveness gap between developed and emerging economies is gradually narrowing. With the growing number of international tourists and the growing the middle class tourist group, East Asia has become the world's most dynamic tourist hot spot. Meanwhile, from 2013 to 2014, Southeast Asia was the world's fastest-growing tourist region.

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