Flows

The travel landscape is changing in Canada. The total number of inbound arrivals keeps rising, but the sources of tourists are changing, as well as preferred destinations and methods of travel. The number of people arriving from Asia Pacific, for ...

Greater flexibility in visa requirements supported growth in inbound arrivals in 2019. After the successful trial of e-visas for New Zealand passport holders in 2019, the scheme is likely to be extended. The effective implementation of the scheme for...

Travel and tourism in Sweden remains strong, aided by a general increase in international travel and the growth in the middle-classes around the globe. New direct airline routes to Sweden and campaigns by both commercial players and the Swedish ...

For several years in a row, tourism in Spain profited from the unstable situation in other Mediterranean destinations, such as Turkey, Tunisia and Egypt. However, the political situation in these countries has improved, and in 2019, some travellers ...

Slower growth was recorded in inbound arrivals in 2019 due to a number of reasons. This included a slowdown in a number of Eurozone economies as well as insecurity caused by a possible no-deal Brexit, given that the UK is a major source market for ...

Although arrivals from African countries such as Yemen, Senegal and Rwanda recorded strong growth in terms of the number of trips in 2019, these were from extremely small bases, with the majority of arrivals still travelling from European sources, ...

The number of inbound arrivals is projected to grow steadily over the forecast period, albeit more slowly than over the review period. Wider air connections to the Czech Republic, strong marketing abroad and the perception of the Czech Republic as a ...

Inbound arrivals to Hungary continued to record positive growth in 2019, with traditionally strong source markets from Western Europe such as Austria, Germany and the UK remaining crucial in generating high volumes of visitors. Inbound receipts ...

More than ten years after joining the EU, Bulgaria’s reputation overseas has never been more positive. Awareness of the country and its impressive tourism offer is spreading in Western Europe, while those living in Eastern European countries have ...

Germany and Belgium remain the leading source markets for the Netherlands, with this situation expected to remain unchanged over the forecast period. Assuming the economic development of the Eurozone continues to be positive, this will further ...

Austria is expected to register continued growth in inbound arrivals over the forecast period, in both winter and summer tourism. The latter is expected to benefit from continuously growing city tourism, especially in Vienna. While Germany, the ...

The depreciation of the Australian dollar attracted more overseas visitors to the country in 2019, falling about 10% against the US dollar. Australia was also an attractive destination for foreigners as opposed to the US, because of concerns around ...

Inbound arrivals saw accelerated growth in 2019, boosted by government efforts to promote Chinese culture overseas. The Chinese Government and travel operators are working increasingly hard to attract inbound travellers. Between 15 May and 30 June ...

While the number of inbound arrivals to Finland continued to record positive growth in 2019, the rate of the growth continued to slow compared with previous years. While source markets closest to Finland continued to lead the number of arrivals, ...

Towards the end of the review period, several countries were engaged in explicit efforts to attract the attention of outbound Mexicans at a time of increasing outbound departures and outgoing tourist receipts. Among the countries that have recently ...

Since 2017, when inbound arrivals significantly declined due to political issues with China, visitors to South Korea are becoming more diversified. While Chinese travellers used to account for almost half of inbound arrivals in South Korea up to ...

Mainland Chinese tourists continued to constitute the backbone of Hong Kong inbound tourism in 2019. With the completion of both the Hong Kong-Macau-Zhuhai bridge (HMZB) and the High Speed Rail line connecting Hong Kong with Guangzhou and Shenzhen, ...

The long, warmer-than-expected European summer in 2018 had an overall positive effect on tourism flows in Germany and elsewhere. During the summer months, consumers took more spontaneous travel opportunities, often weekend city trips, for shorter ...

When it comes to source markets to the United Arab Emirates, India remains in the lead, followed by visitors from Saudi Arabia and the UK. Iranian visitor numbers plummeted in 2019 due to the United Arab Emirates’ strict implementation of US ...

Total visitor arrivals once again recorded healthy growth in 2019. However, over the review period as a whole, inbound arrivals recorded a much better CAGR than inbound tourists’ spending. Despite record high tourism receipts, tourists, on average, ...