BRIEFFebruary 6, 2025

Tourism Watch

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Tourism Watch January 2025 Edition

Global Overview: In the third quarter of 2024, global tourism grew by 7% year-on-year (y/y), surpassing other services sectors, driven by easing inflation despite geopolitical uncertainty.
Regional Overview: From July to September 2024, all regions experienced y/y growth in air passenger arrivals, led by East Asia and the Pacific.
Special Policy Insert: Medical tourism can address development challenges and bring positive spillovers, particularly in middle-income countries. This bulletin provides examples and best practices.

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January 2025 Edition

Tourism Watch – a product of the Tourism Group within the Markets, Competition and Technology Unit of the World Bank – provides up-to-date data from an array of sources along with analysis of recent tourism developments.

About the Tourism Watch series

The Tourism Watch is a quarterly report produced by the World Bank which monitors global and regional tourism sector performance, outlook, and highlights policies aimed at enhancing the sector’s economic, social and environmental outcomes for developing economies and destinations. The series relies on real-time aviation data, official tourism statistics, consumer search trends, broader economic indicators, and other key data sources to provide a perspective on how tourism is affected by and contributing to global developments.