WTTC’s annual Economic Impact Research, released today, shows that Travel & Tourism was responsible for the creation of 7 million new jobs worldwide. The report also shows that 2017 was a bumper year for the global Travel & Tourism sector, which grew at 4.6%, 50% faster than the global economy as a whole (3% growth during 2017).
Gloria Guevara, WTTC President & CEO said, “Travel & Tourism creates jobs, drives economic growth and helps build better societies. Our research shows that our sector was responsible for the creation of one in five of all jobs globally. In the last few years, Governments around the world are realising the extraordinary benefits of tourism and I congratulate them for taking steps to maximise our sector’s potential.”
Sektor Travel & Tourism už siedmy rok po sebe prekonal globálnu ekonomiku a v roku 2017 bol najrýchlejšie rastúcim širokým ekonomickým sektorom na celom svete, pričom vykazoval silnejší rast ako všetky sektory vrátane výroby (4.2 %), maloobchodu a veľkoobchodu (3.4 %), poľnohospodárstva. , lesníctvo a rybárstvo (2.6 %) a finančné služby (2.5 %).
V roku 2017 priamy, nepriamy a vyvolaný vplyv Travel & Tourism predstavoval:
US$8.3 trillion contribution to global GDP (10.4%)
313 miliónov pracovných miest, 1 z 10 pracovných miest na celom svete
US$1.5 trillion exports (6.5% of total exports, 28.8% of global services exports)
US$882 billion investment (4.5% of total investment)
Ms Guevara continued, “2017 was the best year on record for the Travel & Tourism sector. We have seen increased spending as a result of growing consumer confidence, both domestically and internationally, recovery in markets in North Africa and Europe previously impacted by terrorism and continued outbound growth from China and India. This is great news for the millions of people who depend on our sector for their livelihoods.”
Medzi najvýznamnejšie z celého sveta patria:
Europe’s performance was better than previously expected with 4.8% growth as long-haul demand recovered strongly, accompanied by strong intra-regional travel thanks to the strength of the European economy. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in 2017, European airlines recorded passenger growth of 8.1% and over 1 billion passengers for the first time.
Travel & Tourism’s contribution to GDP in North Africa grew by 22.6% in 2017, showing a strong rebound from the impacts of terrorism in previous years. Stellar performance from Egypt (72.9%) and solid growth in Tunisia (7.6%) inspire confidence in the region as tourism activity continues to recover to pre-attack levels.
Asian countries continue to drive global tourism growth with North East Asia growing at 7.4% and South East Asia at 6.7%. China continues to lead the way at 9.8%. Over the next ten years over one third of absolute GDP growth and nearly half of employment growth will be generated by China and India.
Latin America showed a decline of 1.4% in tourism GDP, largely a result of a contraction in international spend to the largest Latin American economy, Brazil, of 18.1% compared to 2016, and compounded by the ongoing political and economic problems in Venezuela.
Prognózy na rok 2018 naznačujú, že rast bude pokračovať, aj keď pomalším tempom ako v roku 2017 v dôsledku vyšších cien ropy.
Dlhodobý výhľad do roku 2028 zostáva nezmenený s priemerným rastom 3.8 % ročne v nasledujúcom desaťročí. Očakáva sa však, že do roku 2028 bude Travel & Tourism podporovať viac ako 400 miliónov pracovných miest na celom svete, čo sa rovná 1 z 9 všetkých pracovných miest na svete; a očakáva sa, že toto odvetvie v nasledujúcom desaťročí prispeje približne 25 % k celosvetovej čistej tvorbe pracovných miest.
Ms Guevara added “As our sector continues to become more important both as a generator of GDP and jobs, our key challenge will be ensuring this growth is sustainable and inclusive. Going forward we need to ensure that growth is planned for, well managed and includes partnerships between not only the public and private sectors but also includes communities themselves. There is a huge potential for governments to capitalise on the opportunities Travel & Tourism brings to create new jobs, especially in those economies where many jobs in other sectors are under threat from automation. Travel & Tourism is the best partner for governments to create jobs.”
