UNWTO DATA AT A GLANCE

Global tourism 2021

415 million international tourist arrivals

Up four per cent on 2021

Down 72 per cent on 2019

US$1.9 trillion economic contribution

Above the US$1.6 trillion in 2020

Below the US$ 3.5 trillion in 2019

Middle East tourism 2021

Arrivals down 24 per cent on 2020 and 79 per cent on 2019.

The outlook

64 per cent of tourism professionals expect international arrivals to return to 2019 levels by 2024 or later