December 16, 2024
Amadeus Report: Travel Trends 2025
A report that takes different chunks of the travel sector and describes a potential trend to be on the lookout for in 2025, whether that’s the re-emergence of Asia as a source market, enhanced personalisation when flying or unique hotels, plus trends relating to behaviour including a craving for real life connections and to recreate holiday experiences of the past.
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December 16, 2024
UN Tourism Barometer December 2024
The latest UN Tourism analysis reckons that at the global level international tourism will have fully recovered to its pre-pandemic levels in terms of arrivals by the end of 2024.
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November 28, 2024
UN Tourism International Highlights 2024
A comprehensive round-up of international tourism in each year between 2020 and 2023 which assesses the economic impact of the pandemic on the sector, tracking the precipitous decline of 2020 through to the strong rebound in the most recent two years.
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November 5, 2024
GEM 2024 Industry Briefing | The Changing Face of Tourism
Download the slide decks from our 2024 GEM Industry Briefing on The Changing Face of Tourism.
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October 8, 2024
WeTravel Travel Innovation Summit 2024
Watch the sessions at the 2024 Travel Innovation Summit, organised by ETOA members WeTravel. It is an exploration of the future of multi-day group travel. Dive into insightful keynote presentations and panel discussions, from untangling payment methods to crafting purpose-driven experiences to harnessing AI tools.
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September 27, 2024
OECD Tourism Trends and Policies 2024
The 2024 edition of OECD's Tourism Trends and Policies report, setting out tourism trends and top policy priorities to promote sustainable development through tourism.
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September 27, 2024
UN Tourism Barometer Sept 2024
The latest UN Tourism analysis has as its main headline that in the first seven months of 2024 international tourist arrivals recovered to 96% of the tally achieved in the same period of 2019.
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July 11, 2024
McKinsey & Company : The state of tourism and hospitality in 2024
This fascinating report covers a great deal of ground, exploring both the latest trends in origin and destination markets, traveller behaviours, the rapidly expanding luxury tourism market and the challenge of overcrowding faced by destinations as demand continues to increase.
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June 17, 2024
World Economic Forum Travel & Tourism Development Index May 2024
The latest iteration of the WEF Travel & Tourism Development Index (the successor of its Competitiveness Index) shines a light on a raft of measures that help to describe the performance of nations around the world when it comes to factors and policies that enable the sustainable and resilient development of Travel & Tourism.
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June 17, 2024
UN Tourism Barometer May 2024
The latest UN Tourism analysis indicates that in the first quarter of 2024 the number of international overnight trips reached 97% of its pre-pandemic level, while focussing solely on Europe arrivals were in fact fractionally up on the same period of 2019.
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April 9, 2024
Destinations Exchange Europe 2024
The complete slide deck from Destinations Exchange Europe 2024.
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March 15, 2024
Travel Weekly Insight Report March 2024
A report based on analysis and UK consumer research that looks at the market outlook, what can be gleaned from the latest consumer research, the issue of climate change and sustainability along with a discussion relating to AI and technology.
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February 13, 2024
UNWTO Barometer January 2024
The latest UNWTO analysis indicates that in 2023 the number of international overnight trips reached 88% of its pre-pandemic level. Looking ahead to 2024 international tourism is expected to exceed 2019 volumes by around 2%.
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February 10, 2024
Pulse Check: Operating environment for tourism in 2024
ETOA Pulse Check: Our members' opinion on the operating environment in 2024 compared with 2023.
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December 20, 2023
UNWTO Barometer November 2023
The latest UNWTO analysis confirms that in the first nine months of this year the volume of international tourism recovered to 87% of its pre-pandemic equivalent, with Europe doing rather better at 94% of its 2019 tally.
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September 29, 2023
UNWTO Tourism Highlights 2023
A comprehensive round-up of international tourism in each year between 2020 and 2022 which assesses the economic impact of the pandemic on the sector, tracking the precipitous decline of 2020 through to the strong rebound of last year.
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September 29, 2023
UNWTO Barometer September 2023
The latest UNWTO analysis paints a broadly positive picture for how 2023 has evolved with an increasing number of destinations seeing international arrivals approaching the levels seen in 2019, with a handful actually exceeding this tally. A note of caution is struck in relation to the economic wellbeing of potential tourists as we head towards 2024.
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August 17, 2023
CELTH Research and Reports Archive
A full listing of relevant reports from our partners at CELTH.
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May 23, 2023
UNWTO Barometer May 2023
The latest UNWTO analysis suggests that last year Europe welcomed 595 million international tourist arrivals, compared with 744 million in 2019, and that in the first quarter of this year volumes have reached 90% of their pre-pandemic level.
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January 19, 2023
ETOA Insight Webinar | Euromonitor Travel Reset: Outlook and Innovation for European Tourism 2023
Caroline Bremner shares Euromonitor's forecasted outlook for European tourism, pinpointing growth opportunities such as blended travel and the metaverse for further exploration
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January 19, 2023
UNWTO Barometer January 2023
The latest UNWTO analysis indicates that last year international tourism had recovered to 63% of its pre-pandemic level with 900 million trips. In an upbeat assessment the Barometer predicts that this year volumes will reach between 80% and 95% of their 2019 equivalent.
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December 12, 2022
Euromonitor Travel and Hospitality Global Outlook and Innovation Guide
This report looks at the views of both business professionals and consumers, suggesting that technological change and a growing focus on sustainability will be key factors shaping travel and tourism in the next few years.
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December 12, 2022
UNWTO Barometer November 2022
Cautious optimism is the phrase summing up the latest analysis by UNWTO, while there are growing headwinds it is expected that international tourism will reach 65% of its 2019 volume by year end, with Europe one of the strongest performing world regions.
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November 25, 2022
ETOA Webinar | Europe’s border formalities in 2023
An update on Europe’s upcoming new border formalities for visitors and how they will work.
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November 14, 2022
ETOA Industry Briefing | 3rd November 2022
Download the presentations from our Industry Briefing on 3rd November in London.
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November 8, 2022
UNWTO Barometer September 2022
The latest analysis from UNWTO suggests that many parts of the world continued to see a steady recovery in international tourism during recent months, especially in Europe and the Middle East. While sentiment among experts remains positive for the remainder of the year there are growing worries as to the impact of a slowing economy and high levels of inflation.
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October 10, 2022
Interpreting Tourism Statistics: Webinar and Report
A useful companion document and webinar for those reading tourism statistics, with a digestible look at potential pitfalls when interpreting them.
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October 5, 2022
Summer 2022 overview and opportunities for 2023
A presentation offering an overview of 2022 Summer season and 2023 opportunities specifically focusing on Italy.
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September 7, 2022
UNWTO – The Economic Impact of Restricting International Mobility
A report that pulls together a range of data demonstrating the devastating impact that the pandemic and subsequent restrictions on international mobility has had on the tourism sector since 2020.
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September 7, 2022
Amadeus Consumer Travel Spend Priorities 2022
A 15-page report with a focus on the links between travel and fintech based on a survey of 4,500 consumers in June 2022 from France, Germany, UK, USA and Singapore.
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September 7, 2022
UNWTO Barometer July 2022
The latest analysis from UNWTO confirms that international tourism continues to consolidate its recovery despite mounting economic headwinds.
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June 29, 2022
UNWTO Barometer June 2022
The latest analysis from UNWTO highlights a strong start to the year for international tourism in many parts of the world as restrictions ease and travellers regain confidence. However, it is noted that the amount of travel being undertaken remains significantly down on 2019 and that major headwinds remain.
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June 27, 2022
ETOA Snapshot | Demographic Changes
Ten minute video session with Rachel Read and David Edwards on the effect of demographic changes on the industry.
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June 27, 2022
ETOA Snapshot | Tourism Statistics and Surveys: Perils and Pitfalls
Ten minute video session with Rachel Read and David Edwards on the points to look out for when interpreting tourism statistics and surveys.
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June 27, 2022
ETOA Snapshot | Value of Tourism to the European Economy
Ten minute video session with Rachel Read and David Edwards on quantifying the value of tourism to the European economy.
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April 26, 2022
UNWTO Barometer March 2022
Latest edition of the UNWTO Tourism Barometer summarised by the line “tourism enjoys a strong start to 2022 while facing new uncertainties”. Data is presented showing the performance of different world regions in 2021 along with bespoke analysis that considers the likely impact of the conflict in Ukraine on international tourism.
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March 24, 2022
German VAT Update March 2022
Germany is proposing to levy a tax on operators selling German tourism product outside the EU. Presentation given to WTTC by ETOA CEO Tom Jenkins on the implications of this.
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January 24, 2022
CELTH Report on Societal Value of Tourism and Recreation
An exploration of what the Netherlands, and wider world, would look like were the hospitality sector not to survive the current coronavirus crisis, including its economic value, its value to the wider environment and its value to what are referred to as social processes.
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January 24, 2022
UNWTO Big Data for Better Tourism Policy, and Sustainable Recovery
A comprehensive report which defines Big Data in relation to tourism, highlights the variety of sources of big data and looks at the opportunities and challenges that its use presents. The study highlights the ways in which the adoption of big data could aid both recovery from the pandemic and ensure that tourism has a future grounded in sustainability.
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January 24, 2022
UNWTO Barometer Jan 2022
An overview of international tourism performance in 2021 showing that while there was some year-on-year growth, volumes remain far short of those seen in 2019. Growth is anticipated in 2022 but even the more optimistic scenario sees volumes 50% below 2019 by the end of the current year. The panel of experts questioned by UNWTO now mostly believe that it will be 2024 or later before we return to pre-pandemic levels.
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December 13, 2021
European Commission – Regional impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on the tourist sector
A hefty tome from DG Regio that describes the tourism ecosystem in Europe through a series of destination typologies, and examines the impact of COVID-19 on them. It takes a broader look at tourism trends (both those from pre-pandemic and those brought about by it) and considers policy initiatives that can promote sustainable tourism.
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December 13, 2021
UNWTO The Economic Contribution of Tourism and the Impact of COVID-19
A report that takes a detailed look at how important tourism was to economies right around the world pre-pandemic and explores the dramatic impact that COVID-19 has had on the sector over the past two years.
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February 10, 2021
UNWTO Tourism Highlights 2020
A comprehensive round-up of international tourism in 2019 revealing that all world regions experienced growth in arrivals which reached 1.5 billion, generating $1,481bn of international tourism receipts. The report contains numerous infographics and tables detailing the economic value of the sector and performance of different world regions in 2019, along with the leading destinations and most valuable source markets.
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June 22, 2020
David Edwards on Tourism Statistics
A useful companion document for those reading tourism statistics, with a digestible look at why data from different places doesn't always match up.
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June 18, 2020
ETOA Snapshot – What is TOMS?
Tom Jenkins, ETOA's CEO, explains the Tour Operators Margin Scheme for VAT.
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June 17, 2020
David Edwards opinion 3M’s theory on drivers for post-pandemic travel industry
Tourism insight expert David Edwards explains his 3Ms theory for the likely drivers for a post-pandemic travel industry.
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June 17, 2020
CELTH long-term scenarios for travel
Four contrasting and thought-provoking pictures for the visitor economy in 2025 are painted based on so-called ‘explorative scenarios’. It is argued that the two major drivers will be the length and depth of the coronavirus-induced recession and the extent to which people act as ‘I’ or ‘We’.
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June 17, 2020
OECD tourism policy response to coronavirus
Supporting 7% of jobs and accounting for one-fifth of service sector exports across OECD countries this study both underscores the economic importance of tourism and provides a comprehensive analysis of the actions being taken by different countries to steer the sector through the immediate crisis and rebuild for the future. For anyone wishing to review how policymakers are tackling the greatest crisis to confront the tourism industry this report is an excellent crib-sheet.
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June 17, 2020
UNWTO Tourism Data Dashboard
UNWTO have made available much of the data that has historically only been found in the organisation’s publications in a much more interactive way. The tool allows an exploration of inbound and outbound tourism volumes and expenditure at the global, regional and individual country level, ideal for those seeking to track down a particular number.
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