Share in total employment: direct, indirect and induced effects 2019.
TOURISM AS AN ECONOMIC DRIVER: A GLOBAL HEAVYWEIGHT
After two years of the coronavirus pandemic, international tourism is clearly showing signs of recovery. According to the UNWTO's 2022 World Tourism Barometer, nearly 250 million international travellers were recorded in the first five months of 2022. This puts the travel industry almost at the pre-crisis level of 2019 and back on track for success:
- Tourism has grown - minus the pandemic years - twice as fast as world GDP in the last 15 years.
- Every tenth employee worldwide works in the travel and tourism industry.
The positive effects of tourism can be seen in industrialised nations as well as in emerging and developing countries: In Germany, tourism is a fundamental component of the national economy. Before the corona crisis, it generated a gross value added of more than 105 billion euros and provided jobs for three million people.
In the EU Mediterranean countries, the travel industry provides jobs and prosperity in a special way - with 27 million guests per year (before the pandemic) and multimillion investments, the TUI Group has a significant share in this.