The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) on May 24 released the Travel and Tourism Development Index (TTDI) 2021.
Key Highlights
- The travel and tourism development index assessed a total of 117 countries for the study.
- The theme of this year’s Travel and Tourism Development Index (TTDI) is “Rebuilding for a Sustainable and Resilient Future”.
- Japan tops the ranking, followed by the United States, Spain, France and Germany.
- Other than the US, the top-10 scoring economies are high-income economies in Europe or Asia-Pacific. After top-ranking Japan, regional economies Australia and Singapore come in seventh and ninth, respectively.
- India’s travel and tourism sector has shown “signs of recovery” and is the top performer in South Asia.
- India grabbed the 54th spot in the overall rankings, down from 46th in 2019.
- This year’s index consists of five subindexes, 17 pillars and 112 individual indicators. are at the top of the list.
- On average, TTDI scores increased by just 0.1% between 2019 and 2021, with only 39 out of 117 economies covered by the index improving by more than 1.0%.
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