ANALYSING THE MAIN INDICATORS OF GLOBAL TOURISM FLOWS IN EVOLUTION AND STRUCTURE

Daniela Mihai () and Smaranda Simoni ()
Additional contact information
Daniela Mihai: Faculty of Economics, University of Pitesti, Romania
Smaranda Simoni: Faculty of Economics, University of Pitesti, Romania

Scientific Bulletin - Economic Sciences, 2012, vol. 11, issue Special, 10-19

Abstract: Tourism is one of the most important economic sectors and the largest industry in the world, as it contributes to 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) worldwide and 6-7% of total employment. The international tourist flow has increased significantly during the latest 15 years. In 2011 there was a record number of international tourist arrivals (980 million), although during this year the global economic recovery has been slow and there have been major political changes in the Middle East or North Africa and natural disasters in Japan. The UNWTO forecasts show that the record of 1 billion international tourists (growth rate of 3-4%) will be reached in 2012.

Keywords: tourism; tourist regions; indicators of tourist flow; tourism flows (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://economic.upit.ro/repec/pdf/2012_3_2.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pts:journl:y:2012:i:special:p:10-19

Access Statistics for this article

Scientific Bulletin - Economic Sciences is currently edited by Alina Hagiu

More articles in Scientific Bulletin - Economic Sciences from University of Pitesti Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Alina Hagiu ().