1B tourists worldwide

International tourism will hit a new record by the end of 2014 with over 1.1 billion international tourists travelling the world in a single year. During the first ten months of 2014, the number of international tourists grew by 5 percent according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer.

Between January and October 2014, the volume of international tourists (overnight visitors) reached 978 million, 45 million more than in the same period of 2013. With an increase of 4.7 percent, international tourism continues to grow well above the long-term trend projected by UNWTO for the period 2010-2020 (+3.8 percent), and is set to end the year at over 1.1 billion.