When compared with other sectors, travel and tourism also ranks among the fastest growing. With a GDP growth rate of 3.5% in 2019, travel and tourism trailed only behind information and communication and financial services.
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Travel and tourism GDP is predicted to grow, on average, at 5.8 percent a year between 2022 and 2032, outpacing the growth of the overall economy at an expected 2.7 percent a year. 5. So, is it all systems go for travel and tourism? Not really. The industry continues to face a prolonged and widespread labor shortage.
Since 2010 tourism has been the fastest growing sector in the UK in employment terms. Britain is forecast to have a tourism industry worth over £257 billion by 2025.
The total contribution of travel and tourism to the UK's GDP increased by 40% from 2020 to 2023. In 2022, there were about 30 million international visits to the UK. It's forecast that the number of visitors to the UK could reach 35.1 million in 2023.
When compared with other sectors, travel and tourism also ranks among the fastest growing. With a GDP growth rate of 3.5% in 2019, travel and tourism trailed only behind information and communication and financial services.
United Arab Emirates was second among the fastest-growing destinations for international arrivals in 2022 after Austria. The country was also the most visited in the region last year with 22.7 million tourist arrivals, surpassing 2019 levels, followed by Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Morocco.
As one of the largest and fastest growing economic sectors in the world, tourism is well-positioned to foster economic growth and development at all levels and provide income through job creation.
Towards 2030, the metaverse will enable visitors to mentally teleport themselves to destinations, regardless of time, financial resources and physical abilities. Individuals will seamlessly move between integrated digital and physical realities, where the engagement with travel becomes a part of daily life.
Summary – 2023 forecastOur latest inbound forecast for 2023 is 37.5 million visits, 92% of the 2019 level. Inbound visitors are forecast to spend £30.9 billion, 109% of the 2019 level in nominal terms although 90% in real terms (taking inflation into account).
A cultural and historical destination, the country is famous for its Scottish landscapes, British royal family, the Beatles, and a number of castles and forts.
We've upgraded our 2023 inbound tourism forecast. Visits overall to the UK this year are now forecast to be 37.5 million, 92% of 2019 levels and inbound visitor spending £30.9 billion, up 9%. See the statement from our CEO Patricia Yates below and the full revised forecast here.
China in fact, considered by many to become the biggest economy in the world by 2030, has had a fast growing economy over the last few decades, but its fortunes seem to have turned post Covid-19.