Asia continues to lead the global tourism industry as per reports revealed by analysts. According to a report published by ITB World Travel Trends, Asia will be the powerhouse of the global tourism sector with strong growth of 7% in outbound travel. The outlook for 2013 is even stronger, experts said at the World Travel Monitor Forum in Pisa. China and Japan are both performing exceedingly well this year with double-digit growth rates in outbound travel, Hiroshi Kurosu, senior researcher at the Japan Travel Bureau, told participants.
The number of international trips by Chinese grew about 20% in the first half of this year on top of already rising visits in the recent years. Japan has staged a remarkable recovery with 13.7% growth in the first nine months of the year, while outbound travel by South Koreans increased by 6.7% from January to August 2012. Hong Kong and Taiwan also grew well over the first nine months. Overall, outbound tourism from North-East Asia can be expected to record double-digit growth this year, he predicted. To know more on this, read our exclusive cover story on the growth of tourism despite the economic uncertainty.
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