International tourism is steadily gaining momentum, with worldwide tourist arrivals increasing 7% in the first two months of 2010, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer.
Growth was positive in all world regions during the first two months of 2010 led by Asia and the Pacific (+10%). African arrivals climbed 7%, but the pace of growth was slower in Europe (+3%)
and in the Americas (+3%).
The January-February results follow the upturn registered in the last quarter of 2009 when
arrivals grew by 2% after 14 consecutive months of negative results. Though data for March
2010 is still limited, the UNWTO has reported that the positive trend is set to continue, however the Icelandic volcano situation is likely to have impacted results in April.
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