UNWTO: new data points to tourism rebound in 2023

10-05-23

International tourism is making good progress towards returning to pre-pandemic levels, with twice as many people travelling in the first quarter of 2023 as in the same period in 2022.

Lessons learned from new UNWTO data

The second UNWTO World Tourism Barometer of the year indicates that the sector's recovery continues its rapid evolution in 2023. In particular, it has drawn the following conclusions:

Overall, international arrivals reached 80% of pre-pandemic levels in the first quarter of 2023.

In these first three months, an estimated 235 million tourists made international trips, more than double the number in the same period in 2022.

Tourism has continued to demonstrate its resilience. According to revised data for 2022, there were more than 960 million international tourist movements last year, restoring two-thirds (66%) of pre-pandemic figures.