"Ministers information"International tourism recorded 5% during the first quarter of 2025
& nbsp; From 300 million international tourists who traveled in the first three months of this year, an increase of 14 million compared to the same period in 2024, and this performance also exceeds the numbers of 2019 by 3%. Along with the increase in tourist spending, it indicates the strength of the sector despite crises. The Southern Mediterranean region also witnessed a similar growth by 2%, while Central and Eastern Europe recorded an increase of 8%, despite the survival of the numbers without levels in 2019. Referring to 13% thanks to the summer season in the southern hemisphere, while the Middle East recorded a slight increase of 1%, but the number of expatriates remained 44% higher than the levels before the pandemic. With a growth of 23% compared to 2024, to reach 91% of the 2019 numbers, and according to the International Air Transport Federation (IATA), the demand for international air travel increased by 8%, while the air capacity increased by 7%. Spain increased by 9%, while Turkey achieved 7%, Greece, Italy and Portugal recorded a growth of 4%, as France achieved 6%growth, Norway 20%, and Denmark 11%. 14% growth, and in the United States of America, which is the largest tourist revenue market in the world, the growth in the first quarter of 2025 reached about 3%, after achieving 14% in 2024.
the report stated, that data were reviewed in 2024 to confirm that international tourism revenues for revenues and air transport amounted 15% before the pandemic, these revenues represent 6% of the total exports of global goods and services, and 23% of the service trade globally.
and that direct revenues from international tourism in 2024 amounted Growth is like the United Kingdom (+16%), Canada (+13%), the United States of America (+12%), Australia (+8%), and France (+7%), and China also recorded an increase in external spending by 30%to $ 251 billion. Tourism experts until the slowdown in economic growth, the high travel costs, and the increase in customs duties constitute the most prominent risks, as well as the decline in consumer confidence and geopolitical tensions as influential factors that may cast a shadow of tourism during the year 2025.
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