{"id":379,"date":"2020-09-15T17:46:06","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T14:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turizmpress.com\/en\/?p=379"},"modified":"2020-09-15T17:46:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T14:46:10","slug":"global-tourism-lost-460-billion-due-to-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turizmpress.com\/en\/statistics-trends\/global-tourism-lost-460-billion-due-to-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Global tourism lost $460 billion due to Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest report of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) for June shows that the number of international tourists decreased by 93% compared to the same month last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the the recent analysis called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unwto.org\/news\/international-tourist-numbers-down-65-in-first-half-of-2020-unwto-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8221; World Tourism Barometer&#8221;<\/a> , in the six-month period between January and June 2020, the number of international tourists arrivals decreased by 65%, while the loss in tourism revenue is around <strong>460 billion dollars.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>\u201cThe latest World Tourism Barometer shows the deep impact this pandemic is having on tourism, a sector upon which millions of people depend for their livelihoods. 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