In 2023, more than 75 percent (195.7 million) of the EU’s 20 to 64-year-olds were employed, the highest share recorded since the start of the time series in 2009. This marks three consecutive years of growth after a drop to 72 percent in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

In 2022, EU countries produced 4.8 million pairs of skis and snowboards, an increase of 37 percent when compared with 2021. Almost half of these items (2.2 million; 45 percent) were produced in Austria. 

New research from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and Sustainable Tourism Global Center (STGC), initiated by the Ministry of Tourism of Saudi Arabia, revealed that the global travel and tourism sector is delivering soaring employment opportunities to women and young people around the world.

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has recently launched ‘Global Retail Tourism: Trends and Insights’, a report set to change the way we think about shopping tourism.

Hotelbeds has reported a surge in the number of travellers booking eco-friendly hotels.

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and the Saudi-based Sustainable Tourism Global Center have unveiled ground-breaking new data detailing the total water usage of the global travel and tourism sector.