Yet in spite of the many challenges the world faced in
2014, international tourism continued to propel ahead.
At the year´s close, the number of tourists travelling
internationally grew by 4.4%, reaching a new milestone
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increase since the global economic crisis of 2009. Once
again, these results have surpassed UNWTO´s longterm
projection of 3.8% growth for the period 2010 to
2020, well on track to reach the projected 1.8 billion
international tourists by the year 2030.
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