The size, nature and sub-sectors of the global tourism and hospitality industry
The size of the global tourism and hospitality industry was estimated 12.7 million rooms available for supporting tourists in 2011 and increasing every year. In 2012, global trips were taken more than one billion trips and more 4% increase in 2013. (Press, 2013) From the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Thailand (2014), the greatest number of global tourists who visited Thailand in 2013, classified by nationality,is from East Asia, then Europe, America, South Asia, Oceania, Middle East and Africa in order.