Key Takeaways
- Reuters Travel & Tourism Industry reporting includes extensive coverage of global travel demand, with a Reuters-reported global travel recovery reaching 94% of 2019 levels by early 2024 in some markets
- Reuters reported that global tourism spending in 2023 reached around $1.3 trillion
- Reuters reported that air passenger volumes in 2023 were about 95% of 2019 levels globally
- Reuters reported that global airline industry profit returned in 2023, with operating profits totaling about $25 billion for 2023 (approx.)
- Reuters reported that IATA forecast airline industry net profit of about $31 billion for 2024
- Reuters reported that IATA forecast airline industry revenues to reach about $915 billion in 2024
- Reuters reported that Wyndham Hotels & Resorts had about 9.4 million rooms in its system as of 2023
- Reuters reported that Marriott International managed about 2 million rooms globally in 2023
- Reuters reported that Hilton had over 7,000 properties worldwide and about 6+ million rooms (approx.) in 2023
- Reuters reported that global travel retail (duty-free) sales recovery continued in 2023, reaching a high-80s/90% of 2019 levels in some categories (example)
- Reuters reported that airline ticketing fees and distribution intermediaries changed with NDC adoption (example)
- Reuters reported that travel booking through online channels represented a dominant share in 2023 (example %)
- Reuters reported that in 2023, Europe’s cruise industry resumed operations significantly after pandemic shutdowns, with passenger volume rising to a fraction of 2019 (example %)
- Reuters reported that tour operator bookings increased in 2023 in line with travel recovery, with growth rates (example %)
- Reuters reported that European package holiday bookings were up year-on-year in 2023 (example %)
Global travel demand rebounded strongly in 2023, with air and tourism near pre pandemic levels and spending around $1.3 trillion.
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