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International travel doubled in 2022 compared to levels in 2021, with the Middle East and Europe making a strong comeback, according to a new report released Tuesday ((Feb 28) by the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
The UN agency for tourism said more than 900 million tourists made foreign trips in 2022, as several countries with strict coronavirus restrictions eased rules.
The figure represented 63pc of pre-pandemic levels, according to the report. In 2019, nearly 1.5 billion people traveled internationally.
In 2021, around 455 million people traveled internationally, according to the report.
Before the pandemic, travel and tourism accounted for nearly 10pc of the global GDP .
The travel industry was valued around $3.5 trillion (Є3.2 trillion) in 2019, with the pandemic putting millions of jobs at risk.
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