It is remarkable, world travelers reached 1 Billion

Of course this is an excellent news, according to a report issued by the UNWTO (United Nations World Tourism Organization), that in 2013 there is a growth of international tourist arrivals by 52 million tourists over the previous year.

The data revealed the world tourism in 2013 was delivered through the microblogging site Twitter, the account @UNWTO on Monday, January 20, 2014. The news on account reads the activities of international tourist arrivals reached 1.087 billion travelers. It is remarkable!

Where is the tourist destination area that becomes the main attraction of visits? Tourist arrivals to Asia Pacific, Africa, and Europe has to be excellent. Even of the data showed that Europe continent to be ranked the highest tourist arrivals, totaling 29 million tourists over the previous year.

Other regions, Asia and the Pacific also increased more than 6 percent, which is an increase of 14 million tourists. Furthermore track prediction international tourist arrivals will continue to grow around 4-4.5 per cent in the coming year.

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(Source UNWTO, travelKompas /Image W Sjahran)