The UK does very respectably in terms of international tourist revenue. Third in the world!
And the US takes first. https://t.co/LpSqodT3kg
The UK does very respectably in terms of international tourist revenue. Third in the world! And the US takes first. https://t.co/LpSqodT3kg
Wellness-driven travel and tourism has significantly outpaced the growth of the broader tourism market (growing to nearly $600b in total value), and with younger generations spending more on experiences than physical items, this growth will only continue.
Brett Bivens • Backing Bien-Être
movie theaters in the United States and Canada have seen their sales grow from $7.5 billion in 2000 to more than $11.1 billion in 2015,
Sunil Gupta • Driving Digital Strategy: A Guide to Reimagining Your Business
2015, Visa accounted for 56 percent of all global card transactions, followed by Mastercard, with its share of 26 percent. American Express had a mere 3.2 percent share of all such transactions.19
Sunil Gupta • Driving Digital Strategy: A Guide to Reimagining Your Business
As an order of magnitude, in 2018 the global box office industry was worth US$41.7 bn while global music revenues reached US$19.1 bn. Can you spot the difference?
Clement Parramon • Finance in the Gaming Industry
by 1913, the two leading nations had roughly eight times the per capita income of Africa, China, and India! The United States alone, with around 100 million inhabitants, has greater production than China and India combined, with roughly 750 million inhabitants.
Jeffrey D. Sachs • The Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions
The travel industry is unsurprisingly large. The market worth $5.29 Trillion (2017) and grew at a CAGR of 41.9% over the last 10 years. It includes a wide range of players briefly displayed here above.
Clement Parramon • Sorry, that’s excluded
In the end, tourism plays an important role alleviating poverty, widening appreciation of different cultures, as informal diplomacy and exchanging wealth from the rich to the poor nations.
Elizabeth Becker • Overbooked
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