International tourism

International tourism - one of the most profitable and rapidly growing sectors of the world economy. By the beginning of the third millennium, the share of international tourism accounted for 8% of the total world exports and 30-35% of the world exports of services
According to the World Tourism Organization (WTO), which is the leading inter-governmental organization in the field of travel and tourism, the tourism industry shows the biggest increase among the world's economic sectors. In the past 16 years, revenues from international tourism are increasing by about 9%. In 2000, the revenue from it reached 476 billion dollars over the same period, the number of arrivals has grown annually by an average of 4.6% and in 2000 reached 698 million.