MADRID, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- International tourist arrivals rose by 11 percent in 2024, with 1.4 billion people traveling internationally, according to the World Tourism Barometer published by UN Tourism on Tuesday.
The data, which is published on the eve of the FITUR international tourism exhibition in Madrid, means that numbers have recovered to 99 percent of levels seen in 2019 just before the COVID-19 pandemic.
