World tourism shows surprise spurt


Despite predictions of lower international tourism growth, the numbers have exceeded that.

INTERNATIONAL tourist numbers surged by 5.2 percent to nearly half a billion people worldwide in the first half of 2013, beating earlier expectations, the United Nations’ World Tourism Organisation said Monday.

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