Heading to the beach for your northern summer break, or to the ski slopes for your southern winter one? Then don’t go without beyondbrics. Today we start the first of our mid-year specials with beyondbrics on the beach – a look at what attracts, repels or otherwise motivates tourists and the tourism industry across the emerging markets world.
The total contribution of travel and tourism to world GDP is set to rise from $5,992bn in 2011 to $9,227bn in 2021, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council. The emerging world is taking an ever bigger slice of that cake.
Over the next week or so beyondbrics will take a sideways look at some of the factors driving that growth – and others that might be holding it back. Why are Chinese tourists cramming into Taiwan? Why are Argentine ones staying at home – or Brazilian ones heading to Miami? Where are some of the world’s newest and more traditional attractions, are how are they faring?
It’s a holiday series, so we’ll try to make the journey easy going. We hope you’ll stay with us – and let us know what you think.
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