World Tourism Number Crosses 1 Billion Mark: UN

The United Nations tourism organization has released new figures which show that international tourist arrivals has crossed more than one billion last year with the number expected to increase in 2013.

The number of international tourist arrivals grew by 4.0 percent to 1.035 billion in 2012, up from 996 million in 2011, the Madrid-based United Nations World Tourism Organisation said in an annual survey.

Source: AFP