On Monday, the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) released its annual Economic Impact Research report for 2017.
However for 2017, the WTTC forecasts growth in the country`s travel and tourism sector to come in at 2.3 percent, slower than 2016`s rate of 2.8 percent.
"The U.S. overall is still 20 percent of the travel and tourism industry ? so it is huge and we see a certain slowing this year," David Scowsill, CEO and president of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), told CNBC Monday.
In its U.S. report, the WTTC showed that the country`s travel and tourism sector provided $1.5 trillion to the economy in 2016 and supported more than 14 million jobs.
The U.S. business and leisure travel sector continued to perform well in 2016, however a global tourism and travel body`s latest report suggests inbound travel looks less certain going forward, as U.S. dollar strength and anti-foreign sentiment is thought to dampen growth figures.
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