WORLDF①RUMCOMMITTED TOIMPROVING THE STATEOF THE WORLDInsight ReportThe Travel TourismCompetitivenessReport 2019Travel and Tourism at a Tipping PointWORLDECONOMICCOMMITTED TOIMPROVING THE STATEOF THE WORLDInsight ReportThe Travel TourismCompetitivenessReport 2019Travel and Tourism at a Tipping PointThe Travel Tourism Competitiveness Report 2019 isTERMS OF USE AND DISCLAIMERThe analysis presented in the Travel Tourism CompetitivenessReport 2019 (herein:"Report is based on a methodologyProfessor Klaus SchwabAnil MenonManaging Director,Head of Centre for Gbbal Industries,Member of the Managing BoardForum.The Report presents information and data that wereChristoph Wolffinformation and data referred herein as "Data").Data in thisReport is subject to change without notioa.Member of the Executive CommitteeAUTHORSLauren Uppink Calderwoodgeographicaly self-contained economic areas that may not beHead of Aviation,Travel and Tourism Industries,states but for which statistical data are maintained on a separateGlobal Leadership FellowMaksim SoshkinAviation,Travel and TourismCopyediting:Mike Fisherits agents,offoers,and employees:)provide the Data"as is,Design and ayout:Neil Weinbergas available"and without warranty of any kind,either express orfitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement;makeA special thanks goes to the GlobalCompetitiveness and Risks team.decisions,or actions based on the Data in this Report.Other parties may have ownership interests in some of thedo not endorse or in any respect warrant any third-partyreferred to or indluded in this Report.Users shall not infringe upon the integrity of the Data and inthe required source citation.Forum,as specfied in Appendix C of this Report,users mustattribution,distribution,and reproduction of the DataWorld Economic Forumwhether obtained directly from the World Economic Forum orby the World Eoonomic Forumusers through any type of distribution or download environmentAll rights reserved.No part of this publication may bereproduced,stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted,in any form or by any means,electronic,mechanical,Users who intend to sell World Eoonomic Forum Data as partof a database or as a standalone product must frst obtain theof the World Economic Forum.1s8N-13:978-2-940631-01-8ContentsPrefaceby Ani Menon and Christoph WolffExecutive SummaryAbout the Travel Tourism Competitiveness Report 2019At a Glance:Travel Tourism Competitiveness Index 2019 Overall RankingsTravel Tourism at a Tipping Point2019 Results and Analysis6Part 2:Regional Analysis11How to Read the Regional Profles13ISO-2 Code Lookup Tabies6Regional ProflesPart 3:Country/Economy Profiles57Index of Country/Economy Profles63Appendix A:Travel Tourism Competitiveness Index 2019 Rankings65Appendix B:Methodology of the TTCI 2019Appendix C:Data Definitions and Sources91Appendix D:Income Group and Regional Classifications101Contributors and AcknowledgementsAbout the Authors103Data Partners105Partner Institutes107Explore additional features of the report at http://re ports.weforum.org/ttcr