February

2023

Post-Covid Travel &

Tourism
"A new year brings more reason for optimism for
global tourism.”-UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab
Pololikashvili
 Overview
UNWTO anticipates a strong year for the sector even in the face of diverse challenges including the
economic situation and continued geopolitical uncertainty. Economic factors may influence how people
travel in 2023 and UNWTO expects demand for domestic and regional travel to remain strong and help
drive the sector's wider recovery.
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 Forecast
Based on UNWTO's forward-looking scenarios for 2023,
international tourist arrivals could reach 80% to 95% of pre-
pandemic levels this year, depending on the extent of these
factors:
• Economic slowdown/recession
• The ongoing recovery of travel in Asia and the Pacific
• Evolution of the Russian offensive in Ukraine
• Other

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Tourism set to return
According to new data from UNWTO, more than
900 million tourists traveled internationally in 2022
– double the number recorded in 2021 though still
63% of pre-pandemic levels.
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• The Middle East enjoyed the strongest relative increase,
as arrivals climbed to 83% of pre-pandemic numbers.
• Europe reached nearly 80% of pre-pandemic levels as it
welcomed 585 million arrivals in 2022
• Africa and Americas both recovered about 65% of their
pre-pandemic visitors
• Meanwhile, Asia and Pacific reached merely 23% due to
much stronger pandemic-related restrictions, which have
started to be removed only in recent months.
 Mongolia
Recent key events:

2022 2023
• National Committee of Travel & Tourism was • Plans to receive a total of 1 million tourists
created on November 2nd of 2022 under PM • 2023-25 officially declared as “Year to visit
L.Oyun-Erdene. Mongolia” (“Монгол зочлох жил”)
• Mongolian Tourism Association celebrates its 30
years anniversary

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 Summary

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