Global Tourism Forecasts Vol. 5 - Europe (English version)

Abstract

Included in successive World Tourism Organization (WTO) General Programmes of Work has been a study programme on tourism forecasts started in 1988/89. The general objectives of this study programme are specified as: ·To identify major trends in tourism supply and demand worldwide and by region; ·Their impact on the various sectors of tourism trade; ·Implications for policy making and relevant strategies. This present report constitutes Volume 5: Europe. It is structured in two parts (the first presenting the global perspective, the second dealing specifically with the European region), plus an overall summary of main findings, conclusions and recommendations, and this introduction. In addition, there are three appendices containing administrative, reference and technical information.