In July 2025, the number of visits to the travel and tourism website booking.com increased over the previous month, totaling approximately 519 million. In 2025, Booking's web page was the most visited travel and tourism website worldwide.

Over the last two observations, the revenue is forecast to significantly increase in all regions. From the selected regions, the ranking by revenue in the travel and tourism market is forecast to be led by the United States with ***** billion U.S. dollars. In contrast, the ranking is trailed by Italy with **** billion U.S. dollars, recording a difference of ***** billion U.S. dollars to the United States. Find other insights concerning similar markets and segments, such as a comparison of revenue in Asia and a comparison of revenue in Germany.The Statista Market Insights cover a broad range of additional markets.

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic seriously disrupted the travel industry worldwide. When surveyed in March 2021, global respondents cited that having received a vaccine was the most important factor when deciding whether to go on a vacation, with ** percent stating that this was the case.

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic hit the tourism industry hard in 2020, with emergency measures adopted by many governments massively disrupting international travel. As a result, it was estimated that the United States recorded a tourism revenue loss of roughly 147 billion U.S. dollars between January and October 2020. Meanwhile, Spain reported the second-highest drop in tourism revenue, losing about 46.7 billion U.S. dollars over the period considered.

Social media has been vital for consumers, suppliers, workforce and partners to remain engaged amidst this exogenous event of COVID-19.
This thematic research report takes an in-depth look at the theme of Social Media and its impact on travel and tourism during COVID-19 affecting super-national organizations, DMO’s, airlines, lodging providers, cruise operators and travel intermediaries. This report analyzes the major impacts that may become longstanding and then presents an array of case studies demonstrating the creative and innovative ways companies and organizations have acted during this time.
“Social media has most openly been utilized as a tool for travel businesses and DMO’s to maintain contact with consumers worldwide – to generate wanderlust and look towards recovery when travel is once again possible. Even though the battle with COVID-19 is now beginning to lessen and restrictions are easing, it is clear there will be long-standing impacts on consumer behavior and social media is one of the major themes that will drive future changes”. – Johanna Bonhill-Smith, Travel & Tourism Associate Analyst, GlobalData. Read More

The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the global tourism industry. This study explores why some Chinese residents travel during the pandemic. A mixed-methods research design was adopted, guided by the health belief model and relevant literature. Through 21 interviews with Chinese tourists who took an overnight leisure trip in May 2020, and a national survey among Chinese residents, this study explored factors influencing Chinese residents’ travel-related decisions and behaviors during the pandemic. Results outline the influences of health beliefs, government trust, past travel experience, and psychological capital on tourists’ risk-reduction behaviors. Theoretical and practical implications are provided regarding tourism recovery during pandemics.

As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic disrupted normal travel in 2020, several countries started to discuss the introduction of COVID-19 travel passports in 2021, aiming to facilitate travel during the health crisis while minimizing the risk of spreading the virus. These passes would be digital or paper certificates issued to travelers who had been vaccinated against COVID-19, recently tested negative, or recovered from a COVID-19 infection. According to a March 2021 study, ** percent of surveyed travel consumers worldwide would support mandatory COVID-19 travel passports for international travel. Meanwhile, ** percent of the survey sample would back this initiative for domestic travel.

Report on the impact COVID-19 has had on the Travel & Tourism sponsorship sector. Read More

Over the last two observations, the revenue is forecast to significantly increase in all regions. From the selected regions, the ranking by revenue in the travel & tourism market is forecast to be led by Asia with 363.6 billion U.S. dollars. In contrast, the ranking is trailed by North America with 303.9 billion U.S. dollars, recording a difference of 59.8 billion U.S. dollars to Asia. Find other insights concerning similar markets and segments, such as a comparison of revenue in Switzerland and a comparison of revenue in Europe. The Statista Market Insights cover a broad range of additional markets.

During the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, many countries issued travel guidelines and limitations in an effort to control the spread of the virus. In a survey conducted in the United States in 2021, ** percent of respondents stated that travel guidelines within the U.S. during the pandemic were clear. Meanwhile, ** percent of respondents stated that they had not heard any information regarding travel guidelines or limitations due to COVID-19 as of *********.

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic hit the global business tourism industry hard as the ability to travel was limited in order to reduce the spread of the virus. According to an April 2021 survey, 37 percent of respondents stated that their companies have considered resuming domestic business travels in the near future, between one to three months. In contrast, just 10 percent of respondents believed that their firms would resume international business trips within the same timespan.

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic caused the international tourism in Argentina to drop to more than ** percent in 2021 versus 2019 - which was even higher than the impact recorded in 2020. By contrast, domestic tourism in the South American country showed some signs of recovery in 2021, which also may have contributed to the similar development displayed by the contribution of the hospitality industry to Argentina's gross domestic product (GDP).

Travel was brought to a standstill by COVID-19, threatening the UK economy. With restrictions now lifted, let's review some emerging trends in the UK tourism industry.

COVID-19, commonly referred to as the Coronavirus, is dominating headlines the world over. The travel & tourism sector is suffering significant disruption and the lodging industry is very much impacted. Read More

The current study aims to estimate the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on the international tourism sector by studying the impact on the rates of tourism output, unemployment rate, and international flight turnover globally since the beginning of the pandemic to June 2021 by processing data issued by international organizations and comparing them with each other, the basic analysis of these rates affected by the pandemic was conducted, and its impact on the tourism sector was clarified.

In April 2022, Tourism Economics conducted a third wave forecast study for VTC regarding the ongoing and expected impact of COVID-19 on Virginia’s travel and tourism industry. The analysis was done both at the state and regional level. Below are links to a summary report along with the complete data file containing both the statewide and regional data.

In 2023, the United States was the country worldwide with the highest total contribution of travel and tourism to GDP. That year, the total GDP contribution of travel and tourism in the U.S. amounted to 2.36 trillion U.S. dollars, exceeding pre-pandemic levels. China and Germany followed in the ranking in 2023, with travel and tourism's total contributions to GDP of around 1.3 trillion and 488 billion U.S. dollars, respectively. Overall, the total contribution of travel and tourism to GDP worldwide reached almost 10 trillion U.S. dollars in 2023. What are the most visited countries worldwide? While the U.S. and China reported the highest figures in terms of travel and tourism contribution to GDP in 2023, it was a European destination that led the ranking of countries with the highest number of inbound tourist arrivals worldwide. With 100 million international arrivals in 2023, France was the most visited travel destination in the world that year, ahead of Spain, the United States, and Italy. How many people work in the global travel and tourism sector? After declining sharply due to the impact of COVID-19, the number of travel and tourism jobs worldwide bounced back in 2023, reaching around 330 million, nearly catching up with pre-pandemic levels. That year, China and India were the countries with the highest travel and tourism employment worldwide.

COVID-19, commonly referred to as the Coronavirus, is dominating headlines the world over. The travel & tourism sector is suffering significant disruption and the cruise industry is being greatly impacted. Read More

What kind of support would businesses in the tourism industry in Denmark appreciate in light of the coronavirus? According to a survey from April 16, 2020, 55 percent of businesses would prefer economic support to assure liquidity. Furthermore, 40 percent could use data and forecasts to help planning in the future.

The first case of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Denmark was confirmed on February 27, 2020. For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.