The World Economic Forum (WEF) has published its "Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report," comparing 140 countries…

The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report (TTCI) is published every two years; it measures the T&T competitiveness of 140 economies and the set of factors and policies that enable the sustainable development of the Travel & Tourism (T&T) sector, which contributes to a country’s development and competitiveness.

In the 2019 report, the top 10 in the TTCI (Travel & Tourism Competitiveness) remained the same, while Spain ranked at the top for the third consecutive report, with the United Kingdom’s slight decline in competitiveness leading to its position being taken over by the USA.

The top 10, from highest to lowest: Spain, France, Germany, Japan, the USA, the United Kingdom, Australia, Italy, Canada and Switzerland. India (from 40th to 34th) recorded the greatest improvement compared to 2017 among the top 25% of countries in the report. Egypt (74th to 65th) showed the best improvement among the countries ranked between 36th and 70th.

Türkiye, which ranked 44th last year, moved up one place this year to rank 43rd.

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