World tourism shrank after Sept. 11 attacks

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World tourism shrank after Sept. 11 attacks

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The world tourism industry was still feeling the repercussions of the September 11 attacks on the United States as well as the effect of the world economic recession, World Tourism Organization (WTO) Secretary General Francesco Frangalli said here on Friday.

He told a press conference that there were 693 million international tourist arrivals worldwide in 2001, representing a 0.6 percent drop, or 4 million below the figure of 697 million in 2000.

On tourism-produced income, the total sum fell 2.6 percent in 2001 as compared to the previous 474 billion dollars registered in2000, he said.

Taking inflation into account, income in dollar terms dropped 5.2 percent, while income in euro terms fell 2.1 percent, he added.

Tourism growth had slowed even before the Sept. 11 attacks dueto a deterioration in the economic conditions of the major economies of North America, Europe and Asia, said Frangalli.

Frangalli was here to attend the on-going Ministerial Tourism Meeting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).

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