World Tourism Statistics The World Tourism Organization

World Tourism Statistics • The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is the United Nations agency responsible for the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism. The UNWTO Department of Statistics fosters the comparability of tourism statistics by means of internationally agreed standards and the provision of guidance and methodological tools such as tourism satellite accounts (TSA). It runs regional capacity building programmes on tourism statistics. It also provides technical assistance missions on tourism statistics and the TSA to UNWTO member states.

The UNWTO Statistics and Tourism Satellite Account Programme is committed to developing tourism measurement for furthering knowledge of the sector, monitoring progress, evaluating impact, promoting results-focused management, and highlighting strategic issues for policy objectives.

The Matter of Tourism

International tourist arrivals reached 1. 035 billion in 2012

International tourism exceeds expectations with arrivals up by 52 million in 2013 International tourist arrivals grew by 5% in 2013, reaching a record 1, 087 million arrivals, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Despite global economic challenges, international tourism results were well above expectations, with an additional 52 million international tourists travelling the world in 2013. For 2014, UNWTO forecasts 4% to 4. 5% growth - again, above the long term projections.

Despite the ongoing global economic challenges and geopolitical changes, international tourism results were above expectations and long term forecasts. Regions that showed the strongest demand for international tourism in 2013 were Asia and the Pacific (+6%), Africa (+6%) and Europe (+5%), while the leading sub-regions were Southeast Asia (+10%), Central and Eastern Europe (+7%), Southern and Mediterranean Europe (+6%) and North Africa (+6%).

“The positive results of 2013, and the expected global economic improvement in 2014, set the scene for another positive year for international tourism. Against this backdrop, UNWTO calls upon national governments to increasingly set up national strategies that support the sector and to deliver on their commitment to fair and sustainable growth”, added Mr Rifai.

The main indicators of development of tourism in the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2008 -2013. QUANTITATIVE INDICES OF VISITORS BY YEARS (one thousand people) Years Domestic Tourism Inbound Tourism Outbound Tourism 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 (January -September) 2 709 2 304 2 485 2 971 3 283 2 703, 6 4 117 3 774 4 097 5 685 6 163 5 143, 1 4 330 5 423 6 019 8 020 9 066 7 687, 9

10, 000 9, 000 8, 000 7, 000 6, 000 Domestic tourism 5, 000 Inbound tourism 4, 000 Outbound tourism 3, 000 2, 000 1, 000 0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012