Europe and Asia Are Driving Global Tourism Growth in 2018
Photo Credit: Tourism arrivals in North America grew 5 percent year-over-year from January to June. Pictured are tourists at Twin Peaks in San Francisco. Flickr / InSapphoWeTrust
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Southern Europe and Southeast Asia are posting the biggest tourism gains this year, according to new data. But the United States is rebounding after 2017 was dominated by fears of a "Trump slump," and that's good news for the travel industry.
International tourism arrivals worldwide have grown faster than some destinations can keep up with during the last decade, which probably isn't news to many in the travel industry.
But what may come as a surprise is that the United States is fueling some of that growth, considering concerns that a Trump slump and strong U.S. dollar might have caused some international tourists to book trips elsewhere during the last two years.
The United Nations World Tourism Organization's report on international tourism arrivals for the first six months of 2018 shows that glob
