The financial scenario in the United States and Canada is bettering and with it has come a renewed enhance in international journeys in 2014.
At the identical time the weaker-performing economies of Brazil and Argentina have led to slower progress in tourism in South America.
These are the findings of the ITB World Travel Trends Report, carried out by IPK International and commissioned by ITB Berlin, the world’s main journey commerce present.
This yr the international journey markets of North America reported a progress charge of 5 per cent.
People in North America travelled extra usually than final yr and stayed longer at their locations, with stays of greater than 4 overnights rising by eight per cent.
Accordingly, spending on international journeys rose considerably, by 19 per cent.
At plus six per cent, vacation journey was among the many market’s driving forces, whereas the variety of enterprise journeys rose by solely 4 per cent.
As a development, holidays centered extra on particular person journey, native locations and genuine experiences, ensuing in excessive demand for customized journey packages.
Despite rising GDPs and decrease unemployment the forecast for subsequent yr is much less constructive: in 2015 journeys overseas by individuals in North America will almost definitely enhance by solely three per cent.
By distinction, South America was unable to keep up its above-average progress charges of latest years.
During the primary eight months of 2014 it registered 5 per cent progress.
However, this fell wanting the will increase between 2009 and 2013 which at occasions have been in double digits.
Economic insecurity in South America, notably in Brazil and Argentina, has led to this decline in the expansion charge in international journey.
At plus three per cent, the IPK Travel Confidence Index additionally forecasts slower progress in international journey for South America in 2015. This marks a continuation of the present development.
With the FIFA World Cup happening in Brazil, 2014 was naturally a particular yr in phrases of tourism arrivals in South America.
During the primary eight months the variety of worldwide arrivals rose by seven per cent, significantly greater than throughout the identical interval final yr (up 2.5 per cent).
People from Argentina, Chile and Colombia travelling to the World Cup accounted for a big a part of this determine.
During the occasion South America’s largest nation welcomed a complete of round a million international guests.
Holiday spending averaged round 2,000 {dollars} per journey, whereas 55 per cent of holiday makers stayed between 4 and 15 nights and took the chance to get to know the nation.
Some 78 per cent stated they want to go to it once more.
