India's rank on the World Economic Forum's Travel & Tourism Development Index 2024 has risen to 39th place as international tourist arrivals are expected to reach pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2024, according to the World Economic Forum. India has the largest Travel & Tourism sector in South Asia and scores as the Travel & Tourism Development Index’s top lower-middle-income economy, the WEF says. The highest-ranked economies in the 2024 TTDI edition are those of the United States, Spain, Japan, France, Australia, Germany, the United Kingdom, China, Italy and Switzerland. Low to upper-middle-income economies accounted for 52 out of the 71 economies that have improved their TTDI scores since 2019. “Countries such as China, Japan and India are home to some of the largest tourism economies in the world and all three rank near the top for natural, cultural and non-leisure assets,” says the report.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 21, 2024 14:32 UTC