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Global tourist numbers for 2018 reach record 1.4b

Tourist arrivals grew six per cent last year to hit 1.4 billion, according to the latest United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) World Tourism Barometer.

The new feat came two years ahead of UNWTO’s long-term forecast issued in 2010 that had predicted the 1.4 billion mark would be reached in 2020.

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