Climate, quality and data to drive tourism growth, WTTC says

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Climate adaptation, higher-quality experiences and stronger integer infrastructure will signifier tourism maturation implicit the adjacent 5 years, according to Nejc Jus of the World Travel & Tourism Council.

In an interrogation with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA) published Saturday, Jus said planetary tourism continues to expand, with planetary arrivals rising 5.4% successful 2025. The Mediterranean, helium added, remains astatine the halfway of that momentum.

Looking ahead, Jus said adapting to clime alteration will beryllium critical. Extreme vigor is already reshaping seasonal travel patterns, and destinations will request to widen enarthrosis seasons oregon hazard losing highest summertime demand.

He besides pointed to a increasing absorption connected quality, with travelers progressively seeking meaningful, low-impact experiences that reward destinations offering authentic differentiation.

“Digital infrastructure will beryllium a cardinal operator of competitiveness,” Jus said, citing tools such arsenic smart systems to negociate visitor flows, artificial quality for personalization and biometric introduction systems to alteration much unafraid and seamless travel.

Strong information capabilities, helium added, will abstracted starring destinations from the rest. Advancing seamless, connected travel remains a halfway precedence for the WTTC, with Mediterranean countries champion positioned to payment if they enactment early. [AMNA]