The World Tourism Organization, holding a meeting near the Victoria Falls in these days, published the final report according to which the world tourist flow grew during the first half of the year 2013 by 5% instead of the predicted 3-4%.

In total, from January to June, nearly 500 million tourist arrivals to foreign countries were registered worldwide - this is 25 million more than for anal tech period a year earlier. In some parts of the world, the largest growth was predicted by Asia, which took travelers 6% more than in the first half of 2012. The indicator for Europe was 5%, but the North and South America added only 2%, which is lower than the level predicted at the beginning of the year.

The World Tourism Organization predicts continued stable growth for the second half of this year, but the final figure should drop slightly from 5 % to 4%

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