The newly released 2026 biennial benchmark \u201cOECD Tourism Trends and Polices\u201d provides interesting international data and information about good practices on tourism around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than a detailed analysis of numbers or growth rates per country or worldwide, we want to underline two issues highlighted by the report:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tourism Statistics<\/strong><\/u>.- When we use data as a source of any comparability process it is extremely important that such data has been organized under a consistent framework because only in that way we obtain a reliable outcome. In this sense, the report underlines two methodological references that were applied in the 2026 report:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks to this methodology, is easier to analyze, compare or break down information according to specific goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In fact, this common framework begins defining basic terms as, for instance, what a \u201cvisitor\u201d means in terms of tourism data, and from that point it goes further and provides information about some other concepts like; Domestic Tourism, Inbound Tourism, Outbound Tourism and many others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once the report explains that data and information has been compiled following a standard procedure, we can assume that we are consulting reliable information and this is a very important starting point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tourism Challenges<\/u><\/strong>.- The report stands out data that underpins the economic value of tourism among OECD countries that reflects the recovery of the sector even though figures are still below pre-pandemic levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Regarding challenges, the top of the list issue lies in uncertainty from geopolitical conflicts (Middle East).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Briefly, the report points out some of the biggest challenges in the industry, and some of them are: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally, the report do not forget to explain how technological changes have a very important role in a complex tourism landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Montserrat Hern\u00e1ndez partner at Auren Mexico<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The newly released 2026 biennial benchmark \u201cOECD Tourism Trends and Polices\u201d provides interesting international data and information about good practices on tourism around the world. More than a detailed analysis of numbers or growth rates per country or worldwide, we want to underline two issues highlighted by the report: Tourism Statistics.- When we use data […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":17504,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"global-blog-category":[],"class_list":["post-17507","global-blog","type-global-blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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