Current state of international tourism
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Keywords:
Tourism, international tourism, international tourist market, tourist arrivals, tourism statistics, prospects for international tourism, tourist regions.Abstract
Within the context of the everyday world, tourism is regarded as one of the most lucrative and intensively
developing branches of the world economy. This is evidenced by the share of world gross national income that
comesfrom it (about 10%). Acting in capacity of one of the most profitable businesses in the world, tourism is one of
the most significant sources of budget formation. The tendencies ofthe international market development of tourist
services for the period from 2010 to 2017 are consideredin the article. Particular attention is paid to income from
international tourism and international tourist arrivals. The analysis of changes in the structure of the world tourist
market, prevailed in 2017, is presented. Significant development in the tourism sector is observed, first of all, in developing
countries. Their share in the volume of international tourist arrivals is very large.
