Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index | 05 Sep 2019

India has moved up six places to rank 34^th on the World Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index 2019, released by the World Economic Forum.

• India was ranked 40^th in 2018.
• Spain, France, Germany, Japan and the United States are the world’s most travel-ready nations.
  
  • Japan remains Asia's most competitive travel and tourism economy, ranking 4th globally.
  • China is the largest travel and tourism economy in Asia-Pacific and 13th most competitive globally.
• Published biennially, Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report and Index benchmarks the Travel & Tourism (T&T) competitiveness of 140 economies.
  
  • The 140 economies are ranked in four sub-indexes:
    
    • Enabling environment,
    • Travel and tourism policy and enabling conditions,
    • Infrastructure, and
    • Natural and cultural resources.

Source: BS