The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2013

The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2013
is published by the World Economic Forum within
the framework of The Global Competitiveness and
Benchmarking Network and the Industry Partnership
Programme for Aviation, Travel & Tourism.
Professor Klaus Schwab
Executive Chairman
Børge Brende
Managing Director, Government Relations and
Constituents Engagement
Robert Greenhill
Managing Director, Chief Business Officer
John Moavenzadeh
Senior Director, Head of Mobility Industries
EDITORS
Jennifer Blanke, Senior Director, Lead Economist,
Head of The Global Competitiveness and
Benchmarking Network
Thea Chiesa, Director, Head of Aviation,
Travel & Tourism
THE GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS AND BENCHMARKING NETWORK
Beñat Bilbao-Osorio, Associate Director,
Senior Economist
Ciara Browne, Associate Director
Roberto Crotti, Quantitative Economist
Margareta Drzeniek Hanouz, Director, Senior Economist,
Head of Competitiveness Research
Brindusa Fidanza, Associate Director, Environmental
Initiatives
Thierry Geiger, Associate Director, Economist
Tania Gutknecht, Community Manager
Caroline Ko, Junior Economist
Cecilia Serin, Team Coordinator
We thank Hope Steele for her excellent editing work and
Neil Weinberg for his superb graphic design and layout.
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not in all cases refer to a territorial entity that is a state
as understood by international law and practice. The
terms cover well-defined, geographically self-contained
economic areas that may not be states but for which
statistical data are maintained on a separate and
independent basis.
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ISBN-13: 978-92-95044-40-1
ISBN-10: 92-95044-40-1
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The full edition of the Report, with profiles of all 140
economies as well as an interactive data platform, is
available at www.weforum.org/ttcr.
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