The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), together with WTTC members ForwardKeys and Mabrian Technologies, today unveiled new insights into the strong expansion of the U.S. Travel & Tourism sector.
According to WTTC’s Travel & Tourism Economic Impact 2023 Global Trends Report, the GDP contribution of the U.S. Travel & Tourism sector grew by 16.9% in 2022, to reach $2TN. Additionally, the sector also created 2.7MN more jobs compared to 2021.
In 2023, WTTC forecasts the sector’s GDP contribution will reach $2.2TN and that job numbers will total 17.4MN.
This impressive growth was fuelled by a strong resurgence in demand from international visitors, whose spending increased by more than 150% year-on-year, to reach $115.7BN in 2022.
