Hyderabad, Sept. 27 -- Every year September 27 is celebrated as World Tourism Day to mark the anniversary of the adoption of the Statutes of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). On the occasion of World Tourism Day 2022, let us analyze whether international tourism reached a pre-pandemic level or not.

Although international tourism has continued to show signs of recovery, it is unlikely to return to pre-pandemic levels anytime soon, WTO said.

As per the latest World Tourism Barometer published by the Madrid-based agency on Monday, an estimated 474 million tourists traveled internationally in the first seven months of this year, equivalent to 57 percent of the number of international tourist arrivals in the same period ...