When comparing leisure and business travel spending worldwide in 2021, leisure tourism generated the highest spending in the travel industry holding 80 percent of total tourism spending. Meanwhile, the remaining 20 percent came from business tourism expenditure.
Distribution of tourism expenditure worldwide in 2021, by main travel purpose
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WTTC. (April 25, 2022). Distribution of tourism expenditure worldwide in 2021, by main travel purpose [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 16, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1194679/share-of-global-leisure-and-business-travel-spending/
WTTC. "Distribution of tourism expenditure worldwide in 2021, by main travel purpose." Chart. April 25, 2022. Statista. Accessed August 16, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1194679/share-of-global-leisure-and-business-travel-spending/
WTTC. (2022). Distribution of tourism expenditure worldwide in 2021, by main travel purpose. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 16, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1194679/share-of-global-leisure-and-business-travel-spending/
WTTC. "Distribution of Tourism Expenditure Worldwide in 2021, by Main Travel Purpose." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1194679/share-of-global-leisure-and-business-travel-spending/
WTTC, Distribution of tourism expenditure worldwide in 2021, by main travel purpose Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1194679/share-of-global-leisure-and-business-travel-spending/ (last visited August 16, 2022)