ABSTRACT
The historical trend at the world scale The end of the Second World War represented the beginning of a remarkable period of growth for international tourism, with an annual average growth rate approaching 7 per cent for the second half of the twentieth century (Table 3.1). Until the early years of the twenty-first century international tourism was remarkably resilient to factors that might have been expected to depress growth – recession, oil crises, wars and terrorism. However, in 2001 9/11 represented the first shock to the tourism system and demand fell as a result.
