International tourism growth slows to 4.0pc in 2019: UN

• France, Spain and the United States are on track to once again be the three most visited countries in the world last year.
• The number of international tourist arrivals rose by 4.0 percent in 2019, slower than growth of 6.0 percent.

MADRID: The number of international tourist arrivals rose by 4.0 percent in 2019, slower than growth of 6.0 percent recorded in 2018, due to a cooling global economy, geopolitical tensions and Britain's looming exit from the EU, the World Tourism Organization said Monday.

France, Spain and the United States are on track to once again be the three most visited countries in the world last year, officials from the Madrid-based UN body told a news conference in the Spanish capital.