Context

India ranked at the 54th place in a global travel and tourism development index, down from 46th in 2019.

About

About Travel and Tourism Development Index:

• It is published by World Economic Forum (WEF).
• The Travel and Tourism Development Index assesses 117 economies, identifying key factors in enabling the sustainable and resilient growth of travel and tourism economies.
• It is based on 5 sub-indexes, 17 pillars and 112 individual indicators, distributed among the different pillars.
• The five Sub indexes:
  • Enabling Environment
  • Travel and Tourism Policy and Enabling Conditions
  • Infrastructure
  • Travel and Tourism Demand Drivers
  • Travel and Tourism Sustainability
• The World Economic Forum's biennial travel and tourism study also showed a recovering sector following pandemic lows, though the recovery has been uneven and challenges remain.
• Japan, the United States, Spain, France and Germany are at the top of the list.
• India, with a score of 4.2, ranks 54th, eight lower than in 2019.
  • India is the top scorer in South Asia.