Numbers are in! As I often write, tourism destinations in emerging economies usually located in regions of ongoing socio-political turmoil, currently welcome 597 million international tourists annually, and it seems such places lead in increase in int’l tourist arrivals. “2018 totalled 1.4 billion international tourist arrivals (+6%), consolidating 2017 strong results and proving to be the second strongest year since 2010 Middle East (+10%) and Africa (+7%) grew above the world average while Asia and the Pacific and Europe grew at 6%. For 2019, UNWTO forecasts a 3-4% increase, in line with the historical growth trend.”