TOURISM DEMAND IN THE HAPPIEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD
Autor: Mensgem Tur | Publicado: 2015-04-10T11:29:00-07:00




&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The World Happiness
Report - 2013 is a study to evaluate which countries have the best level of
happiness in the world. It was written by John Helliwell, Richard Layard and
Jeffrey Sachs.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In this investigation the
perception of happiness was researched in 149 countries, using the variables of
higher life expectancy, gross domestic product per capita, social support,
generosity, freedom to make life choices and lower perceptions of corruption
(1). The states that demonstrated the best results in this report were Denmark,
Norway, Switzerland, Netherlands, Sweden, Canada, Finland, Austria, Iceland,
Australia.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;One question arises
when analyzing this study: Are there connections between happiest countries and
tourism demand? This article will explore whether a happy community can attract
more tourists.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; According
to UNWTO (2), most of the time, tourism has shown virtually uninterrupted
growth from 25 million in 1950 to 278 million in 1980, 528 million in 1995. However,
the key question is how global travel motivation works.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Considering
the chart 1 below, it’s possible conclude that countries high levels of
happiness don’t necessarily attract more tourists. That’s evident when we
analyze that the top 4 of international tourist arrivals (France, United States,
Spain and China) don’t even make the list of the top 15 happiest countries,
also on the same list, Italy stayed in 45 position, Russia took 68 positions and
China 93 position.



Chart 1 - Happiest COUNTRIES AND world tourism demand.



 

  
The
  world's happiest countries - 2013



  
The world's happiest &nbsp;countries and
  International Tourist Arrivals 2012 (million)

  
Top 10 - International Tourist Arrivals- UNWTO 2012 (million)

 

  
1 - Denmark

  
Denmark&nbsp; -
  8,068

  
1 - France&nbsp; 83.0

 

  
2 - Norway

  
Norway - 4,375

  
2 - United
  States&nbsp; - 66.7

 

  
3 - Switzerland

  
Switzerland - 8,566

  
3 - Spain 57.5

 

  
4 - Netherlands

  
Netherlands - 12,205

  
4 - China 57.7

 

  
5 - Sweden

  
Sweden - 10,914

  
5 - Italy 46.4

 

  
6 - Canada

  
Canada - 16,344

  
6 - Turkey 35.7

 

  
7 - Finland

  
Finland - 4,226

  
7 - Germany 30.4

 

  
8 - Austria

  
Austria - 24,151

  
8 - United
  Kingdom&nbsp; 29.3

 

  
9 - Iceland

  
Iceland - 673
  (Thousand)

  
9 - Russian
  Federation 25.7

 

  
10 - Australia

  
Australia -
  6,032 

  
10 -&nbsp; Thailand 22.4

 

  
11 -&nbsp; Israel

  
Israel - 2,803

  
-

 

  
12 - Costa Rica

  
Costa Rica -
  2,100

  
-

 

  
13 -&nbsp; New Zealand

  
New Zealand -
  2,435

  
-

 

  
14 - United Arab
  Emirates

  
United Arab
  Emirates &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-

  
-

 

  
15 - Panama

  
Panama -&nbsp; 1,324

  
-

 






&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Finally, it’s important emphasize
the Top 10 of International
Tourist Arrivals - UNWTO
2012 has world icons of tourism, are countries with rich historical and natural attractions. These two
points seem be until now the
main travel motivation in the world.





1-http://unsdsn.org/wpcontent/uploads/2014/02/WorldHappinessReport2013_online.pdf


2 -
http://dtxtq4w60xqpw.cloudfront.net/sites/all/files/pdf/unwto_highlights14_en_hr_0.pdf

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