- has 4 subsequent factors/subindexes, 14 pillars, and 90 indicators
Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Indexes
(1) Enabling Environment
(2) T&T Policy and Enabling Conditions
(3) Infrastructure
(4) Natural and Cultural Resources
TTCI 4 Subsequent Factors/Subindexes
- captures the general conditions necessary for operating in a country
- has 5 pillars:
(1) business environment
(2) safety and security
(3) health and hygiene
(4) human resource and labor market
(5) ICT readiness
TTCI Factor: Enabling Environment
- captures specific policies or strategic aspects that impact the T&T industry more directly
- has 4 pillars:
(1) prioritization of travel and tourism
(2) international openness
(3) price competitiveness
(4) environmental sustainability
TTCI Factor: T&T Policy and Enabling Conditions
- captures the availability and quality of physical infrastructure of each economy
- has 3 pillars:
(1) air transport infrastructure
(2) ground and port infrastructure
(3) tourist service infrastructure
TTCI Factor: Infrastructure
- captures the principal “reasons to travel”
- has 2 pillars:
(1) natural resources
(2) cultural resources and business travel
TTCI Factor: Natural and Cultural Resources
(1) Spain
(2) France
(3) Germany
(4) Japan
(5) USA
(6) UK
(7) Australia
(8) Italy
(9) Canada
(10) Switzerland
(11) Austria
(12) Portugal
(13) China
(14) Hong Kong SAR
(15) Netherlands
(16) South Korea
(17) Singapore
(18) New Zealand
(19) Mexico
(20) Norway
**9/20 are from Europe and Euroasia; all except Mexico are developed countries
Top 20 Performers in TTC Indexes
- looks at ITR
(1) Spain
(2) France
(3) Germany
(4) Japan
(5) USA
(6) UK
(7) Australia
(8) Italy
(9) Canada
(10) Switzerland
Top 10 Countries (by TTCI) from WEF
(1) France
(2) Spain
(3) USA
(4) China
(5) Italy
(6) Turkey
(7) Mexico
(8) Germany
(9) Thailand
(10) UK
Top 10 Countries (by ITA) from UNWTO
from most to least competitive:
(1) Europe and Eurasia
(2) Asia-Pacific
(3) The Americas
(4) The Middle East and North Africa
(5) Sub-Saharan Africa
TTCI Regional Results
- TTCI Score: 5.4 (top 1 in TTCI, top 2 in ITA)
- Strengths: cultural resources and business travel, tourist service infrastructure, health & hygiene
- Weakness: business environment
Spain
- TTCI Score: 5.4 (top 2 in TTCI, top 1 in ITA)
- Strengths: cultural resources and business travel, health & hygiene, ICT readiness
- Weakness: international openness
France
- TTCI Score: 5.3 (top 5 in TTCI, top 3 in ITA)
- Strengths: tourist service infrastructure, ICT readiness, air transport infrastructure
- Weakness: environmental sustainability
USA
- TTCI Score: 5.4 (top 3 in TTCI, top 8 in ITA)
- Strengths: cultural resources and business travel, health & hygiene, ICT readiness
- Weakness: natural resources
- very similar to Japan
Germany
- TTCI Score: 5.4 (top 4 in TTCI, not in top 10 in ITA)
- Strengths: cultural resources and business travel, health & hygiene, ICT readiness
- Weakness: natural resources
- very similar to Germany
Japan
- TTCI Score: 5.2 (top 6 in TTCI, top 10 in ITA)
- Strengths: ICT readiness, tourist service infrastructure, business environment, safety & security
- Weakness: price competitiveness
UK
- TTCI Score: 4.9 (not in top 10 in TTCI, top 4 in ITA)
- Strengths: cultural resources and business travel, human resources and labor market, natural resources
- Weakness: international openness
China
- TTCI Score: 5.1 (top 8 in TTCI, top 5 in ITA)
- Strengths: cultural resources and business travel, tourist service infrastructure, health & hygiene
- Weakness: business environment
Italy
- TTCI Score: 4.2 (not in top 10 in TTCI, top 6 in ITA)
- Strengths: price competitiveness, health & hygiene, prioritization of T&T
- Weakness: natural resources
Turkey
