Question: Consider the following statement regarding The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) 2019:
(1) India’s ranking improved six places from 40th to 34th
(2) Spain has topped in this index
From the above, correct statements is/are:
(a) Only1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) None of the above
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
(1) India’s ranking improved six places from 40th to 34th
(2) Spain has topped in this index
From the above, correct statements is/are:
(a) Only1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) None of the above
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
- The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) for the year 2019 released by the World Economic Forum (WEF).
- The report is produced by the World Economic Forum (WEF) and measures the factors and policies that make a country a viable place to invest within the Travel and Tourism sector.
- India has moved up six places to rank 34th in the Travel Tourism Competitiveness Index from 40th place in 2017.
- The index topped by Spain followed by France and Germany in the second and third places.
- Apart from India, Japan and China have been ranked 4th and 13th place respectively.
- Around 140 countries were ranked based on four sub-indexes.
- Together, these four sub-indexes include a total of 14 pillars, which are used to score a country’s overall travel and tourism competitiveness.
- The rankings are given on the basis of Infrastructure; Travel and Tourism policy enabling conditions; Natural and cultural sources and Enabling environment.
- India needs to improve in the enabling environment, tourist service infrastructure and environmental sustainability as it ranks 98th, 109th and 128th respectively.
Links:
http://www.oceanhealthindex.org/methodology/components/tourism-competitiveness-index-tci