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World Economic Forum (WEF) has released World Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2008 on March. Switzerland still rank number one for the conducive environments for developing the travel & tourism industry.Austria and Germany both rank 2nd & 3rd place same like 2007 competitiveness report. Out of the list from 2007 top 10 are Iceland, Hong Kong, Singapore and Luxembourg. Here are the top 10:
1)Switzerland
2)Austria
3)Germany
4)Australia
5)Spain
6)United Kingdom
7)United States
8)Sweden
9)Canada
10)France
For the complete list please check here.
Balancing Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability is 2008 theme for the report. Based on last year report, Malaysia drop one point from 31 in 2007 to 32 this year. From rank 1 to 32 (Malaysia), the only ASEAN country are Singapore (Rank 16) and Malaysia. Visit the WEF tourism report site to download the report.
