Foreword 3

Executive summary 4

1 About the Travel & Tourism Development Index 2026 5

  1.1 Index overview 6

  1.2 Data and methodology 8

  1.3 Economy coverage 8

  1.4 How to read this report 8

2 Global context 9

3 Global performance trends 11

  3.1 Travel and tourism development conditions are strengthening 13

  3.2 Conditions are stronger, but constraints are growing 17

4 Economy and regional performance 23

  4.1 Rankings overview 25

  4.2 Top 20 performance 26

  4.3 Major emerging economies are gaining ground 27

  4.4 Regional performance 29

  4.5 Subregional performance 30

5 Special focus: Five priorities for T&T in a more uncertain world 31

  5.1 Diversify demand and reduce concentration risk 32

  5.2 Protect access, visibility and operating continuity 34

  5.3 Compete on value, not price 35

  5.4 Create and communicate prosperity for local communities 37

  5.5 Strengthen workforce capacity and the systems that support delivery 39

Conclusion 40

Technical notes and methodology 41

  Appendix A Travel & Tourism Development Index methodology 41

  Appendix B Data definitions and sources 50

  Appendix C Income group and regional classifications 66

  Appendix D Partner Institutes 68

Contributors 78

Endnotes 81