Global Risks Perception Survey 2023–2024
At a glance
- Survey conducted by World Economic Forum across multistakeholder network of academics, business leaders, government officials and civil society experts.
- Data collection period: 4 September to 9 October 2023 via the Forum's global communities and knowledge networks.
- Appendix B presents perception data on global risks; full scope and key findings require access to complete report.
- Methodology draws on WEF's extensive expert network to identify and assess emerging risks across economic, geopolitical and societal domains.
What the report covers
This is Appendix B of the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2024, containing the Global Risks Perception Survey (GRPS) dataset and methodology. The survey harnesses expertise from the Forum's multistakeholder communities—including academics, business leaders, government officials, civil society representatives and thought leaders—to identify and rank global risks. Responses were collected between 4 September and 9 October 2023. The appendix serves as the primary source documentation for risk perception data underlying the main report.
Key findings
The source text provided consists entirely of cookie consent and website technical documentation, not editorial content from the Global Risks Perception Survey itself. No substantive findings about risks, respondent perceptions, rankings or comparative analysis are visible in this extract.
The publicly available excerpt does not contain survey questions, response distributions, risk categories assessed, respondent demographics or any quantified perception metrics. The full survey data and analytical findings are not accessible through the provided source material.
WEF's GRPS methodology involves collecting structured responses from a global network of experts across multiple sectors and geographies. However, the specific sample composition, questionnaire design, statistical weighting and risk domains covered in the 2023–2024 edition cannot be determined from this excerpt.
Access to the complete Appendix B—including detailed methodology, tables of responses, risk definitions and respondent segmentation—would be required to provide substantive editorial analysis of the survey findings and their implications for travel and tourism risk landscapes.
Key numbers
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Survey collection period start date | 4 September 2023 |
| Survey collection period end date | 9 October 2023 |
Figures as published in the source; forecasts and survey results are labelled as such in the note.
Why it matters
DMOs & destinations
Global risk perception surveys inform destination resilience planning and crisis management strategies. Understanding how business and policy leaders assess geopolitical, economic and environmental risks helps DMOs anticipate visitor flow disruptions, reputational threats and investment volatility affecting tourism demand and infrastructure development.
Hotels & hospitality
Expert perception data on emerging global risks guides hospitality operators' investment, staffing and operational decisions. Access to WEF's multistakeholder risk assessments helps hotel groups evaluate exposure to regulatory, climate, supply-chain and security threats that could affect profitability, guest safety and market access.
Travel tech & distribution
Travel technology and distribution platforms rely on forward-looking risk intelligence to build resilience into booking systems, payment processing and content strategies. Global risk perception surveys highlight emerging threats—regulatory, cybersecurity, geopolitical—that travel-tech operators must monitor to maintain customer trust and operational continuity.
Methodology and limits
This extract represents Appendix B of WEF's Global Risks Report 2024, containing documentation of the Global Risks Perception Survey (GRPS). The survey collected responses from 4 September to 9 October 2023 via structured questionnaires distributed to WEF's multistakeholder communities: academics, business executives, government officials, civil society leaders and thought leaders globally. The publicly available source text contains only technical website infrastructure and cookie policy documentation, not survey data, methodology detail or findings. Full access to methodology, sample composition, questionnaire design and response analysis requires the complete appendix or full report.
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