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Reports and policy papers from the institutions that set the agenda for world tourism: UN Tourism, WTTC, OECD, the European Commission and the European Travel Commission. These publications track arrivals, receipts, employment and the regulatory environment at global and regional scale.
TourismIntel summarises each release in an original brief — key findings, headline figures, methodology and what it means for destinations and operators — with a direct link to the official document.
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The World Economic Forum's Workforce Strategies chapter reveals mounting labour-market challenges through 2030. Skill gaps remain employers' top transformation barrier at 63%, while talent availability outlook has deteriorated sharply: only 29% expect improvements versus 42% anticipating decline.
The Skills Outlook chapter of the World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report 2023 presents survey findings on workforce skills requirements and business expectations for skills evolution through 2027.
IATA's July 2026 Air Cargo Market Analysis reports global cargo demand growth of 3.9% year-on-year, with international traffic advancing 4.7% and the Asia–North America corridor driving expansion.
IATA's February 2026 Air Passenger Market Analysis documents a 6.1% year-on-year increase in global Revenue Passenger Kilometres, driven by Lunar New Year travel demand and strength in the Chinese domestic market.
IATA's March 2026 Air Cargo Market Analysis shows global air cargo demand contracting 4.8% year-on-year amid Middle East disruption and seasonal pressures, with international traffic falling 5.5%.
The World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report 2025 surveys over 1,000 global employers to forecast labour market transformation across 2025–2030. Broadening digital access (60%), AI adoption (86%), and rising cost of living (50%) are identified as the most transformative trends.
The World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2026 surveys global respondent perception of economic and systemic risks across near and long-term horizons. Half of respondents (50%) expect turbulent or stormy conditions over the next two years, deteriorating to 57% for the ten-year outlook.
The World Economic Forum's Clean Skies for Tomorrow initiative, in collaboration with RMI and PwC Netherlands, published standardized Sustainable Aviation Fuel Certificate (SAFc) Emissions Accounting and Reporting Guidelines in October 2022.
SkyTeam, one of three major global airline alliances comprising 18 member carriers, adopted IATA's CO2 Connect for Corporate Travel tool to calculate and report Scope 3 business travel emissions for ESG compliance.
IATA has published a Global Interoperability Framework for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) registries, developed in collaboration with CADO, 4AIR, and 123Carbon.
IATA's July 2026 Air Passenger Market Analysis reports a return to positive growth after three months of contraction caused by the Iran war, with industry RPK rising 0.2% year-on-year.
The World Economic Forum's Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026, published in collaboration with Accenture on 12 January 2026, examines how accelerating AI adoption, geopolitical fragmentation and widening cyber inequity are reshaping global security risks.
The World Economic Forum's 2024 Global Gender Gap Index tracks gender parity across 146 economies using four dimensions: economic participation, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment.
IATA's February 2026 air cargo market report shows global cargo demand (CTK) accelerating 11.2% year-on-year, driven by pre-Lunar New Year flows and sustained regional expansion.
IATA's May 2025 report examines how Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and optimised conventional jet fuels can mitigate aviation's non-CO2 climate impacts, particularly contrail-cirrus formation.
The World Economic Forum's Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026 identifies AI, geopolitical fragmentation and supply chain opacity as the defining challenges for organizational cyber resilience.
The World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report 2025 includes a comprehensive jobs outlook chapter analysing how five macrotrends—technological change, the green transition, economic uncertainty, geoeconomic fragmentation, and demographic shifts—are reshaping global labour markets.
The Global Risks Perception Survey 2023–2024 is the World Economic Forum's flagship assessment of emerging global risks, conducted by collecting expert perception data from a multistakeholder network spanning academia, business, government and civil society.
IATA's International Tax Governance report examines the institutional and policy framework governing taxation of international air transport and its recent destabilisation.
Civil aviation authorities face mounting pressure to stabilize and forecast overflight fee revenue despite growing air traffic. Manual invoicing processes, data inconsistencies, and billing disputes create cash flow volatility that undermines strategic planning.
The Global Cooperation Barometer 2026, published by the World Economic Forum, argues that cooperation is essential for economic resilience and security, yet sovereign politics consistently obstruct multilateral engagement.
The World Economic Forum's May 2026 Chief Economists' Outlook presents a significantly more pessimistic view than its January edition, reflecting escalating Middle East conflict, Strait of Hormuz closure, and resulting supply-chain disruption.
The World Economic Forum's Global Aviation Sustainability Outlook 2026 assesses the aviation sector's pathway to net-zero emissions amid simultaneous pressures for growth, affordability and decarbonization.
IATA's July 2026 report quantifies economic consequences of air traffic control delays in the US National Airspace System from 2015 to 2025. Non-weather ATC delays increased 142% despite passenger traffic growth of only 4.9%, revealing structural capacity problems.
