Global tourism hit new record level in 2025 despite 'weak' US results: UN

The number of international tourist arrivals recorded worldwide hit 1.52 billion in 2025, 4.0 percent higher than the figure in the previous year, the Madrid-based body said in a statement. But arrivals in North America fell 1.4 percent to 135.4 million last year with the body saying this was "partly due to weak results in the United States." UN Tourism did not provide arrival figures for the United States or explain the country’s poor results in its report. The weakness comes as US President...