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Virtual reality (VR) means an all-new human-machine interaction way based on computer and the state-of-the-art sensor technology.
Scientifically, artificial intelligence (AI) means using computers to simulate some thinking processes and intelligent behaviors of humans (such as learning, reasoning, thinking and planning) and making computers similar to human intelligence.
This Report has collected data of 87 cities (representing two thirds of the member cities) that can provide sound information of all WTCF member cities and found that in 2017, these 87 member cities have received the total of 330 million inbound tourists, roughly 26.6% of the global total inbound tourist arrivals (1.24 billion).
In 2017, the global tourism investment reached USD 839.68 billion, which has hit a new high in the past decade and grown 4.1% over 2016. Over the past decade, the global tourism investment has kept rising quickly.
First, international tourism has gradually approached domestic tourism in terms of tourist arrivals received and even exceeded the latter in some years.
Judging from the trend in 2006 and 2017, emerging economies are evidently faster than developed economies in terms of total tourism revenue.
