Latin America and Caribbean Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Landscape Report: Assessing Regional Opportunities and Challenges in the Context of COVID-19

That is why the World Economic Forum has published the Latin America and Caribbean Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Landscape Report. Part of the Forum’s long-running Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report series, this publication takes a regional look at “the set of factors and policies that enable sustainable development of the TT sector, which in turn, contributes to the development and competitiveness of a country”. By better understanding the factors that affect TT competitiveness, public-private cooperation can be calibrated to maximize the industry’s potential to boost economic development and the growth of small and medium businesses, reduce poverty and encourage greater gender parity in the labor force. Moreover, appropriately developed competitiveness strategies can be used to take advantage of opportunities presented by the current crisis to create a more sustainable and resilient TT industry that will be better prepared for future headwinds. For this reason, the theme of this report is “Assessing Regional Opportunities and Challenges in the Context of COVID-19”.