Top 10 Countries with the Best Tourism Development: Is Indonesia Among Them?

The World Economic Forum (WEF) released its *Travel & Tourism Development Index 2021* report on Tuesday (May 24, 2022). This report shows the state of tourism development in 117 countries worldwide.

The *Travel & Tourism Development Index* (TTDI) is compiled from assessments based on five major indicators.

First, the environmental indicator includes the business ecosystem, security, safety, cleanliness, hygiene, and readiness of communication and information technology at tourist destinations.

Second, the tourism policy indicator includes a country's openness to international visits, price competitiveness, and the level of mainstreaming tourism development in that country.

Third, the infrastructure indicator includes the readiness of transportation facilities and tourist services. Fourth, the tourism attraction indicator includes the quality of natural and cultural tourist destinations.

Finally, the sustainability indicator includes the management of environmental sustainability, to socio-economic resilience in tourist destination countries.

Using these various indicators, the TTDI uses a scoring system on a scale of 1 to 7 points. The higher the score, the better the tourism development index in a country.

The highest scores in the TTDI 2021 were achieved by Japan, the United States, and Spain, all with a score of 5.2 points.

Here is a list of the 10 countries with the highest TTDI 2021 scores:

1. Japan: 5.2 points
2. United States: 5.2 points
3. Spain: 5.2 points
4. France: 5.1 points
5. Germany: 5.1 points
6. Switzerland: 5 points
7. Australia: 5 points
8. United Kingdom: 5 points
9. Singapore: 5 points
10. Italy: 4.9 points

Meanwhile, Indonesia scored 4.4 points and ranked 32nd in the TTDI 2021. This is an improvement from 2019, when Indonesia was ranked 44th.

According to the World Economic Forum, the average global TTDI 2021 score increased by only 0.1% compared to the 2019 TTDI measurement.

Of the 117 countries measured, only 39 countries experienced a score increase of more than 1% in 2021.

51 countries experienced score increases or decreases in the range of 1%, while 27 countries experienced score decreases of more than 1%.