Surprising travel and tourism facts
The travel and tourism sector is one of the largest in the world, and it is full of strange, amazing, and surprising facts:
- Approximately 27% of the Netherlands lies below sea level.
- Canada boasts the world’s longest coastline, including three seas and hundreds of islands.
- France is the country with the most Michelin-starred restaurants.
- The Louvre is the world’s most visited museum.
- A volcanic eruption occurs once every five years on average in Iceland.
- Istanbul is the only city in the world that spans two continents.
- Every money thrown into Rome’s Trevi Fountain is collected and distributed to various organisations on a daily basis.
- Travel and tourism employs 10% of the global workforce.