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Strategic Intelligence: Geopolitics in Travel & Tourism (2025)

Publisher GlobalData
Published Jun 13, 2025
Length 74 Pages
SKU # GBDT20168168

Description

Strategic Intelligence: Geopolitics in Travel & Tourism (2025)

Summary

The effects of geopolitics can leave a destination in a state of disrepair, with seemingly no end to the suffering being experienced. However, by increasing tourism, the economy can benefit directly and the destination will be more likely to receive investment from foreign sources. Tourism has allowed destinations to bounce back quickly, especially following geopolitical incidents.

Scope
  • This report analyzes the key theme of geopolitics in the travel and tourism sector.
  • This report provides an insight into key trends, challenges, and recommendations, as well as providing concrete case studies to help the reader see examples of geopolitics in action.
Reasons to Buy
  • Understand the impact of geopolitics on the tourism industry, using case studies to help you understand how you can adapt and understand this theme.
  • Assess the strategies that companies are adopting to succeed in the travel and tourism space amid the impacts of geopolitics.
  • Discover companies that are leading in the space.
  • Analyze real-world trends created by analyzing how geopolitics is affecting the travel & tourism sector.
  • GlobalData’s thematic research ecosystem is a single, integrated global research platform that provides an easy-to-use framework for tracking all themes across all companies in all sectors. It has a proven track record of identifying the important themes early, enabling companies to make the right investments ahead of the competition, and secure that all-important competitive advantage.

Table of Contents

74 Pages
Executive Summary
Players
Thematic Briefing
Trends
Trends contributing to geopolitics
Negative destination trends
Unintended opportunities
Niche tourism trends
Industry Analysis
Consumer sentiment analysis
Impacts
Volatility in visitor flows due to diplomatic tensions
Visa restrictions and retaliatory policies
Currency fluctuations from trade wars
Reduced aviation connectivity
The shift in global tourist flows to ‘neutral’ destinations
Diminished foreign direct investment in tourism infrastructure
Challenges
Navigating sanctions and blacklists
Price instability from tariff-imposed goods
Over-reliance on politically sensitive source markets
Difficulty forecasting demand amid political noise
Undermining of global brand trust
Delays in cross-border infrastructure development
Recommendations
Engage in proactive public diplomacy through tourism
Monitor and model tariff-related cost implications
Invest in domestic and regional tourism resilience
Leverage digital and decentralized marketing channels
Encourage bilateral tourism diplomacy despite trade friction
Develop local supply chains to reduce tariff exposure
Country risk analysis
Yemen
Syria
Iran
Venezuela
Malawi
Case studies
The 2025 US tariff surge and its ripple effects on global travel and hospitality
Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 and tourism as soft power
India–Pakistan tourism under bilateral tensions
UAE–Qatar diplomatic crisis and airspace closure
Japan-South Korea trade and travel dispute
Timeline
Signals
M&A trends
Company filing trends
Social media trends
Sustainable tourism
Museums
Artificial intelligence
Value Chain
Challenges
Trade wars
Nuclear weapons
Land disputes
Cyberattacks
Military tensions
Domestic disputes
Migration
Globalization
Media platforms
Nationalist movements
Terrorism and conflict
Outcomes
Hindrance of tourism development
Visa restrictions on global travel
Border closures
Whitewashing
Destruction of attractions
Xenophobia
Increased fear over safety and security
Drivers
Tourism and events used to increase political power
Regional integration
Dark tourism
Cultural and heritage tourism
Companies
Public companies
Private companies
Sector Scorecards
Airlines sector scorecard
Who’s who
Thematic screen
Valuation screen
Risk screen
Travel intermediaries sector scorecard
Who’s who
Thematic screen
Valuation screen
Risk screen
Glossary
Further Reading
GlobalData reports
Our Thematic Research Methodology
About GlobalData
Contact Us
List of Tables
Table 1: Trends contributing to geopolitics
Table 2: Negative destination trends
Table 3: Unintended opportunities
Table 4: Niche tourism trends
Table 5: M&A trends
Table 6: Public companies
Table 7: Private companies
Table 8: Glossary
Table 9: GlobalData reports
List of Figures
Figure 1: Who are the leading players in the geopolitics theme, and where do they sit in the value chain?
Figure 2: Which factors help you decide where to go on holiday?
Figure 3: Yemen has the highest total index score globally
Figure 4: Syria has the second-highest total index score globally
Figure 5: Iran has the third-highest total index score globally
Figure 6: Venezuela has the fourth-highest total index score globally
Figure 7: Malawi has the fifth-highest total index score globally
Figure 8: The geopolitics story
Figure 9: Geopolitics mentions peaked in 2020
Figure 10: Trendline chart
Figure 11: The geopolitics value chain
Figure 12: Who does what in the airlines space?
Figure 13: Thematic screen - Airlines sector scorecard
Figure 14: Valuation screen - Airlines sector scorecard
Figure 15: Risk screen - Airlines sector scorecard
Figure 16: Who does what in the travel intermediaries space?
Figure 17: Thematic screen - Travel intermediaries sector scorecard
Figure 18: Valuation screen - Travel intermediaries sector scorecard
Figure 19: Risk screen - Travel intermediaries sector scorecard
Figure 20: Our five-step approach for generating a sector scorecard

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