Security and travel facilitation

Each year, over 1.3 billion people cross international borders for business or leisure purposes. Billions more travel domestically. Recent technological advances have enhanced mobility and widened many a traveller’s horizons. But at the same time, increasing political risks and geopolitical instability demand more stringent security checks and processes. This means already strained systems are under growing pressure.

The World Travel & Tourism Council’s work in this area aims to show how:

• improved visa facilitation can help to drive GDP growth and job creation
• secure and seamless travel are not opposing goals if we use the right technologies