The World Economic Forum (WEF) has ranked 136 of the world’s countries by travel and tourism competitiveness, based on everything from business environment to safety as part of its Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017.
Europe and North America did particularly well, with eight destinations ranked in the top 10. Spain took the top spot with an overall score of 5.43, followed by France (5.32) and Germany (5.28).
With six countries in the top 20 and numerous winners across business environment, ICT readiness and international openness, Asia-Pacific also scores highly.
So just what are the five most competitive countries for travel and tourism in Asia-Pacific?
Asia-Pacific’s most competitive countries for travel and tourism
| Country | Ranking in Asia | Global ranking |
| Australia | 1 | 7 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 11 |
| Singapore | 3 | 13 |
| China | 4 | 15 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 16 |
Asia-Pacific’s safest countries
| Country | Ranking in Asia | Global ranking |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 5 |
| Singapore | 2 | 6 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 13 |
| Australia | 4 | 22 |
| Bhutan | 5 | 25 |
Asia-Pacific’s most dangerous countries
| Country | Ranking in Asia | Global ranking |
| Pakistan | 1 | 4 |
| The Philippines | 2 | 11 |
| Bangladesh | 3 | 14 |
| Thailand | 4 | 19 |
| India | 5 | 23 |
Asia-Pacific’s most ICT ready countries
| Country | Ranking in Asia | Global ranking |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1 |
| South Korea | 2 | 8 |
| Japan | 3 | 10 |
| Singapore | 4 | 14 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 17 |
Asia-Pacific’s top countries for business environment
| Country | Ranking in Asia | Global ranking |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1 |
| Singapore | 2 | 2 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 8 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 17 |
| Japan | 5 | 20 |
Asia-Pacific’s most internationally open countries
| Country | Ranking in Asia | Global ranking |
| Singapore | 1 | 1 |
| Australia | 2 | 2 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 5 |
| Japan | 4 | 10 |
| South Korea | 5 | 14 |
Asia-Pacific’s top countries for price competitiveness
| Country | Ranking in Asia | Global ranking |
| Malaysia | 1 | 3 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 5 |
| Bhutan | 3 | 6 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 8 |
| India | 5 | 10 |
Asia-Pacific’s top countries for cultural resources and business travel
| Country | Ranking in Asia | Global ranking |
| China | 1 | 1 |
| Japan | 2 | 4 |
| India | 3 | 9 |
| Australia | 4 | 11 |
| South Korea | 5 | 12 |
A full list of the results can be found here.
