The European region in structure of the World tourist market

Abstract

The article presents the analysis of the international tourism development in the European region. The author makes research of the basic tendencies of development of the World tourist market, defines a place of the European region in its structure, analyses a rating of the Europe separate (Sub)regions. The paper conclusions are based on studying of the statistical information about natural and cost indexes of the international tourism development during 1950 – 2009.