Return to growth will be slow and steady for European tourism sector after particularly poor 2009. The last three months of 2009 show a return to growth for the European tourism sector. Prospects for 2010 are favourable and growth is set to continue, the European Travel Commission (ETC) stresses in its latest quarterly report for 2009 ("Trends & Prospects - Quarterly report 4/2009"). However, this recovery must be compared with 2008 figures, which were particularly poor for the final...