Global tourism rising. - Global tourism consolidated its recovery in the first quarter of the year, with an increase in the number of international tourists arriving (7%) compared to the six first months of 2009. The World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) announced that 421 million international tourists travelled in the first quarter of the year. However, this total number is 2% below the figure for the first half of 2008, which the UNWTO says beat all records. Growth was particularly driven in...