Sharp slowdown in number of international tourists since second half of 2008. - The World Tourist Organisation (WTO) has announced that for 2008 as a whole, the number of international tourist arrivals rose to 925 million, 17 million more arrivals than in 2007 (2% increase). This positive result can be explained by the scores obtained in the first half of the year, before the collapse of the financial market because after the boom in the first six months of the year, the growth in Europe...