Comparing the current outbreak to similar cases, world tourism next year may expand 1.5% from pre-pandemic 2019, with higher hopes for the year to come, according to a leader in the sector. Bulut Bagci, head of the UK-based World Tourism Forum Institute (WTFI), said after the 2001 terrorist attacks and SARS epidemic of 2003, tourism narrowed dramatically, but bounced back rapidly in the US and Asia. "I’m completely positive the ...