Travel and Tourism deal activity dips 3.4% in 2022

Geopolitical tensions and economic challenges seem to have impacted deal-making sentiments for the Travel & Tourism sector in 2022.

According to Travel & Tourism market analysts, a total of 1,006 deals* were announced in the global travel and tourism sector during 2022, which indicates a decline of 3.4% over the 1,041 deals announced during the previous year.

Geopolitical tensions and economic challenges seem to have impacted deal-making sentiments for the Travel & Tourism sector in 2022.

Resultantly, deal activity slowed down in several key markets.

For instance, the USA, which also happens to be the top market by deals volume, experienced a 2.8% decline in deal activity in 2022 compared to 2021.

Several other key global markets also experienced a negative shift in deals volume, which contributed to the overall decline.

China, India, Australia and Spain witnessed a decline in deals volume by 5.7%, 25%, 17.9% and 2.9% in 2022, respectively, compared to the previous year.

Meanwhile, the UK, Germany, France, and Japan managed to register growth in deals volume by 15.8%, 33.3%, 3.7% and 10.9% during 2022 compared to 2021, respectively.

Deals under coverage including venture financing and private equity deals witnessed declines of 23.7% and 21.8% during 2022 compared to 2021, respectively, while merger and acquisition deals volume increased by 10.7%.

*Comprising mergers & acquisitions, private equity and venture financing deals.