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Article - Tourisms Potential for Mountain Ecosystems and Communities Outlined in New Report - While mountain tourism has become an increasingly relevant motivation for travel, data on its size and impact remains scarce, a new report from the UN agencies the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Mountain Partnership (MP) makes clear.

Scarcity of domestic mountain tourism-related data makes it difficult or even impossible to assess mountain tourism's impacts

Mountain tourism represents between 9 and 16% of international tourist arrivals worldwide, translating into 195 to 375 million tourists for 2019 alone, a report said.

Mountains have long drawn tourists interested in nature and open-air destinations and outdoors activities like walking, climbing and winter sports.