Bangladesh, June 10 -- The tournament, scheduled across 16 cities in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, will be the first World Cup hosted by three nations. It will also feature an expanded 48-team format, up from 32, with 104 matches played over 39 days.

The opening match will be held in Mexico City, while MetLife Stadium in the New York area will host the final, making this the largest World Cup in history by nearly every measure.

IATA data shows stronger booking gains are concentrated in globally connected hub cities, where international demand is scaling up early. The pattern broadly mirrors the host-city hierarchy.

More mature tourism markets are seeing modest increases, as the World Cup represents an incremental uplift rathe...