Tourism in Eritrea
Eritrea recorded a total of 142,000 tourists in 2016, ranking 174th in the world in absolute terms. No se han publicado más datos recientes desde entonces.That smaller countries regularly perform lower in a comparison of the absolute number of guests, is obvious. By putting the tourist numbers in relation to the population of Eritrea, the result is much more comparable picture: With 0.041 tourists per resident, Eritrea ranked 170th in the world. In Eastern Africa, it ranked 10th.
Eritrea generated around 48.00 million US Dollar in the tourism sector alone. This corresponds to 2.3 percent of its the gross domestic product and approximately 0 percent of all international tourism receipts in Eastern Africa.
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On average, each of the tourists arriving in 2016 spent about 302 US Dollars.
Development of the tourism sector in Eritrea from 1995 to 2016
The following chart shows the number of tourist arrivals registered in Eritrea each year. Anyone who spends at least one night in the country but does not live there for more than 12 months is considered a tourist. Insofar as the survey included the purpose of the trip, business trips and other non-tourism travel purposes have already been excluded. The number of people passing through within the same day, and e.g. crew members of ships or flights are also not considered as tourists in most countries. If the same person travels in and out more than once within the same year, each visit counts again.The red line represents the average of all 16 countries in Eastern Africa.
Revenues in tourism
In 1995, tourism revenues amounted to 58.00 million USD, or about 10.03 percent of the gross national product. This corresponded to about 315,000 tourists at that time and roughly 184 USD per person. Within 14 years, the country's dependence on tourism has decreased substantially. In the last year of the survey, the revenue now amounts to 26.00 million USD, accounting for 1.4 percent of the gross national product. Each visitor now spends an average of 329 USD for his holiday in Eritrea.
All data for Eritrea in detail
| Year | Number of tourists | Receipts | % of GNP | Receipts per tourist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 315,000 | 58.00 m $ | 10.03 % | 184 $ |
| 1996 | 417,000 | 69.00 m $ | 9.9 % | 165 $ |
| 1997 | 410,000 | 90.00 m $ | 13.11 % | 220 $ |
| 1998 | 188,000 | 34.00 m $ | 4.6 % | 181 $ |
| 1999 | 57,000 | 28.00 m $ | 4.1 % | 491 $ |
| 2000 | 70,000 | 36.00 m $ | 5.1 % | 514 $ |
| 2001 | 113,000 | 74.00 m $ | 9.8 % | 655 $ |
| 2002 | 101,000 | 73.00 m $ | 10.01 % | 723 $ |
| 2003 | 80,000 | 74.00 m $ | 8.5 % | 925 $ |
| 2004 | 87,000 | 73.00 m $ | 6.6 % | 839 $ |
| 2005 | 83,000 | 66.00 m $ | 6.0 % | 795 $ |
| 2006 | 78,000 | 60.00 m $ | 5.0 % | 769 $ |
| 2007 | 81,000 | 61.00 m $ | 4.6 % | 753 $ |
| 2008 | 70,000 | 46.00 m $ | 3.3 % | 657 $ |
| 2009 | 79,000 | 26.00 m $ | 1.4 % | 329 $ |
| 2010 | 84,000 | |||
| 2011 | 107,000 | |||
| 2012 | 129,000 | |||
| 2013 | 141,000 | |||
| 2014 | 119,000 | |||
| 2015 | 114,000 | |||
| 2016 | 142,000 | 48.00 m $ | 338 $ |
All data correspond to the information of the World Tourism Organization.
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