Eritrea recorded a total of 142,000 tourists in 2016, ranking 164th 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 0.039 tourists per resident, Eritrea ranked 149th in the world. In Eastern Africa, it ranked 8th.
In 2016, Eritrea generated around 48.00 million US dollars 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.
On average, each of the tourists arriving in 2016 spent about 286 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 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 from 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. Before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, sales were $26.00 million billion, 1.4 percent of gross national product. Thus, each visitor spent an average of $329 on their vacation in Eritrea.
Full figures for 2020, the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, are not currently available. However, national and international travel has been restricted worldwide, and some countries have even been closed off from the outside world altogether. Dramatic revenue losses are expected, with some countries experiencing losses of up to more than 80%.
All data for Eritrea in detail
Year
Number of tourists
Receipts
% of GNP
Receipts per tourist
2016
142,000
48.00 m $
338 $
2015
114,000
2014
119,000
2013
141,000
2012
129,000
2011
107,000
2010
84,000
2009
79,000
26.00 m $
1.4 %
329 $
2008
70,000
46.00 m $
3.3 %
657 $
2007
81,000
61.00 m $
4.6 %
753 $
2006
78,000
60.00 m $
5.0 %
769 $
2005
83,000
66.00 m $
6.0 %
795 $
2004
87,000
73.00 m $
6.6 %
839 $
2003
80,000
74.00 m $
8.5 %
925 $
2002
101,000
73.00 m $
10.01 %
723 $
2001
113,000
74.00 m $
9.8 %
655 $
2000
70,000
36.00 m $
5.1 %
514 $
1999
57,000
28.00 m $
4.1 %
491 $
1998
188,000
34.00 m $
4.6 %
181 $
1997
410,000
90.00 m $
13.11 %
220 $
1996
417,000
69.00 m $
9.9 %
165 $
1995
315,000
58.00 m $
10.03 %
184 $
Our data on tourist numbers, revenues and expenditures are based on information from the World Tourism Organization. However, to ensure international comparability, the data for some years or countries were manually researched and corrected if they obviously included visitors without overnight stays. In these cases, the data were taken from the official communications of the respective national tourism authorities.
The World Tourism Organization additionally points out that in some countries, the number of tourists is only counted at airports, while in others they are also counted at border crossings or even hotels. A comprehensive and reliable indication is therefore hardly possible in any country.
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