Guinea-Bissau recorded a total of 52,400 tourists in 2019, ranking 185th in the world in absolute terms.
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 Guinea-Bissau, the result is much more comparable picture: With 0.025 tourists per resident, Guinea-Bissau ranked 163rd in the world. In Western Africa, it ranked 7th.
In 2019, Guinea-Bissau generated around 18.92 million US dollars in the tourism sector alone. This corresponds to 1.2 percent of its the gross domestic product and approximately 0 percent of all international tourism receipts in Western Africa.
On average, each of the tourists arriving in 2019 spent about 305 US dollars.
Development of the tourism sector in Guinea-Bissau from 2001 to 2019
The following chart shows the number of tourist arrivals registered in Guinea-Bissau 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.
Revenues from tourism
In 1997, tourism revenues amounted to 3.10 million USD, or about 1.2 percent of the gross national product. Within 22 years, the country's dependence on tourism has increased slightly. Before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, sales were $18.92 million billion, 1.3 percent of gross national product. Thus, each visitor spent an average of $361 on their vacation in Guinea-Bissau.
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 Guinea-Bissau in detail
Year
Number of tourists
Receipts
% of GNP
Receipts per tourist
2019
52,400.00
18.92 m $
1.3 %
361 $
2018
55,000
20.00 m $
1.3 %
364 $
2017
49,500
16.44 m $
1.2 %
332 $
2016
45,200.00
11.50 m $
0.98 %
254 $
2015
43,800.00
17.30 m $
1.7 %
395 $
2014
36,100.00
20.80 m $
2.0 %
576 $
2013
35,500
17.40 m $
1.7 %
490 $
2012
35,400.00
6.80 m $
0.69 %
192 $
2011
36,700.00
14.50 m $
1.3 %
395 $
2010
22,300.00
13.60 m $
1.6 %
610 $
2009
16,000
12.00 m $
1.4 %
750 $
2008
18,000
38.20 m $
4.4 %
2,122 $
2007
15,600.00
28.40 m $
4.1 %
1,821 $
2006
11,600.00
2.80 m $
0.47 %
241 $
2005
5,000
1.60 m $
0.27 %
320 $
2001
7,800.00
2.70 m $
0.69 %
346 $
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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