Tourism in Tanzania
Tanzania recorded a total of 2 m tourists in 2019, ranking 117th in the world in absolute terms.Without including the size of a country, such a ranking list may not be very meaningful. By putting the tourist numbers in relation to the population of Tanzania, the result is much more comparable picture: With 0.026 tourists per resident, Tanzania ranked 180th in the world. In Eastern Africa, it ranked 13th.
Tanzania generated around 2.62 bn US Dollar in the tourism sector alone. This corresponds to 4.2 percent of its the gross domestic product and approximately 24 percent of all international tourism receipts in Eastern Africa.
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On average, each of the tourists arriving in 2019 spent about 1,505 US Dollars.
Development of the tourism sector in Tanzania from 1995 to 2019
The following chart shows the number of tourist arrivals registered in Tanzania 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 502.00 m USD, or about 9.6 percent of the gross national product. This corresponded to about 295,000 tourists at that time and roughly 1,702 USD per person. Within 24 years, the country's dependence on tourism has decreased substantially. In the last year of the survey, the revenue now amounts to 2.62 bn USD, accounting for 4.3 percent of the gross national product. Each visitor now spends an average of 1,719 USD for his holiday in Tanzania.
All data for Tanzania in detail
| Year | Number | Receipts | % of GNP | Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.53 m | 2.62 bn $ | 4.3 % | 1,719 $ |
| 2018 | 1.51 m | 2.47 bn $ | 4.3 % | 1,637 $ |
| 2017 | 1.33 m | 2.27 bn $ | 4.2 % | 1,707 $ |
| 2016 | 1.28 m | 2.15 bn $ | 4.3 % | 1,674 $ |
| 2015 | 1.14 m | 1.92 bn $ | 4.1 % | 1,692 $ |
| 2014 | 1.14 m | 2.05 bn $ | 4.1 % | 1,796 $ |
| 2013 | 1.10 m | 1.94 bn $ | 4.2 % | 1,769 $ |
| 2012 | 1.08 m | 1.75 bn $ | 4.4 % | 1,629 $ |
| 2011 | 868,000 | 1.38 bn $ | 4.0 % | 1,593 $ |
| 2010 | 783,000 | 1.28 bn $ | 4.0 % | 1,633 $ |
| 2009 | 714,000 | 1.19 bn $ | 4.1 % | 1,669 $ |
| 2008 | 770,000 | 1.29 bn $ | 4.6 % | 1,679 $ |
| 2007 | 719,000 | 1.22 bn $ | 5.6 % | 1,690 $ |
| 2006 | 644,000 | 986.00 m $ | 5.3 % | 1,531 $ |
| 2005 | 613,000 | 835.00 m $ | 4.5 % | 1,362 $ |
| 2004 | 583,000 | 762.00 m $ | 4.6 % | 1,307 $ |
| 2003 | 576,000 | 654.00 m $ | 4.3 % | 1,135 $ |
| 2002 | 575,000 | 639.00 m $ | 4.5 % | 1,111 $ |
| 2001 | 525,000 | 626.00 m $ | 4.6 % | 1,192 $ |
| 2000 | 501,000 | 381.00 m $ | 2.8 % | 760 $ |
| 1999 | 627,000 | 467.00 m $ | 3.7 % | 745 $ |
| 1998 | 482,000 | 404.00 m $ | 3.3 % | 838 $ |
| 1997 | 360,000 | 343.00 m $ | 4.5 % | 953 $ |
| 1996 | 326,000 | 473.00 m $ | 7.3 % | 1,451 $ |
| 1995 | 295,000 | 502.00 m $ | 9.6 % | 1,702 $ |
All data correspond to the information of the World Tourism Organization.
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