The Socio-Economics of the West, Central and Southern African Coastal Communities

Appendix E Tourism Sector Income in the GCLME Countries (2009)

Total coastal tourismincome (US$ million/a) 70% of total tourismincome

Value of tourism per coastal km (US$ per year)

GDP 2009 (US$ billion per year) (variousyears)

Total tourism income (US$ million/a)

Tourism contribution to GDP (%)

Length of coast (km)

Country

25,812

1,600

41.3

59

19.7

Angola

0.3

393,388

121

47.6

68

3.4

Benin

2

59,203

402

23.8

34

8.7

Cameroon

0.4

70,414

169

11.9

17

3.5

Republic of the Congo

0.5

318,935

169

53.9

77

15.4

Côte d’Ivoire

0.5

Democratic Republic of the Congo

12,162

37

0.45

0.65

6.5

0.01

11,824

296

3.5

5

1.3

Equatorial Guinea

0.38

NA

NA

0

14

5.6

Gabon

0.26

466,000

700

326.2

466

8.8

Ghana

5.3

65,625

320

21

30

4

Guinea

0.75

4,000

350

1.4

2

0.236

Guinea-Bissau

0.85

–

(560)

0

0

–

Liberia

0

118,171

853

100.8

144

72.2

Nigeria

0.2

33,492

209

7

10

0.046

Sao Tome and Principe

22

144,527

402

58.1

83

4.9

Sierra Leone

1.7

425,000

56

23.8

34

1.7

Togo

2

140,671

5,124

720.8

155.982

Total

Source: Interwies (2011).

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