Algeria Incoming Tourism Statistics of 1995-2015
Algeria is the largest country in Africa and tenth largest in the world. It is located in North Africa and it is the home of the world’s famous Sahara Desert, one of its major tourist attractions.
Tourism in Algeria is still growing with its total contribution to the country’s GDP not exceeding 10% according to reports from World Tourism Organization.
Algeria became the fourth largest destination for tourist destination in the continent after hitting a record 2,733,000 visitors in 2013.
Its value of international tourism and the number of arrivals in 2015 was 1,710,000 and a minimum of 590000 in 1995.
Algeria has some of the World’s best heritage centers that make a great attraction site for the visitors. Some of these centers include:
- Beni Hammad Fort
- Djemila
- Casbah of Algiers
- M’Zab Valley
- Timgad
- Tipasa
The following table shows visitor arrivals in the country since 1995 to 2015.
Year | Arrivals |
1995 | 590000 |
1996 | 605000 |
1997 | 635000 |
1998 | 678000 |
1999 | 749000 |
2000 | 866000 |
2001 | 901000 |
2002 | 988000 |
2003 | 1166000 |
2004 | 1234000 |
2005 | 1443000 |
2006 | 1638000 |
2007 | 1743000 |
2008 | 1772000 |
2009 | 1912000 |
2010 | 2070000 |
2011 | 2395000 |
2012 | 2634000 |
2013 | 2733000 |
2014 | 2301000 |
2015 | 1710000 |
Another reason for these amazing numbers is how the broad tourism industry of Algeria is divided. It is divided into:
- Religious tourism
- Cultural tourism
- Therapeutic tourism
- Cuisine
- Gallery
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