Tourism statistics of Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is surrounded by a total of six countries including Ghana and Ivory Coast. It is a francophone country with French as its official business and government language.
Reports from the government suggest that a total of 433778* tourists visited Burkina Faso is 2011 (this report, however, differs with data from other sources).
It has a number of sites of interests right from its own capital of Ouagadougou to Ziniare all the way to Koudogou. Burkina Faso boasts of its rich cultural heritages that are mainly preserved in the national museums. Its Islamic culture too attracts a lot of visitors who visit the country.
Tourism in Burkina Faso hasn’t grown to its full potentials just yet. But there are plans by the government to expand the tourism in the near future.
In terms of visitor statistics between the years of 2013 and 2014; the following data was recorded:
Country | 2014 | 2013 |
France | 29311 | 35715 |
China | 17651 | 2492 |
Ivory coast | 16509 | 18852 |
Mali | 12469 | 16065 |
Benin | 8113 | 8622 |
Niger | 7766 | 11265 |
Netherlands | 7580 | 3009 |
Senegal | 6824 | 9566 |
Togo | 6498 | 8604 |
Ghana | 6074 | 7090 |
Total | 181410 | 206954 |
The number of arrivals in Burkina Faso was estimated at 163000 in 2015. The highest number of arrivals was in 2007 which hit a record 289000 and a minimum of 117000 in 1999 as the table below shows:
Year | Arrivals |
1995 | 124000 |
1996 | 131000 |
1997 | 138000 |
1998 | 160000 |
1999 | 117000 |
2000 | 126000 |
2001 | 128000 |
2002 | 150000 |
2003 | 163000 |
2004 | 222000 |
2005 | 245000 |
2006 | 264000 |
2007 | 289000 |
2008 | 272000 |
2009 | 269000 |
2010 | 274000 |
2011 | 238000 |
2012 | 237000 |
2013 | 218000 |
2014 | 191000 |
2015 | 163000* |