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*