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Table 3: Travel & Tourism Economic Impact for OIC Member Countries (2017 Data)

COMCEC

The direct contribution

of Travel & Tourism to

GDP %

The direct contribution of

Travel & Tourism to

Employment (jobs) %

Total contribution of

Travel & Tourism to

Employment (jobs) %

Afghanistan

Albania

8.5

7.7

24.1

Algeria

3.3

2.8

6.0

Azerbaijan

4.2

3.8

13.2

Bahrain

4.2

4.0

9.4

Bangladesh

2.2

1.8

3.8

Benin

2.2

1.8

4.8

Brunei Darussalam

Burkina Faso

1.6

1.4

3.3

Cameroon

3.2

2.6

6.0

Chad

1.3

0.9

3.5

Comoros

4.4

3.7

8.4

Cote d'Ivoire

Djibouti

Egypt

5.6

3.9

8.5

Gabon

1.0

0.9

2.6

Gambia

8.2

6.7

17.2

Guinea

2.5

1.9

4.3

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

2.6

2.9

7.4

Indonesia

1.9

3.7

10.0

Iran

2.8

2.1

6.1

Iraq

3.0

2.1

6.7

Jordan

5.0

7.3

19.2

Kazakhstan

1.9

2.1

5.9

Kuwait

2.8

2.6

5.5

Kyrgyz Republic

1.4

1.4

3.7

Lebanon

6.5

6.4

17.9

Libya

2.5

2.0

5.0

Malaysia

4.8

4.6

11.8

Maldives

39.6

16.0

37.4

Mali

3.8

2.1

5.8

Mauritania

Morocco

8.2

7.1

16.4

Mozambique

3.4

2.8

7.9

Niger

2.1

1.7

4.2

Nigeria

1.9

1.8

4.8

Oman

3.2

3.4

6.6

Pakistan

2.9

2.5

6.5

Palestine

Qatar

3.3

4.9

9.2

Saudi Arabia

3.4

5.3

9.1

Senegal

4.5

3.8

9.1

Sierra Leone

1.7

1.5

3.7

Somalia

Sudan

2.3

1.7

4.3

Suriname

1.2

1.2

2.5

Syria

6.2

3.6

8.9

Tajikistan

3.2

2.9

7.7

Togo

4.1

3.3

7.4

Tunisia

6.9

6.3

13.0

Turkey

3.8

1.6

7.4

Turkmenistan

Uganda

2.9

2.4

6.3

United Arab Emirates

5.1

4.9

9.5

Uzbekistan

0.9

0.8

2.4

Yemen

2.3

1.2

3.3