COMCEC Tourism Outlook 2017

Table 3: Travel & Tourism Economic Impact for OIC Member Countries (2016 Data)

Source: WTTC, Travel &Tourism Economic Impact 2016, Country Reports, 2017

COMCEC

The direct

contribution of Travel

& Tourism to GDP

The direct contribution of

Travel & Tourism to

Employment (jobs) %

% of Total

Employment

Afghanistan

Albania

8.4

7.7

26.0

Algeria

3.6

3.1

7.4

Azerbaijan

4.1

3.7

14.6

Bahrain

4.1

4.0

9.9

Bangladesh

2.2

1.8

4.3

Benin

2.4

1.9

5.8

Brunei Darussalam

1.4

2.7

7.2

Burkina Faso

1.6

1.3

3.8

Cameroon

3.7

3.1

8.1

Chad

1.3

0.9

4.1

Comoros

4.7

4.0

10.5

Cote d'Ivoire

Djibouti

Egypt

3.2

2.9

7.2

Gabon

1.1

1.0

3.1

Gambia

9.0

7.4

21.9

Guinea

2.5

1.9

5.4

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

2.6

2.8

7.3

Indonesia

1.8

1.6

6.2

Iran

2.9

2.2

7.7

Iraq

1.8

1.3

5.2

Jordan

4.9

5.1

19.4

Kazakhstan

1.9

2.1

6.2

Kuwait

2.5

2.3

5.4

Kyrgyz Republic

1.4

1.3

3.9

Lebanon

7.0

6.9

19.4

Libya

3.4

2.3

7.1

Malaysia

4.7

4.5

13.7

Maldives

40.9

19.7

79.4

Mali

4.5

2.5

10.2

Mauritania

Morocco

8.1

7.1

18.5

Mozambique

3.6

2.9

9.3

Niger

2.3

1.9

4.9

Nigeria

1.7

1.6

4.7

Oman

3.2

3.4

7.3

Pakistan

2.7

2.3

6.9

Palestine

Qatar

3.4

6.5

10.1

Saudi Arabia

3.3

5.1

10.2

Senegal

4.8

4.1

11.0

Sierra Leone

1.4

1.2

3.6

Somalia

Sudan

2.5

1.8

5.7

Suriname

1.2

1.1

2.7

Syria

5.7

3.4

13.0

Tajikistan

3.3

9.2

8.2

Togo

3.9

3.1

8.3

Tunisia

6.6

6.0

13.7

Turkey

4.1

1.8

12.5

Turkmenistan

Uganda

2.6

2.2

6.6

United Arab Emirates

5.2

5.4

12.1

Uzbekistan

1.0

0.8

3.1

Yemen

2.2

1.3

5.7