54 / 60
54
Source: Interwies (2011).
Tourism
contribution
to GDP (%)
0.3
2
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.01
0.38
0.26
5.3
0.75
0.85
0
0.2
22
1.7
2
Country
Angola
Benin
Cameroon
Republic of the Congo
Côte d’Ivoire
Democratic Republic of
the Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Nigeria
Sao Tome and Principe
Sierra Leone
Togo
Total
GDP 2009
(US$ billion
per year)
(variousyears)
19.7
3.4
8.7
3.5
15.4
6.5
1.3
5.6
8.8
4
0.236
–
72.2
0.046
4.9
1.7
155.982
Total tourism
income (US$
million/a)
59
68
34
17
77
0.65
5
14
466
30
2
0
144
10
83
34
Total coastal
tourismincome
(US$ million/a)
70% of total
tourismincome
41.3
47.6
23.8
11.9
53.9
0.45
3.5
0
326.2
21
1.4
0
100.8
7
58.1
23.8
720.8
Length of
coast (km)
1,600
121
402
169
169
37
296
NA
700
320
350
(560)
853
209
402
56
5,124
Value of
tourism per
coastal km
(US$ per year)
25,812
393,388
59,203
70,414
318,935
12,162
11,824
NA
466,000
65,625
4,000
–
118,171
33,492
144,527
425,000
140,671
Appendix E
Tourism Sector Income in the GCLME Countries (2009)