{"id":644973,"date":"2017-07-09T04:24:33","date_gmt":"2017-07-09T04:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/07\/09\/tourism-arrivals-in-africa-up-6\/"},"modified":"2017-07-09T04:24:33","modified_gmt":"2017-07-09T04:24:33","slug":"tourism-arrivals-in-africa-up-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/07\/09\/tourism-arrivals-in-africa-up-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourism arrivals in Africa up 6%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-07\"><\/a> <strong>Tourist arrivals to Africa are growing by 6% on average each year<\/strong>, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/unctad.org\/en\/pages\/PressRelease.aspx?OriginalVersionID=414\">a report by UNCTAD<\/a>. \u201cNorthern Africa is the main draw for international tourists as it received almost half of total international arrivals in Africa between 2011-14,\u201d the report states. Despite political and security challenges, <strong>Egypt led the continent in tourist arrivals with 9.9 mn visitors during the period<\/strong>, followed by Morocco with 9.8 mn, South Africa with 9.2 mn, and Tunisia with 6.8 mn \u2014 together accounting for more than 60% of Africa\u2019s 2011-14 arrivals. Setbacks also failed to deter the continent\u2019s tourism export revenues, which grew to USD 47 bn between 2011-14 from USD 41 bn between 2005-08.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tourist arrivals to Africa are growing by 6% on average each year, according to a report by UNCTAD. \u201cNorthern Africa is the main draw for international tourists as it received almost half of total international arrivals in Africa between 2011-14,\u201d the report states. 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