Outbound visitor growth in Africa 2020-2024
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic disrupted the tourism sector in 2020, with countries worldwide implementing lockdowns and travel bans to face the health crisis. As a result of the travel restrictions, the number of outbound tourists from Africa decreased by nearly 73 percent in 2020 over the previous year. As forecast, the number of outbound travelers was expected to rise by roughly 16 percent in 2021, then to increase by over 44 percent in 2022.
