Nigeria Tourism Statistics 1995-2024

International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Nigeria tourism statistics for 2020 was 321,000,000.00, a 78.18% decline from 2019.
  • Nigeria tourism statistics for 2019 was 1,471,000,000.00, a 25.59% decline from 2018.
  • Nigeria tourism statistics for 2018 was 1,977,000,000.00, a 24.4% decline from 2017.
  • Nigeria tourism statistics for 2017 was 2,615,000,000.00, a 140.35% increase from 2016.
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
Country Name Spending ($)
India 13,413,000,000.00
Egypt 4,874,000,000.00
Morocco 4,514,000,000.00
Indonesia 3,533,000,000.00
Vietnam 3,232,000,000.00
Philippines 2,769,000,000.00
Cambodia 1,119,000,000.00
Sri Lanka 1,076,000,000.00
Tunisia 1,007,000,000.00
Pakistan 765,000,000.00
El Salvador 755,000,000.00
Ukraine 687,000,000.00
Georgia 586,000,000.00
Cameroon 437,000,000.00
Uzbekistan 395,000,000.00
Moldova 354,000,000.00
Nigeria 321,000,000.00
Bolivia 243,000,000.00
Lao PDR 227,000,000.00
Bangladesh 217,899,993.90
Kyrgyz Republic 195,000,000.00
Ghana 191,000,000.00
Honduras 189,000,000.00
Cabo Verde 169,000,000.00
Bhutan 84,000,000.00
Vanuatu 67,000,000.00
Mongolia 49,000,000.00
Angola 19,000,000.00
Eswatini 7,300,000.19
Solomon Islands 7,000,000.00
Mauritania 6,400,000.10
Nigeria Tourism Statistics - Historical Data
Year Spending ($) % of Exports
2020 321,000,000.00 0.80
2019 1,471,000,000.00 2.10
2018 1,977,000,000.00 2.99
2017 2,615,000,000.00 5.14
2016 1,088,000,000.00 2.83
2015 461,000,000.00 0.94
2014 605,000,000.00 0.72
2013 616,000,000.00 0.62
2012 638,000,000.00 0.65
2011 688,000,000.00 0.67
2010 736,000,000.00 0.89
2009 791,000,000.00 1.35
2008 958,000,000.00 1.09
2007 337,000,000.00 0.50
2006 209,000,000.00 0.35
2005 139,000,000.00 0.24
2004 49,000,000.00 0.13
2003 58,000,000.00 0.21
2002 256,000,000.00 1.41
2001 168,000,000.00 0.86
2000 186,000,000.00 0.89
1999 99,000,000.00 0.71
1998 81,000,000.00 2.88
1997 83,000,000.00 1.70
1996 58,000,000.00 1.10
1995 47,000,000.00 1.22