International tourism arrival figures are a hotly debated issue but Tourism Tattler thought it would be interesting to take a look at arrival figures for the continent of Africa and rank them.
Movement indicates the comparison between 2011 to 2010 – figures are in ‘000’s.
| RANK | MOVEMENT | COUNTRY | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 |
| 1 | Egypt | 9 497 | 14 051 | 11 914 | 12 296 | |
| 2 | Morocco | 9 342 | 9 288 | 8 341 | 7 879 | |
| 3 | South Africa | 8 339 | 8 074 | 7 012 | 9 592 | |
| 4 | Tunisia | 4 785 | 6 903 | 6 901 | 7 050 | |
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 2 423 | 2 239 | 2 017 | 1 956 | |
| 6 | Algeria | 2 395 | 2 070 | 1 912 | 1 772 | |
| 7 | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 2 192 | 2 100 | 1 923 | 2 089 | |
| 8 | Kenya | 1 700 | 1 470 | 1 392 | 1 141 | |
| 9 | Uganda | 1 151 | 946 | 807 | 844 | |
| 10 | Senegal | 1 001 | 900 | 810 | 867 | |
| 11 | Namibia | 1 000 | 984 | 980 | 931 | |
| 12 | Mauritius | 965 | 935 | 871 | 930 | |
| 13 | Swaziland | 879 | 868 | 908 | 754 | |
| 14 | Tanzania | 795 | 754 | 695 | 750 | |
| 15 | Malawi | 767 | 746 | 755 | 742 | |
| 16 | Nigeria | 715 | 1 555 | 1 414 | 1 313 | |
| 17 | Sudan | 536 | 495 | 420 | 440 | |
| 18 | Ethiopia | 523 | 468 | 427 | 383 | |
| 19 | Angola | 481 | 425 | 366 | 294 | |
| 20 | Cape Verde | 428 | 336 | 287 | 285 | |
| 21 | Lesotho | 397 | 414 | 320 | 285 | |
| 22 | Togo | 300 | 202 | 150 | 74 | |
| 23 | Burkina Faso | 238 | 274 | 269 | 272 | |
| 24 | Madagascar | 225 | 196 | 163 | 375 | |
| 25 | Benin | 209 | 199 | 190 | 188 | |
| 26 | Seychelles | 194 | 175 | 158 | 159 | |
| 27 | Mali | 160 | 169 | 160 | 190 | |
| 28 | Eritrea | 107 | 84 | 79 | 70 | |
| 29 | Gambia | 106 | 91 | 142 | 147 | |
| 30 | Niger | 82 | 74 | 66 | 73 | |
| 31 | Sierra Leone | 52 | 39 | 37 | 36 | |
| 32 | Botswana | 2 145 | 2 103 | 2 101 | ||
| 33 | Mozambique | 1 718 | 1 461 | 1 193 | ||
| 34 | Ghana | 931 | 803 | 698 | ||
| 35 | Zambia | 815 | 710 | 812 | ||
| 36 | Rwanda | 619 | 646 | 621 | ||
| 37 | Cameroon | 573 | 498 | 487 | ||
| 38 | Burundi | 142 | 212 | 202 | ||
| 39 | Congo | 101 | 94 | 62 | ||
| 40 | Central African Republic | 54 | 52 | 31 | ||
| 41 | Chad | 71 | 70 | 61 | ||
| 42 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8 | 15 | 14 | ||
| 43 | Comoros | 11 | 15 | |||
| 44 | Djibouti | 53 | ||||
| 45 | Libya | 34 | ||||
| 46 | Equatorial Guinea | |||||
| 47 | Gabon | |||||
| 48 | Guinea | |||||
| 49 | Guinea-Bissau | |||||
| 50 | Ivory Coast | |||||
| 51 | Liberia | |||||
| 52 | Mauritania | |||||
| 53 | Somalia | |||||
| 54 | South Sudan |
