Ethiopia records highest tourism growth, reveals World Travel and Tourism Council
Devdiscourse | April 16, 2019
The World Travel and Tourism Council's (WTTC) annual review ranks Ethiopia top-scoring country in the world in tourism growth in 2018.The east African country saw the highest tourism growth in the world (48.6%), surpassing the global average growth rate of 3.9 percent and the African average of 5.6 percent. The Council stated that during the period, the sector supported 2.2 million jobs and contributed USD 7.4 billion to Ethiopia's economy, an increase of USD 2.2 billion on 2017.