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Middle East and Africa tourism statistics

Middle East and Africa, 2.75 million
arrivals in June

The total of 8 Middle East and Africa countries' own monthly figures, with each country's share, its change on a year before, recovery against 2019 and how fresh its figures are. Built every hour; the countries reporting each month are counted.

+8.4%vs a year before
8Countries reporting
69Countries held
108Recovery, 2019 = 100
BahrainLargest
10 moTypical delay

Middle East and Africa, monthly arrivals and countries reporting

Largest shares, June

Tunisia34.7%
South Africa30.0%
Jordan17.9%
Malta9.6%

Every country in Middle East and Africa

Sorted by size. Each country's own headline series; the full table, with every measure and its history, comes with the API.

CountryLatestArrivalsSharevs a year beforeRecovery12 monthsFreshnessActions
Bahrain2025-121.4m+0.2%13610 months
Tunisia2026-071.1m34.7%+4.5%3 months
South Africa2026-081m30.0%+7.4%1152 months
Jordan2026-09562k17.9%+21.4%1501 month
Malta2026-07280k9.6%+14.7%1313 months
Kenya2024-09204k+10.1%4 months
Tanzania2023-08186k+17.7%38 months
Uganda2025-12162k+31.5%10 months
Ghana2025-12141k+11.4%10 months
Mauritius2026-09115k3.2%+9.6%1 month
Israel2026-09136k3.0%+19.2%331 month
Gambia2022-1228k+41.6%8646 months
Madagascar2026-0625k0.9%-2.1%4 months
Seychelles2026-0931k0.7%+6.1%1 month
Angola2023-1210k-0.2%34 months
Fastest growing

Gambia +41.6%, Uganda +31.5%, Jordan +21.4%

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Furthest past 2019

Jordan 150, Bahrain 136, Malta 131

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Longest stays

Not enough history yet

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Benchmark

Each country's year against the Middle East and Africa average, 2019 = 100.

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The call

# Middle East and Africa's monthly total, with countries reporting
curl "https://api.tourismapi.com/v1/regions/middle-east-and-africa?measure=arrivals&from=2019-01" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $TOURISM_API_KEY"

Other regions

Asia Pacific43 countries, 23.3m in August
Americas41 countries, 14.9m in June
Europe54 countries, 74.9m in July

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Region totals, each country's share and change, and the history behind them. Analyst adds recovery and benchmarks.