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Sudan

Sub-Saharan Africa

Sudan is a tourism destination in Sub-Saharan Africa . This dashboard presents the best available tourism indicators and historical arrivals data from official sources.

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International Tourist Arrivals

836K

Latest verified value · 2018

International Tourism Receipts

$1.1B

Latest verified value · 2022

TCTI Destination Profile

Growing tourism destination

Sudan has experienced rapid long-term tourism growth. This profile is calculated from the best available annual and monthly tourism records currently held by TCTI.

Executive tourism profile for Sudan

Profile confidence

50

/ 100

Confidence reflects the intelligence modules currently supported by compatible source data.

Growth profile

Rapid growth

Seasonality profile

Not yet available

What this means

  • Rapid visitor growth may increase demand for accommodation, transport, infrastructure, and destination management.

The destination profile combines TCTI's available growth and seasonality intelligence. Confidence reflects whether both compatible annual-arrivals and monthly-tourist-night datasets are available.

Tourism Intelligence

Executive summary

A concise interpretation of the strongest official tourism records currently available for Sudan.

2 indicators available
Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income

Sudan is a tourism destination in Sub-Saharan Africa . This dashboard presents the best available tourism indicators and historical arrivals data from official sources.

International tourist arrivals were 836K in 2018. International tourism receipts were $1.1B in 2022.

The figures shown here are drawn from UN Tourism. Reporting years may differ between indicators because TCTI displays the strongest verified or published value currently available for each measure.

Derived Intelligence

Tourism growth

How international tourist arrivals changed between 1995 and 2018.

TCTI Growth Insight

Rapid growth

Confidence

95%

Sudan's international tourist arrivals increased by 2782.8% between 1995 and 2018. This is equivalent to an average annual growth rate of +15.7%. The sharpest annual decline was 21.1% in 1997.

Total growth

+2782.8%

1995 to 2018

Average annual growth

+15.7%

Compound annual growth rate

Starting arrivals

0M

Reported in 1995

Latest arrivals

0.8M

Reported in 2018

Largest annual increase

+303.3%

Change recorded in 2005

Largest annual decline

-21.1%

Change recorded in 1997

What this means

  • Long-term growth trends can indicate changes in destination popularity.
  • Growth should be interpreted alongside seasonality, visitor spending, and tourism dependence.

Growth is calculated using the earliest and latest available international arrivals data held by TCTI. Results may reflect gaps or methodological changes in the underlying series.

Key Tourism Indicators

Tourism performance at a glance

Verified tourism indicators currently available for Sudan. Reporting years may differ by dataset.

2018

International Tourist Arrivals

836K

UN Tourism · 2018

International Tourist Arrivals

VerifiedHistorical
2022

International Tourism Receipts

$1.1B

UN Tourism · 2022

International Tourism Receipts

VerifiedReporting lag

Rankings & Comparisons

How Sudan compares

Positions use each country's best currently available official record. Years can differ, so use these as directional benchmarks rather than synchronized league tables.

Data Availability

33% dashboard coverage

2 of 6 dashboard indicators currently have usable official data for Sudan.

0 current1 reporting lag1 historical

Available

  • ✓International Tourist Arrivals · 2018 · Historical
  • ✓International Tourism Receipts · 2022 · Reporting lag

Not Yet Available

  • ○Tourist Nights
  • ○Tourism Direct Share of GDP
  • ○Tourism Employment Share
  • ○Resident Tourism Trips

Official Sources

Data sources used for Sudan

These organizations and datasets provide the indicators currently displayed on this country dashboard.

✓

UN Tourism

Latest displayed year: 2022

Official

Indicators

  • • International Tourist Arrivals
  • • International Tourism Receipts

Datasets

  • International Tourist Arrivals
  • International Tourism Receipts
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Historical Trend

International arrivals over time

Annual international tourist arrivals reported for Sudan. Values are shown in millions.

Source: UN TourismYears: 1995–2018Annual data

Dataset: International Tourist Arrivals

About the Data

Best available official data

TCTI evaluates available tourism records by reporting status, year, source priority, official-source status, and publication history. The dashboard displays the strongest available record while preserving historical observations and alternative sources in the database.