Tourist Arrivals in Sierra Leone decreased to 6665 in June from 7017 in May of 2024. This dataset provides - Sierra Leone Tourist Arrivals- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Sierra Leone SL: International Tourism: Receipts: for Travel Items data was reported at 37.000 USD mn in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 35.000 USD mn for 2014. Sierra Leone SL: International Tourism: Receipts: for Travel Items data is updated yearly, averaging 34.000 USD mn from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2015, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 66.000 USD mn in 2013 and a record low of 6.000 USD mn in 1999. Sierra Leone SL: International Tourism: Receipts: for Travel Items data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sierra Leone – Table SL.World Bank: Tourism Statistics. International tourism receipts for travel items are expenditures by international inbound visitors in the reporting economy. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These receipts should include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.; Gap-filled total;

Historical dataset showing Sierra Leone tourist spending by year from 1995 to 2018.

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Tourism receipts as a share of total exports of Sierra Leone shot up by 18.83% from 4.6 % in 2017 to 5.5 % in 2018. Since the 38.01% slump in 2014, tourism receipts as a share of total exports soared by 135.87% in 2018. 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. Their share in exports is calculated as a ratio to exports of goods and services, which comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from residents to nonresidents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.

International tourism, number of departures in Sierra Leone was reported at 122000 in 2019, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Sierra Leone - International tourism, number of departures - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on October of 2025.

Tourism expenditures of Sierra Leone soared by 36.07% from 61,000,000 US dollars in 2018 to 83,000,000 US dollars in 2019. Since the 24.44% drop in 2015, tourism expenditures rocketed by 144.12% in 2019. International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Tourism receipts of Sierra Leone remained stable at 39,000,000 US dollars over the last 1 years. 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.

International tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) in Sierra Leone was reported at 43000000 USD in 2019, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Sierra Leone - International tourism, receipts for travel items - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on October of 2025.

Yearly (annual) dataset of the Sierra Leone Travel Earnings, including historical data, latest releases, and long-term trends from 1995-12-31 to 2018-12-31. Available for free download in CSV format.

Abstract

The World Bank WeTour Project aimed to contribute to improved knowledge of the characteristics of Women-owned/led Micro, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (WSMEs) in tourism in Ghana and Sierra Leone. It is intended that this knowledge and data will be used by projects and programs in those countries to inform the design of gender-targeted tourism SME support services. This survey is representative of male and female enterprises.

Geographic coverage

In Sierra leone, two destination areas were identified as Freetown and the Western Area.

Analysis unit

Micro, Small and Medium Tourism and tourism-related enterprises

Universe

The universe of MSMEs in Tourism and Tourism-related sectors of Freetown and the Western Area in Sierra Leone comprises 1,067 entities identified individually in the sampling frame.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

The universe of tourism and tourism related SMEs was constructed in each country using all available sources. For both countries the original sample frame of SMEs was compiled from previous sample frames developed for enterprise surveys by EEC International, the amalgamation of past listings of SMEs from the NSO and other public registries, as well as numerous other sources collated from business associations and other publicly available sources of tourism-related information portals, namely: travel agent reservation systems such as Amadeus and Sabre, tourism and tourism-related websites such as Expedia and TripAdvisor, as well as establishments referenced on Google Maps and appearing on Google Street View. The sample frame for micro enterprises was planned to result from systematic block enumeration in the targeted locations. During the block enumeration, entities were identified by a number on a list and a geographical reference (map or other description of the location), information on its apparent activity (tourism or tourism-related), as well as visible gender composition (no apparent female, no apparent male, mixed presence). Neither the activity composition nor the gender composition were known at inception. The validation of the sample frame consisted in ensuring that there were no foreign elements (activities not included in the universe under study).

The sampling strategy that EECI applied for the Tourism and Tourism related Sectors applying consisted in randomly drawing from the frame of MSMEs a screened sample until the minimum number of male and female respondents targeted was obtained, inclusive of the expected non-response.

For Sierra Leone, the frame contained a total of 1,067 entities, of which 705 micros and 362 SMEs. A random draw of 323 entities, consisting of 212 micros and 111 SMEs generated through a screening 125 female entities and 198 male entities. The entire group of 125 female entities was directed to interviewing, and the first 125 male entities that were screened, were directed to interviewing, with an expected 120 respondents by genre. For more details see Methodology Note provided under Related Documents.

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Cleaning operations

Data entry and quality controls were implemented by the contractor then data was delivered to the World Bank. The World Bank validated data were validated for logical consistency, flagging problems that were then corrected by the implementing contractor.

Response rate

The response rate was 96.6% for Sierra Leone. There are slight variations of these indicators by sub-groups of businesses.

Sampling error estimates

According to sample design, it is possible to generalize survey results (at a precision of 7.5% and a confidence level of 90%) at the sector level, and the respective gender sub-groups of businesses.

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Actual value and historical data chart for Sierra Leone International Tourism Expenditures Us Dollar

Indonesia Visitors Arrivals by Residence: Sierra Leone data was reported at 16.000 Person in Dec 2024. This stayed constant from the previous number of 16.000 Person for Nov 2024. Indonesia Visitors Arrivals by Residence: Sierra Leone data is updated monthly, averaging 11.500 Person from Jan 2017 (Median) to Dec 2024, with 96 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 129.000 Person in Jun 2017 and a record low of 0.000 Person in Oct 2021. Indonesia Visitors Arrivals by Residence: Sierra Leone data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Indonesia. The data is categorized under Indonesia Premium Database’s Tourism Sector – Table ID.QA003: Visitors Arrivals: by Country of Residence. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

OpenStreetMap exports for use in GIS applications.

This theme includes all OpenStreetMap features in this area matching:

amenity IS NOT NULL OR man_made IS NOT NULL OR shop IS NOT NULL OR tourism IS NOT NULL

Features may have these attributes:

• rooms
• shop
• beds
• man_made
• tourism
• source
• amenity
• addr:street
• addr:housenumber
• addr:full
• opening_hours
• name
• addr:city

This dataset is one of many "https://data.humdata.org/organization/hot">OpenStreetMap exports on HDX. See the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team website for more information.

Actual value and historical data chart for Sierra Leone International Tourism Receipts Us Dollar

SL：国际旅游：入境人数在12-01-2016达55,000.000人，相较于12-01-2015的24,000.000人有所增长。SL：国际旅游：入境人数数据按年更新，12-01-1995至12-01-2016期间平均值为34,850.000人，共22份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-2013，达81,000.000人，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-1997，为7,500.000人。CEIC提供的SL：国际旅游：入境人数数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于Global Database的塞拉利昂 – 表 SL.世界银行：旅游业统计。

SL：国际旅游：收款：旅游项目在12-01-2015达37.000百万美元，相较于12-01-2014的35.000百万美元有所增长。SL：国际旅游：收款：旅游项目数据按年更新，12-01-1995至12-01-2015期间平均值为34.000百万美元，共21份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-2013，达66.000百万美元，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-1999，为6.000百万美元。CEIC提供的SL：国际旅游：收款：旅游项目数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于Global Database的塞拉利昂 – 表 SL.世界银行：旅游业统计。

Mexico Visitor Arrivals: Foreign: Sierra Leone data was reported at 3.000 Person in Mar 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 9.000 Person for Feb 2025. Mexico Visitor Arrivals: Foreign: Sierra Leone data is updated monthly, averaging 6.000 Person from Jan 2012 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 159 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 35.000 Person in Aug 2022 and a record low of 0.000 Person in Apr 2020. Mexico Visitor Arrivals: Foreign: Sierra Leone data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Secretary of Tourism. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mexico – Table MX.Q005: Visitor Arrivals: Foreign. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

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