KSH: tourism’s direct contribution to GDP decreased in 2020

Last year, the contribution of tourism to GDP fell sharply

According to preliminary data for 2020, the sector’s contribution to GDP, taking into account the effects of multiplier production, was 8.1 percent, and in 2019 it was still 10 percent.

The share of value added in tourism-related sectors was 5.4 percent of the national economy as a whole in 2020, 6.8 percent in 2019, which, together with the spill-over effect, was 8.5 percent in 2020 and 11 percent in 2019. (MTI)