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West Africa after Ebola
While the Middle East continues to face wars and border disputes, Africa is looking to do the reverse: opening borders and enhancing collaboration.
Africa has had its own recent struggles, however, with the 2014 outbreak of Ebola in Guinea, followed by an unprecedented number of cases in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
The outbreak caused shockwaves throughout the West Africa region, and had a heavy impact on tourism arrivals. The countries with the greatest impact had not had any major Ebola outbreaks before, and subsequently were ill-equipped to respond quickly and e ectively.
Since the outbreak was declared over in June
2016, Sierra Leone has seen the strongest rebound in its economy and tourism numbers. Meanwhile, Guinea and Liberia are expected to see only slow growth and a long way back to recovery to pre-Ebola arrival numbers.
Inbound Arrivals to Ebola-A ected Countries 2010–2020
Source: Euromonitor International
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
140 120 100
80 60 40 20
0
2010 2011
2012 2013
Guinea
2014 2015
Liberia
2016 2017 2018 Sierra Leone
2019 2020
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Trips ('000)
