Outbound tourism expenditure — all countries

Outbound tourism expenditure — Syria

Outbound tourism expenditure in Syria in 2011 — 850,000,000 US$. Ranked 72 in the world out of 164. Since 2003, the indicator has risen by 15.8%.

2011 850M US$ −46.81% vs 2010
World rank 72of 164
Period maximum 1.6B US$2010
Period minimum 584M US$2005

Trend over time

2003–2011 · US$

Outbound tourism expenditure — Syria, 2003–2011500M1B1.5B2B2003200420052006200720082009201020112003: 734,000,000 US$2004: 688,000,000 US$2005: 584,000,000 US$2006: 585,000,000 US$2007: 710,000,000 US$2008: 911,000,000 US$2009: 980,000,000 US$2010: 1,598,000,000 US$2011: 850,000,000 US$
Change over the period: +116M (+15.8%) Average annual rate: 1.85 %

Comparison, 2011

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Syria

Syria 850M US$
World 1.13T US$
Western Asia computed 74.33B US$
Low-income countries computed 5.02B US$
Outbound tourism expenditure — Syria, by year Syria All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2011 850M −748M −46.81%
2010 1.6B +618M +63.06%
2009 980M +69M +7.57%
2008 911M +201M +28.31%
2007 710M +125M +21.37%
2006 585M +1M +0.17%
2005 584M −104M −15.12%
2004 688M −46M −6.27%
2003 734M

About the indicator

Spending by residents of the country abroad in current US dollars: accommodation, food, transport inside the country visited, and shopping. Together with receipts from inbound tourism it forms the tourism balance of the country — an important part of the services account of the balance of payments.

Source: Tourism Statistics (UN Tourism / UNWTO), license UN Tourism terms of use.