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Burkina Faso's 2014 political crisis considerably impacted tourism sector

Xinhua, June 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

The political crisis that hit Burkina Faso in 2014 considerably impacted the country's tourism sector, data released on Tuesday by Culture, Arts and Tourism ministry has shown.

Tourist arrivals dropped by 3.9 percent and 3.5 percent respectively in 2014 and 2015.

The ministry said the crisis led to temporary closure of two four-star hotels in the capital Ougadougou, as well as a tourists' restaurant.

In 2013, Burkina Faso received 506,000 tourists who earned the country 75 billion CFA Francs (125 million U.S. dollars).

Between 2011-2015, the country invested 50 million dollars in the tourism sector.

By 2015, the country had 140 travel and tourism agencies, 460 tourist lodges and 183 tourist restaurants, the ministry revealed.

In October 2014, a popular uprising led to the resignation of the then president Blaise Compaore, when he tried to amend the Constitution to contest for another term after being in power for 27 years. He fled the country and took refuge in Cote d'Ivoire.

The country went through a transition period until the swearing in of current President Roch Marc Christian Kabore in December 2015. Endit