The 2017 tourism revenues constituted almost 50% of the country\u2019s services exports.<\/p>\n
The report of Rwanda Development Board (RDB) released on Tuesday indicates that national parks received 94,000 visitors in 2017, putting $18.7 million in the national coffers. <\/p>\n
Volcanoes National Park accounted for 38% of all parks\u2019 visits and fetched over 90% of the revenues. Akagera and Nyungwe national parks received 44,000 and 14,000 visitors, cashing in $1 million and $500,000 respectively.<\/p>\n
International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA), ranked Rwanda in 2016 as Africa\u2019s 3rd leading MICE tourism destination.<\/p>\n
MICE stands for Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions. <\/p>\n
RDB annual report also showed that Rwanda recorded growth in investments registered in 2017. Export values and volumes also increased.<\/p>\n
Registered 137 investment commitments amounted to $1.67 billion and are expected to generate 37,548 jobs. Most attracted were transformative investments in logistics, tourism, agro-processing, health and mining.<\/p>\n
Overall exports fetched about $2 billion and grew by 36% compared to 2016 while merchandise exports grew by 58%. At least 100 export market destinations were served through 81 different products in 2017. Tourism exports grew by 12% from 2016-2017. <\/p>\n
The report shows that the country\u2019s population size was 11.3 million with $729 GDP per capita.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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