Lesotho - International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$)

The latest value for International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) in Lesotho was $276,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 25 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $342,000,000 in 2018 and $12,000,000 in 1996.

Definition: International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These may include expenditures by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1995 $13,000,000
1996 $12,000,000
1997 $14,000,000
1998 $13,000,000
1999 $14,000,000
2000 $192,000,000
2001 $163,000,000
2002 $162,000,000
2003 $238,000,000
2004 $271,000,000
2005 $262,000,000
2006 $260,000,000
2007 $268,000,000
2008 $243,000,000
2009 $239,000,000
2010 $270,000,000
2011 $290,000,000
2012 $245,000,000
2013 $206,000,000
2014 $170,000,000
2015 $174,000,000
2016 $258,000,000
2017 $303,000,000
2018 $342,000,000
2019 $319,000,000
2020 $276,000,000

Aggregation method: Gap-filled total

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Travel & tourism