North Africa is re-emerging as a major travel and tourism force in Africa, after a dip in the last few years. Since the Arab Spring protests in late 2010, concerns over security slowed travel to key North African countries. However, an analysis of seat capacity for travel to the top ten international airports in Africa shows significant growth in flight arrivals to the continent with North Africa accounting for much of the growth. Tunisia, Egypt and Morocco all saw more than a 20% increase in international arrivals in the first half of 2017. Overall, Asia Pacific has accounted for the highest increase in international arrivals despite making up only 8% of the market.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 17, 2017 08:48 UTC