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Number of foreign visitor arrivals at frontiers and accommodation nights by month
Frontier Arrivals
1972 1973

Accommodation Nights
1972 1973

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
Jetober
Jovember
December

20 285
17 945
21 335
16 720
24 675
22 350
31 450
26 T60
32 830
20 295
28 630
48 630
Totals 311 905

16 610
16 085
17 770
21 915
20 175
21 015
40 530
32 350
19 180
13 910
15 650
30 005

* 057
589
267
344
935
470
290
352
3 566
4 059
5 726
9 726

322
3 217
3 554
| 383
4 035
L 203
8 106
6 470
3 836
2 782
3 130
6 001

53 039

265 195

62 381

Breakdown of total foreign tourist spending in Ghana (%)

1972
Accommodation/Meals ho %
Local Transport 9%
Entertainment 8%

1972
Shopping 32%
n.a. Other 2%

1973

n.a.

International Tourist Receipts and Expenditures
Source of Information : Bank of Ghana, and
Ghana Airways Corporation
Method of Collection :
Total receipts and expenditures from foreign tourism in millions of US dollars

1972 1973 1972 1973
Total Receipts 5.94 7.13 Total Expenditures 3.98 5.30
International International
Fare Receipts 4.45 5.74 Fare Payments Thx fie

lotal receipts and expenditures from foreign tourism in millions of units of local
currency

1972 1973 1972 1973
Potal Receipts 7.6 8.2 Total Expenditures 5.1 6.1
[International International
Fare Receipts 5.7 6.6 Fare Payments na n.a.
Number of bed-places and rooms available in hotels and similar establishments

1972 1973
Capacity in bed-places 2 316 2 500
Capacity in rooms n.a. 1 194

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