Tourism in Eritrea made up 2% of
Eritrea's economy up to 1997. After 1998, revenues from tourism fell to one quarter of 1997 levels. In 2006 it made up less than 1% of the country's GDP. The
World Tourism Organization calculated that the country's international tourism receipts in 2002 were just US$ 73 million. The government has started a twenty-year plan to develop the country's tourist industry. However, the development of tourism is hampered by drought,
political instability, and war.