The Namibia tourism sector has performed solidly since independence in 1990. Over the past 15 years, international tourist arrivals have shown a steady increase21, growing from 254,978 arrivals in 1993 to 777,890 arrivals in 200522. Increased arrivals have, in turn, generated an escalation of the tourism industry's outputs, which increased by an average of 14% per year from 1991 to 199623, and by a total of 13% from 1998-200324. The recently developed Tourism Satellite Accounts (2006) found that tourism directly and/or indirectly generated NAD5.242 million to the Namibia national economy during 2004, or the equivalent of 14.2% of its GDP. Tourism was also found to support 69,000 jobs, or approximately 18% of Namibia's employment force.