Africa is characterized by significant natural beauty that, although representing enormous tourist potential, is not fully utilized due to various issues such as poverty, poor infrastructure, political instability, and inadequate marketing activities. While there is growth in the tourism offer, challenges such as poor transportation connectivity, unregulated intergovernmental relations, and security issues slow down the development of tourism. Through the analysis of correlations between the number of foreign tourist arrivals and changes in GDP in selected African countries, it was found that there is a significant relationship between tourism and economic growth in certain countries, such as South Africa, Mali, Sudan, and Chad. These countries show a positive correlation, indicating the potential of tourism as a key factor for economic development, while in countries like Tanzania, Algeria, Morocco, and Niger, the correlation is weak or negative. Tourism negatively affects the natural environment of Africa through continuous pollution and destruction of nature and excessive consumption of resources.