article_snippet: But unfortunately, the much-desired tourists are not flocking to the east African outpost, neighbouring Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia.
article_snippet: But the tourists are not flooding in, despite there being numerous means of accessing the nation through neighbouring Ethiopia and Djibouti.
article_snippet: Abdinasir Ibrahim is the director of Somaliland Travel & Tours Agency,  is keen to add to the handful of eager travellers who defy warnings to visit.
article_snippet: Abdinasir Ibrahim laments the slow increase in tourists over recent years - figures differ greatly from a few hundred to more than 1000 last year - due to the 'lack of recognition,' referring to the wait for the world to acknowledge Somaliland's existence. '
article_snippet: While not great in numbers, tourists do come.
article_snippet: The range of figures for incoming tourists in 2014 is warped by some numbers including just foreign tourists while other records include those who had previously fled violence slowly returning.
article_snippet: A lack of infrastructure, however, makes the long stretches of sand  not as equipped for tourists as competitors may be, a lure for some