Kiribati - International tourism

International tourism, number of arrivals

The value for International tourism, number of arrivals in Kiribati was 4,700 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 15 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,700 in 1998 and a minimum value of 3,400 in 2004.

Definition: International inbound tourists (overnight visitors) are the number of tourists who travel to a country other than that in which they usually reside, and outside their usual environment, for a period not exceeding 12 months and whose main purpose in visiting is other than an activity remunerated from within the country visited. When data on number of tourists are not available, the number of visitors, which includes tourists, same-day visitors, cruise passengers, and crew members, is shown instead.

Source: World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.

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Year Value
1995 3,900
1996 4,200
1997 5,100
1998 5,700
1999 5,100
2000 4,800
2001 4,600
2002 4,900
2003 4,900
2004 3,400
2005 4,100
2006 4,400
2007 4,700
2008 3,900
2009 3,900
2010 4,700

International tourism, receipts (current US$)

The latest value for International tourism, receipts (current US$) in Kiribati was $2,700,000 as of 2009. Over the past 14 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $4,000,000 in 2007 and $2,000,000 in 1995.

Definition: International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.

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Year Value
1995 $2,000,000
1996 $2,100,000
1997 $2,600,000
1998 $3,100,000
1999 $2,800,000
2000 $2,700,000
2001 $3,200,000
2005 $3,100,000
2006 $2,300,000
2007 $4,000,000
2008 $2,900,000
2009 $2,700,000

International tourism, expenditures (current US$)

Definition: International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.

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Year Value
2005 $9,300,000
2006 $5,600,000
2007 $9,100,000
2008 $12,700,000
2009 $10,900,000

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Travel & tourism