Tonga - Travel services (% of service imports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) in Tonga was 33.18 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 37.05 in 2019, while its lowest value was 4.61 in 1992.

Definition: Travel covers goods and services acquired from an economy by travelers for their own use during visits of less than one year in that economy for either business or personal purposes. Travel includes local transport (i.e., transport within the economy being visited and provided by a resident of that economy), but excludes international transport (which is included in passenger transport. Travel also excludes goods for resale, which are included in general merchandise.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1971 9.08
1972 9.66
1973 12.75
1974 16.87
1975 17.69
1976 18.42
1977 22.90
1978 13.91
1979 9.21
1980 21.39
1981 23.45
1982 22.92
1983 22.71
1984 28.40
1985 19.70
1986 20.39
1987 18.87
1988 12.65
1989 11.08
1990 6.79
1991 6.57
1992 4.61
1993 5.26
1994 6.05
2001 13.61
2002 11.88
2003 7.99
2004 14.26
2005 12.68
2006 11.52
2007 23.80
2008 19.86
2009 13.20
2010 16.09
2011 20.94
2012 17.35
2013 19.19
2014 31.52
2015 22.00
2016 27.84
2017 35.37
2018 33.94
2019 37.05
2020 33.18

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments