Category: Reports

20 February 2020 – Provisional numbers show that visitor arrivals for January 2020 totaled 65,386.

• The January Visitors arrival records showed an increase of 2.5% in comparison to 2018, showing an increase in visitors from Australia (7.3% or 2,026), USA (8.8% or 500), UK (12.5% or 158), China (12.7% or 505), and Others (0.2% or 1)
• Decreases in the number of visitors from New Zealand (-2.2% or down 257), Canada (-4.1% or down 46), Cont Europe (-3.6% or down 104), Japan (-35.6% or down 401), South Korea (-58.7% or down 450), Rest of Asia (-9.3% or down 172) and Pacific Islands (-3.5% or down 181)
• The moving six months to January 2020, Fiji Bureau of Statistics has reported visitor arrival has increased by 0.2% over the corresponding period in 2019, up from 455073 to 455904.
• In addition, the moving twelve monthly numbers ending January 2020, the total number of visitors to Fiji increased by 2.8% compared to the same period in 2019.

Climate Services Division / Department of Meteorology, 11 February 2020 – Please find attached a copy of the Fiji Climate Summary for December 2019 in PDF format. This Climate Summary also contains special feature information on Tropical Cyclone Tino.

Attachment: Fiji Climate Summary_January 2020

RBF Economic Review Vol 36 No 12

Global economic growth is expected to pick up to 3.4 percent in 2020 against an anticipated lackluster 3.0 percent expansion in 2019. Ongoing trade tensions
coupled with weak global demand have weighed on growth of major economies in 2019. Going forward,further escalation in United States (US)-China trade
war and an upswing in crude oil prices pose downside risks to global growth next year.
Commodity prices generally rose over the month in November due to higher demand for crude oil supported by some optimism in US-China trade deal.
The monthly increase in the FAO1 food price index was driven by higher prices of vegetable oils, meat and sugar.

The Fijian economy is expected to grow by 1.7 percent in 2020, from a 1.0 percent anticipated growth in 2019. The modest growth estimated for
2019 reflects subdued aggregate demand, mixed sectoral performances, weak business confidence and reduced fiscal stimulus.

Tourism remains positive as visitor arrivals rose by 3.5 percent cumulative to November, due to higher arrivals from
the US, New Zealand, Japan, Pacific Island Countries and Australia. In addition, tourism earnings grew by 3.7 percent to total $1,543.0 million
up to the third quarter of the year. In the 2019 crushing season, both cane (6.5%) and sugar production (5.3%) increased over the year.
Similarly, mahogany production rose significantly, while woodchips, pine wood, sawn timber and gold output fell in the year to November.

Full Report: Economic-Review-December-2019

Fiji Bureau of Statistics Release  No 2 2020

Fiji’s annual visitor arrival number reached a new high of 894,389 in 2019. This was 2.8% more visitors than the previous record of 870,309 which arrived in 2018.

Full report: FBoS Rel No. 02, 2020 Provisional Visitor Arrivals – 2019