Category: FBoS Visitor Arrivals

Provisional numbers show that for October 2018 totalled 79,077, a record for the month of October and represented an increase of 1.2% compared to a year earlier.

Visitors arriving for holiday purposes accounted for 78.4% of total arrivals, 7.2% came to visit their friends and relatives 3.7% came for business purposes, while 10.7% visited Fiji for other reasons.

The visitor arrival by country and number were as follows;

1) Australia –  with 34,899 visitors
2) New Zealand –with 18,562 visitors
3) United States of America – with 7,004 visitors
4) China –  with 4,013 visitors
5) United Kingdom –  with 1,379 visitors

Click FBoS Release 93 – Provisional Visitor Arrivals October 2018 for more

FBoS Release No: 3, 2019                                                                                                          11 January 2019

Findings from the Qtr. 3, 2018 survey of Licensed Hotels, Resorts and Lodging Houses are presented in this release .

Fiji Sun, 04 January 2019 – Visitor’s arrivals to Fiji increased by 3.6 per cent from January to Novem­ber over the period of last year.

The Provisional Visitor Arriv­als for November 2018 released by the Fiji Bureau of Statistics (FBOS) noted an increase from 765, 454 to 793, 239 arrivals when compared with the correspond­ing period in 2017. Read more…

Provisional Visitor Arrivals from the Fiji Bureau of Statistics (FBoS) show that visitor arrivals for May 2018 totalled 67,290, a increase of 4.5% compared to a year earlier.

There were increases in the number of visitors from;

• Australia
• the United States of America
• Continental Europe
• Rest of Asia
• United Kingdom

Other decreases were recorded from;

• Pacific Islands
• Canada
• New Zealand
• China
• Japan
• South Korea

Read full Statistical News: FBoS Release 37, Provisional Visitor Arrivals – May 2018

Provisional Visitor Arrivals from the Fiji Bureau of Statistics (FBoS) show that visitor arrivals for April 2018 totalled 63,535, a decrease of 7.2% compared to a year earlier. Flights to and from Fiji were cancelled for 3 and a half days in April due to Tropical Cyclones Josie and Keni.

There were increases in the number of visitors from;

• the United States of America
• South Korea
• Rest of Asia

Other decreases were recorded from;

• Australia
• Continental Europe
• Canada
• United Kingdom
• China
• New Zealand
• Japan
• Pacific Islands

Read full Statistical News: FBoS Release No. 33, 2018 Provisional Visitor Arrival – April 2018

Fiji Times, 24 April: Visitor arrivals to Fiji increased by 5.1 per cent over the January to March period of this year, up from 163,226 to 171,504 arrivals when compared with the corresponding period in 2017.

The Provisional Visitor Arrivals for March 2018 released by the Fiji Bureau of Statistics (FBOS) noted that the March arrivals also experienced a 10.4 per cent increase in the number of tourists visiting Fiji.

Provisional numbers provided by the bureau this month showed that visitor arrival for March totalled 60,058, which was an increase compared to the same period last year.

According to the data, majority of visitors to Fiji over the January to March period of this year were mainly from Australia and New Zealand, the country’s traditional tourist source markets. Other visitors were from USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Continental Europe and China. The data further analysed showed that majority of the visitors were in the age range of 25 to 64 (64.8 per cent), which accounted for the majority working age population.

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Provisional Visitor Arrivals from the Fiji Bureau of Statistics (FBoS) show that visitor arrivals for March 2018 totaled 60,058, a increase of 10.4% compared to a year earlier.

There were increases in the number of visitors from;

• Australia
• New Zealand
• the United States of America
• Rest of Asia
• China
• Pacific Islands
• Canada

Other decreases were recorded from;

• United Kingdom
• Continental Europe
• Japan
• South Korea

Read full Statistical News: FBoS Release 25, Provisional Visitor Arrivals – March 2018 [846kb PDF]

Provisional Visitor Arrivals from the Fiji Bureau of Statistics (FBoS) show that visitor arrivals for February 2018 totaled 48,798, a decrease of 11.2% compared to a year earlier.

There were increases in the number of visitors from;

• China
• Australia
• New Zealand
• the United States of America
• Continental Europe
• Rest of Asia
• Canada

Other decreases were recorded from;

• Pacific Islands
• Japan
• South Korea
• United Kingdom

Read full Statistical News: FBoS Release 13, Provisional Visitor Arrivals – February 2018 [867kb PDF]

Provisional Visitor Arrivals from the Fiji Bureau of Statistics (FBoS) show that visitor arrivals for January 2018 totaled 62,648, a decrease of 3.5% compared to a year earlier.

There were increases in the number of visitors from;

• New Zealand
• Continental Europe
• Pacific Islands
• the United States of America
• Canada
• Rest of Asia
• South Korea

Other decreases were recorded from;

• China
• Australia
• Japan
• United Kingdom

Read full Statistical News: FBoS Release 11, Provisional Visitor Arrivals – January 2018 [885kb PDF]

The Fiji Times, 06 January 2018 – THE room occupancy rate for hotels and tourist accommodations in the country increased by 0.5 per cent during the third quarter of 2017 to 57.4 per cent.

This was highlighted in the Fiji Bureau of Statistics (FBoS) Provisional Hotels and Tourist Accommodation data for the third quarter of last year.

In its survey of licensed hotels, resorts and lodging houses, the bureau noted a 5.3 per cent increase (26,899) in the number of rooms sold while 4.4 per cent (39,183) rooms were available during the review period. Read more…

The Fiji Times, 06 January 2018 – FIJI’S tourism sector raked in $530.7 million in earnings during the September quarter of last year, an increase of 27.5 per cent over the same quarter of 2016.

This was highlighted by the Fiji Bureau of Statistics (FBoS) while releasing the statistics on Fiji’s earnings from tourism indicating the spending of our international visitors.

According to the FBoS, the 27.5 per cent increase in the September quarter was $111.4m over the September quarter of 2016. Read more…

The Fiji Times, 06 January 2018 – FIJI’s trade deficit stood at $255.0 million in October last year, an increase compared with the earlier month of September which was $196.8m.

This was highlighted in the Fiji Bureau of Statistics (FBoS) International Merchandise Trade Statistics released recently.

Provisional data provided by FBoS put the total value of goods imported in October 2017 at $465.4m while the value of total exports was $210.4m. Read more…

The Fiji Times, 06 January 2018 – THE country’s net international investment was -$8,085.4 million as at September 30 last year, the Fiji Bureau of Statistics (FBoS) revealed.

In the International Investment Position for September Quarter 2017, the bureau noted that it had declined by $16.7m when compared with the June Quarter 2017.

The figure stood at -$7,720.1m a year earlier. Read more…

Provisional Visitor Arrivals from the Fiji Bureau of Statistics (FBoS) show that visitor arrivals for November 2017 totalled 65,151, a record for the month of September and represented an increase of 4.3% compared to a year earlier.

There were increases in the number of visitors from;

• Australia
• the United States of America
• New Zealand
• Pacific Islands
• Rest of Asia
• Continental Europe

Other decreases were recorded from;

• China
• Canada
• United Kingdom
• Japan
• South Korea
• Other Countries

Read full Statistical News: FBoS Release 71, Provisional Visitor Arrivals – November 2017

Fiji Times – Thursday 23rd November 2017.

FIJI’S tourism industry generally firmed up in the third quarter of 2017 with high visitor arrivals at 78,164 last month. Read more

Provisional Visitor Arrivals from the Fiji Bureau of Statistics (FBoS) show that visitor arrivals for October 2017 totalled 78,164, a record for the month of October and represented an increase of 6.2% compared to a year earlier.

There were increases in the number of visitors from;

• New Zealand
• United States of America
• Continental Europe
• Rest of Asia
• South Korea
• Pacific Islands
• Japan
• United Kingdom
• Other

Other decreases were recorded from;

• China
• Canada
• Australia

Read full Statistical News: FBos Release No 70,2017

The Fiji Times, 02 November 2017 – THE room occupancy rate for Fiji’s licensed hotels and tourist accommodations slightly increased to 51.3 per cent in the second quarter of this year.

This is a 1 per cent increase from the 50.3 per cent room occupancy rate recorded in the same period last year.

According to the Fiji Bureau of Statistics (FBoS) provisional hotels and tourist accommodation statistics for the second quarter of this year, the room occupancy rate for the past six years has been in the range of 45.5 per cent and 56.4 per cent. Read more…

Provisional Visitor Arrivals from the Fiji Bureau of Statistics (FBoS) show that visitor arrivals for September 2017 totalled 77,029, a record for the month of September and represented an increase of 7.3% compared to a year earlier.  Read more