FBoS Provisional Visitor Arrivals – March 2019

FBoS Provisional Visitor Arrivals – March 2019
Fiji Bureau of Statistics – 23rd April, 2019
The latest FBoS Provisional visitors arrivals released on the 23rd April ( as attached) for your general information.
Key Facts:
* Total visitors arrivals are down by -1.3% compared to the same period last year.
* Up: USA 14.6%, Canada 4.3%, Continental Europe 1.9%, Japan 243.8%, Rest of Asia 1.4%, Pacific Islands 3.1% and others 12.6%
* Down: Australia -8.8%, New Zealand -4.2%, United Kingdom -0.2%, China -10.3%, South Korea -18.6%
* FYI – Australian tourist arrivals decreases for the past 3 months as compared to a year earlier.
January down by -1.6% , February down by -9.0% and March down by -8.8%.