The Q1 2020 Tourism Industry report has been released in June for the benefit of our stakeholders.
For the first time, Outbound and domestic tourism has been analysed and the basic data is presented in the report.
Furthermore, the report contains international visitor arrival data as well as justifications for the changes in numbers. It also provides analysis by region, namely Tarawa and Kiritimati.
Visitor arrivals for this period were 1409, a drop of 17% compared to the same period last year. Both regions saw drops in their visitor numbers with Kiritimati hardest hit with only 384 arrivals between January and March this year, a massive drop of 55% compared to Q1 2019.
Domestically, a total of 6290 domestic flights were recorded with the most visited island being Abemama.
Outbound travel saw a total of 3049 I-Kiribati travelling overseas and most of this travel was for education purposes.
The report was prepared by the Research & Statistics Division of the TAK.
