Tourism Authority Kiribati

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Kiribati Tourism Industry Review Q1 2021 Report

The Tourism Authority of Kiribati has released the Kiribati Tourism Industry Review for the first quarter of 2021.

The report brings together data from various sources of information and TAK wishes to acknowledge the contributions of the Ministry of Health & Medical Services; Air Kiribati Limited; Marine Guard; Immigration department and the tourism operators and accommodations that supplied data for the purpose of this report.

Employment in the tourism industry continued to drop from the previous quarter falling a further 33% in Q1 2021. Room and bed numbers also dropped by 15% and 20% respectively.

Domestic travel also experienced drops with 4% decline in maritime travel and 57% decline in air travel.

Other tourism related data are also presented such as tourism employment broken down by gender, most visited outer islands, and repatriation numbers for Q1 2021.

Click Here to download a copy of the report.