Fiji’s vacationer arrivals in February 2024 had been 54,732,15.9 greater than the identical month final yr.
Regardless of a 22.2% decline from January this yr, the figures had been 18.1% greater than pre-COVID ranges, in response to the Fiji Bureau of Statistics.
Of the guests in February 2024, 72.7% got here for trip functions, the remaining with mates or family, for enterprise or different causes.
Most guests, 84.1%, got here from Fiji’s key markets together with (37.3%-20,405), NZ (16.9%-9,253), USA (14.0%-7684), China (6.7%-3692), Cont.Europe (3.8 %)-2101), Canada (3.5%-1930) and Nice Britain (1.7%-943).
The oldest age group of vacationers was 25-64 years outdated, which accounted for 66.5% of arrivals.
departure
In the identical month, 14,518 Fijians left for numerous causes.
Of the whole departures, 86.4% (12,544 residents) left for an absence of lower than three months, 5.5% (799 residents) left for greater than three months however lower than a yr, and eight.1% (1,175 resident) had been away for an absence of 1 yr or extra.
The principle causes for short-term departures embrace visiting mates or family (47.4%), trip (41.0%), enterprise (6.9%), employment (1.7%), training/coaching: (1.6%) and different causes: 1.4%.
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