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Visitors arriving for holiday purposes accounted for 74.1 per cent of total arrivals for November this year.
According to the Fiji Visitors Bureau, provisional numbers showed there were 62,488 visitors to Fiji for the month of November.
This is an increase of 4.9 per cent compared with the same period last year.
Statistics from the bureau showed that of the total arrivals, 9.6 per cent came to visit their friends or relatives, 4.5 per cent came for business purposes while 11.8 per cent visited Fiji for other reasons.
Increases were noted in the number of visitors from New Zealand (2279 or 24.4 per cent to 11,633), China (724 or 23.1 per cent to 3860), Rest or Asia (391 or 32.1 per cent to 1608), US (228 or 4.1 per cent to 5847), the UK (81 or 6.2 per cent to 1379), Canada (70 or 6.5 per cent to 1154), Japan (60 or 14.6 per cent to 471), Continental Europe (42 or 1.5 per cent to 2776) and South Korea (13 or 1.7 per cent to 794).
Meanwhile decrease in visitor arrivals was noted from Fiji’s traditional tourist market of Australia.
Visitor arrivals from Australia decreased by 875 to 28,234 (3.0 per cent), Pacific Islands down 55 to 4366 (1.2 per cent) and other countries decreased by 49 to 366 (11.8 per cent).
According to the bureau majority of visitors to Fiji in November were in the age range of 25-64 (66.0 per cent), which accounts for the vast majority of the working age population.
It said youths aged 15-24 accounted 14.6 per cent of the November visitor arrivals, 11.8 per cent comprising children aged 14 and below with the remaining 8.4 per cent comprising those in the predominantly retirement age group of 65 and over.
(Source: The Fiji Times ONLINE 28 December 2016)
This is an increase of 4.9 per cent compared with the same period last year.
Statistics from the bureau showed that of the total arrivals, 9.6 per cent came to visit their friends or relatives, 4.5 per cent came for business purposes while 11.8 per cent visited Fiji for other reasons.
Increases were noted in the number of visitors from New Zealand (2279 or 24.4 per cent to 11,633), China (724 or 23.1 per cent to 3860), Rest or Asia (391 or 32.1 per cent to 1608), US (228 or 4.1 per cent to 5847), the UK (81 or 6.2 per cent to 1379), Canada (70 or 6.5 per cent to 1154), Japan (60 or 14.6 per cent to 471), Continental Europe (42 or 1.5 per cent to 2776) and South Korea (13 or 1.7 per cent to 794).
Meanwhile decrease in visitor arrivals was noted from Fiji’s traditional tourist market of Australia.
Visitor arrivals from Australia decreased by 875 to 28,234 (3.0 per cent), Pacific Islands down 55 to 4366 (1.2 per cent) and other countries decreased by 49 to 366 (11.8 per cent).
According to the bureau majority of visitors to Fiji in November were in the age range of 25-64 (66.0 per cent), which accounts for the vast majority of the working age population.
It said youths aged 15-24 accounted 14.6 per cent of the November visitor arrivals, 11.8 per cent comprising children aged 14 and below with the remaining 8.4 per cent comprising those in the predominantly retirement age group of 65 and over.
(Source: The Fiji Times ONLINE 28 December 2016)
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