British Virgin Islands - International tourism

International tourism, number of arrivals

The value for International tourism, number of arrivals in British Virgin Islands was 83,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 25 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 408,000 in 2016 and a minimum value of 83,000 in 2020.

Definition: International inbound tourists (overnight visitors) are the number of tourists who travel to a country other than that in which they have their usual residence, but outside their usual environment, for a period not exceeding 12 months and whose main purpose in visiting is other than an activity remunerated from within the country visited. When data on number of tourists are not available, the number of visitors, which includes tourists, same-day visitors, cruise passengers, and crew members, is shown instead. Sources and collection methods for arrivals differ across countries. In some cases data are from border statistics (police, immigration, and the like) and supplemented by border surveys. In other cases data are from tourism accommodation establishments. For some countries number of arrivals is limited to arrivals by air and for others to arrivals staying in hotels. Some countries include arrivals of nationals residing abroad while others do not. Caution should thus be used in comparing arrivals across countries. The data on inbound tourists refer to the number of arrivals, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips to a country during a given period is counted each time as a new arrival.

Source: World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.

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Year Value
1995 219,000
1996 244,000
1997 244,000
1998 279,000
1999 284,000
2000 272,000
2001 296,000
2002 282,000
2003 278,000
2004 304,000
2005 337,000
2006 356,000
2007 358,000
2008 346,000
2009 309,000
2010 330,000
2011 338,000
2012 351,000
2013 366,000
2014 386,000
2015 393,000
2016 408,000
2017 335,000
2018 192,000
2019 302,400
2020 83,000

International tourism, number of departures

The value for International tourism, number of departures in British Virgin Islands was 139,000 as of 2012. As the graph below shows, over the past 6 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 171,000 in 2006 and a minimum value of 139,000 in 2012.

Definition: International outbound tourists are the number of departures that people make from their country of usual residence to any other country for any purpose other than a remunerated activity in the country visited. The data on outbound tourists refer to the number of departures, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips from a country during a given period is counted each time as a new departure.

Source: World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.

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Year Value
2006 171,000
2007 166,000
2008 166,000
2009 140,000
2010 151,000
2011 145,000
2012 139,000

International tourism, receipts (current US$)

The latest value for International tourism, receipts (current US$) in British Virgin Islands was $484,000,000 as of 2015. Over the past 20 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $484,000,000 in 2015 and $211,000,000 in 1995.

Definition: International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.

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Year Value
1995 $211,000,000
1996 $227,000,000
1997 $220,000,000
1998 $255,000,000
1999 $339,000,000
2000 $345,000,000
2001 $401,000,000
2002 $345,000,000
2003 $342,000,000
2004 $393,000,000
2005 $412,000,000
2006 $438,000,000
2007 $451,000,000
2008 $446,000,000
2009 $374,000,000
2010 $389,000,000
2011 $388,000,000
2012 $398,000,000
2013 $421,000,000
2014 $459,000,000
2015 $484,000,000

International tourism, expenditures (current US$)

Definition: International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.

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Year Value
1995 $40,000,000

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Travel & tourism