Northern Mariana Islands - International tourism
International tourism, number of arrivals
The value for International tourism, number of arrivals in Northern Mariana Islands was 487,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 736,000 in 1996 and a minimum value of 341,000 in 2011.
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 | 676,000 |
| 1996 | 736,000 |
| 1997 | 695,000 |
| 1998 | 490,000 |
| 1999 | 502,000 |
| 2000 | 529,000 |
| 2001 | 444,000 |
| 2002 | 476,000 |
| 2003 | 459,000 |
| 2004 | 536,000 |
| 2005 | 507,000 |
| 2006 | 436,000 |
| 2007 | 389,000 |
| 2008 | 397,000 |
| 2009 | 354,000 |
| 2010 | 379,000 |
| 2011 | 341,000 |
| 2012 | 401,000 |
| 2013 | 439,000 |
| 2014 | 460,000 |
| 2015 | 479,000 |
| 2016 | 531,000 |
| 2017 | 660,000 |
| 2018 | 518,000 |
| 2019 | 487,000 |
International tourism, receipts (current US$)
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.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1995 | $655,000,000 |
Classification
Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators
Sub-Topic: Travel & tourism
