Tonga - Travel services

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) in Tonga was 33.18 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 37.05 in 2019, while its lowest value was 4.61 in 1992.

Definition: Travel covers goods and services acquired from an economy by travelers for their own use during visits of less than one year in that economy for either business or personal purposes. Travel includes local transport (i.e., transport within the economy being visited and provided by a resident of that economy), but excludes international transport (which is included in passenger transport. Travel also excludes goods for resale, which are included in general merchandise.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

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Year Value
1971 9.08
1972 9.66
1973 12.75
1974 16.87
1975 17.69
1976 18.42
1977 22.90
1978 13.91
1979 9.21
1980 21.39
1981 23.45
1982 22.92
1983 22.71
1984 28.40
1985 19.70
1986 20.39
1987 18.87
1988 12.65
1989 11.08
1990 6.79
1991 6.57
1992 4.61
1993 5.26
1994 6.05
2001 13.61
2002 11.88
2003 7.99
2004 14.26
2005 12.68
2006 11.52
2007 23.80
2008 19.86
2009 13.20
2010 16.09
2011 20.94
2012 17.35
2013 19.19
2014 31.52
2015 22.00
2016 27.84
2017 35.37
2018 33.94
2019 37.05
2020 33.18

Travel services (% of service exports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) in Tonga was 57.44 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 88.62 in 1976, while its lowest value was 22.66 in 1990.

Definition: Travel covers goods and services acquired from an economy by travelers for their own use during visits of less than one year in that economy for either business or personal purposes. Travel includes local transport (i.e., transport within the economy being visited and provided by a resident of that economy), but excludes international transport (which is included in passenger transport. Travel also excludes goods for resale, which are included in general merchandise.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1971 75.58
1972 77.97
1973 85.80
1974 87.46
1975 81.66
1976 88.62
1977 78.57
1978 75.08
1979 69.30
1980 71.01
1981 79.59
1982 55.42
1983 41.44
1984 43.91
1985 34.84
1986 44.70
1987 50.20
1988 47.84
1989 34.31
1990 22.66
1991 37.55
1992 43.43
1993 56.25
1994 53.81
2001 38.30
2002 25.16
2003 34.22
2004 48.41
2005 56.61
2006 45.44
2007 57.27
2008 46.01
2009 52.65
2010 45.97
2011 58.49
2012 60.09
2013 57.77
2014 63.38
2015 65.06
2016 65.75
2017 59.33
2018 53.29
2019 58.75
2020 57.44

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments