Dominica recorded a total of 140,000 tourists in 2020, ranking 166th in the world in absolute terms.
That smaller countries regularly perform lower in a comparison of the absolute number of guests, is obvious. By putting the tourist numbers in relation to the population of Dominica, the result is much more comparable picture: With 1.9 tourists per resident, Dominica ranked 28th in the world. In Caribbean, it ranked 14th.
In 2018, Dominica generated around 111.00 million US dollars in the tourism sector alone. This corresponds to 20.03 percent of its the gross domestic product and approximately 0 percent of all international tourism receipts in Caribbean.
On average, each of the tourists arriving in 2018 spent about 530 US dollars.
Development of the tourism sector in Dominica from 1995 to 2020
The following chart shows the number of tourist arrivals registered in Dominica each year. Anyone who spends at least one night in the country but does not live there for more than 12 months is considered a tourist. Insofar as the survey included the purpose of the trip, business trips and other non-tourism travel purposes have already been excluded. The number of people passing through within the same day, and e.g., crew members of ships or flights are also not considered tourists in most countries. If the same person travels in and out more than once within the same year, each visit counts again.
The red line represents the average of all 21 countries in Caribbean.
Revenues from tourism
In 1995, tourism revenues amounted to 42.00 million USD, or about 15.30 percent of the gross national product. This corresponded to about 203,000 tourists at that time and roughly 207 USD per person. Within 23 years, the country's dependence on tourism has increased noticeably. Before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, sales were $111.00 million billion, 20.01 percent of gross national product. Thus, each visitor spent an average of $558 on their vacation in Dominica.
Full figures for 2020, the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, are not currently available. However, national and international travel has been restricted worldwide, and some countries have even been closed off from the outside world altogether. Dramatic revenue losses are expected, with some countries experiencing losses of up to more than 80%.
All data for Dominica in detail
Year
Number of tourists
Receipts
% of GNP
Receipts per tourist
2020
140,000
2019
322,000
2018
199,000
111.00 m $
20.01 %
558 $
2017
230,000
161.00 m $
30.87 %
700 $
2016
356,000
198.00 m $
34.36 %
556 $
2015
358,000
202.00 m $
37.36 %
564 $
2014
370,000
216.00 m $
41.52 %
584 $
2013
311,000
82.00 m $
16.46 %
264 $
2012
348,000
76.00 m $
15.64 %
218 $
2011
418,000
106.00 m $
21.16 %
254 $
2010
595,000
94.00 m $
19.04 %
158 $
2009
608,000
77.00 m $
15.74 %
127 $
2008
468,000
76.00 m $
16.59 %
162 $
2007
437,000
74.00 m $
17.56 %
169 $
2006
465,000
72.00 m $
18.45 %
155 $
2005
381,000
57.00 m $
15.65 %
150 $
2004
466,000
61.00 m $
16.61 %
131 $
2003
254,000
52.00 m $
15.15 %
205 $
2002
208,000
46.00 m $
13.81 %
221 $
2001
276,000
46.00 m $
13.52 %
167 $
2000
312,000
48.00 m $
14.39 %
154 $
1999
280,000
51.00 m $
15.37 %
182 $
1998
312,000
47.00 m $
14.58 %
151 $
1997
299,000
48.00 m $
15.84 %
161 $
1996
261,000
44.00 m $
15.05 %
169 $
1995
203,000
42.00 m $
15.30 %
207 $
Our data on tourist numbers, revenues and expenditures are based on information from the World Tourism Organization. However, to ensure international comparability, the data for some years or countries were manually researched and corrected if they obviously included visitors without overnight stays. In these cases, the data were taken from the official communications of the respective national tourism authorities.
The World Tourism Organization additionally points out that in some countries, the number of tourists is only counted at airports, while in others they are also counted at border crossings or even hotels. A comprehensive and reliable indication is therefore hardly possible in any country.
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