Brunei recorded a total of one million tourists in 2020, ranking 95th 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 Brunei, the result is much more comparable picture: With 2.4 tourists per resident, Brunei ranked 25th in the world. In Southeast Asia, it ranked 1st.
In 2018, Brunei generated around 190.00 million US dollars in the tourism sector alone. This corresponds to 1.4 percent of its the gross domestic product and approximately 0 percent of all international tourism receipts in Southeast Asia.
On average, each of the tourists arriving in 2018 spent about 36 US dollars.
Development of the tourism sector in Brunei from 1995 to 2020
The following chart shows the number of tourist arrivals registered in Brunei 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.
Data in the chart are given in millions of tourists. The red line represents the average of all 11 countries in Southeast Asia.
Revenues from tourism
In 2001, tourism revenues amounted to 155.00 million USD, or about 2.8 percent of the gross national product. This corresponded to about 840,000 tourists at that time and roughly 185 USD per person. Within 17 years, the country's dependence on tourism has decreased substantially. Before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, sales were $190.00 million billion, 1.4 percent of gross national product. Thus, each visitor spent an average of $42 on their vacation in Brunei.
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 Brunei in detail
Year
Number of tourists
Receipts
% of GNP
Receipts per tourist
2020
1.07 m
2019
4.45 m
2018
4.52 m
190.00 m $
1.4 %
42 $
2017
4.32 m
177.00 m $
1.5 %
41 $
2016
4.26 m
144.00 m $
1.3 %
34 $
2015
218,000
147.00 m $
1.1 %
674 $
2014
201,000
79.00 m $
0.46 %
393 $
2013
225,000
96.00 m $
0.53 %
427 $
2012
209,000
92.00 m $
0.48 %
440 $
2011
242,000
2010
214,000
2009
157,000
254.00 m $
2.4 %
1,618 $
2008
226,000
242.00 m $
1.7 %
1,071 $
2007
877,000
233.00 m $
1.9 %
266 $
2006
836,000
224.00 m $
2.0 %
268 $
2005
815,000
191.00 m $
2.0 %
234 $
2004
119,000
181.00 m $
2.3 %
1,521 $
2003
944,000
124.00 m $
1.9 %
131 $
2002
891,000
113.00 m $
1.9 %
127 $
2001
840,000
155.00 m $
2.8 %
185 $
2000
984,000
1999
967,000
1998
964,000
1997
643,000
1996
837,000
1995
498,000
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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