American Samoa recorded a total of 900 tourists in 2020, ranking 203rd 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 American Samoa, the result is much more comparable picture: With 0.020 tourists per resident, American Samoa ranked 171st in the world. In Polynesia, it ranked 5th.
In 2017, American Samoa generated around 22.00 million US dollars in the tourism sector alone. This corresponds to 3.1 percent of its the gross domestic product and approximately 9 percent of all international tourism receipts in Polynesia.
On average, each of the tourists arriving in 2017 spent about 930 US dollars.
Development of the tourism sector in American Samoa from 1995 to 2020
The following chart shows the number of tourist arrivals registered in American Samoa 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 5 countries in Polynesia.
Revenues from tourism
In 2016, tourism revenues amounted to 22.00 million USD, or about 3.3 percent of the gross national product. This corresponded to about 20,100.00 tourists at that time and roughly 1,095 USD per person. Within 1 years, the country's dependence on tourism has increased slightly. Before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, sales were $22.00 million billion, 3.6 percent of gross national product. Thus, each visitor spent an average of $1,100 on their vacation in American Samoa.
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 American Samoa in detail
Year
Number of tourists
Receipts
% of GNP
Receipts per tourist
2020
900.00
2019
19,200.00
2018
20,200.00
2017
20,000
22.00 m $
3.6 %
1,100 $
2016
20,100.00
22.00 m $
3.3 %
1,095 $
2015
20,300.00
2014
21,600.00
2013
20,800.00
2012
22,600.00
2011
22,600.00
2010
23,100.00
2009
23,500
2008
24,300.00
2007
24,100.00
2006
25,300.00
2005
24,500
2001
36,000
2000
44,000
1999
41,000
1998
36,000
1997
26,000
1996
35,000
1995
34,000
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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