New Caledonia recorded a total of 31,000 tourists in 2020, ranking 189th 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 New Caledonia, the result is much more comparable picture: With 0.11 tourists per resident, New Caledonia ranked 113rd in the world. In Melanesia, it ranked 3rd.
In 2016, New Caledonia generated around 248.00 million US dollars in the tourism sector alone. This corresponds to 2.5 percent of its the gross domestic product and approximately 14 percent of all international tourism receipts in Melanesia.
On average, each of the tourists arriving in 2016 spent about 2,030 US dollars. Conversely, the inhabitants of New Caledonia spend only around 1,786 dollars a year when they themselves spend vacations abroad.
Development of the tourism sector in New Caledonia from 1995 to 2020
The following chart shows the number of tourist arrivals registered in New Caledonia 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 Melanesia.
Revenues from tourism
In 1995, tourism revenues amounted to 108.00 million USD, or about 3.0 percent of the gross national product. This corresponded to about 86,000 tourists at that time and roughly 1,256 USD per person. Within 21 years, the country's dependence on tourism has decreased slightly. Before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, sales were $248.00 million billion, 2.8 percent of gross national product. Thus, each visitor spent an average of $2,138 on their vacation in New Caledonia.
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 New Caledonia in detail
Year
Number of tourists
Receipts
% of GNP
Receipts per tourist
2020
31,000
2019
130,000
2018
120,000
2017
121,000
2016
116,000
248.00 m $
2.8 %
2,138 $
2015
114,000
246.00 m $
2.8 %
2,158 $
2014
107,000
287.00 m $
2.7 %
2,682 $
2013
108,000
287.00 m $
2.8 %
2,657 $
2012
112,000
288.00 m $
3.0 %
2,571 $
2011
112,000
285.00 m $
2.8 %
2,545 $
2010
99,000
226.00 m $
2.4 %
2,283 $
2009
99,000
236.00 m $
2.7 %
2,384 $
2008
104,000
267.00 m $
2.9 %
2,567 $
2007
103,000
142.00 m $
1.6 %
1,379 $
2006
100,000
122.00 m $
1.7 %
1,220 $
2005
101,000
149.00 m $
2.4 %
1,475 $
2004
100,000
241.00 m $
4.1 %
2,410 $
2003
102,000
196.00 m $
4.0 %
1,922 $
2002
104,000
156.00 m $
4.2 %
1,500 $
2001
101,000
94.00 m $
2.9 %
931 $
2000
110,000
111.00 m $
3.2 %
1,009 $
1999
100,000
112.00 m $
3.1 %
1,120 $
1998
104,000
110.00 m $
3.1 %
1,058 $
1997
105,000
117.00 m $
3.6 %
1,114 $
1996
91,000
114.00 m $
3.2 %
1,253 $
1995
86,000
108.00 m $
3.0 %
1,256 $
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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