the Northern Mariana Islands recorded a total of 487,000 tourists in 2019, ranking 130th 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 Northern Marianas, the result is much more comparable picture: With 8.5 tourists per resident, Northern Marianas ranked 9th in the world. In Micronesia, it ranked 1st.
Northern Marianas generated around 655.00 million US Dollar in the tourism sector alone. This corresponds to 55.41 percent of its the gross domestic product and approximately 99 percent of all international tourism receipts in Micronesia.
On average, each of the tourists arriving in 1995 spent about 819 US Dollars.
Development of the tourism sector in Northern Marianas from 1995 to 2019
The following chart shows the number of tourist arrivals registered in Northern Marianas 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 as 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 6 countries in Micronesia.
All data for the Northern Mariana Islands in detail
Year
Number of tourists
Receipts
% of GNP
Receipts per tourist
2019
487,000
2018
518,000
2017
660,000
2016
531,000
2015
479,000
2014
460,000
2013
439,000
2012
401,000
2011
341,000
2010
379,000
2009
354,000
2008
397,000
2007
389,000
2006
436,000
2005
507,000
2004
536,000
2003
459,000
2002
476,000
2001
444,000
2000
529,000
1999
502,000
1998
490,000
1997
695,000
1996
736,000
1995
676,000
655.00 m $
969 $
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 WTO additionally points out that in some countries the number of tourists is only counted at airports, in others also at border crossings or even hotels. A comprehensive and reliable indication is therefore hardly possible in any country.
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