the Solomon Islands recorded a total of 4,400 tourists in 2020, ranking 201st 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 the Solomon Islands, the result is much more comparable picture: With 0.0062 tourists per resident, the Solomon Islands ranked 193rd in the world. In Melanesia, it ranked 4th.
In 2020, the Solomon Islands generated around 7.00 million US dollars in the tourism sector alone. This corresponds to 0.43 percent of its the gross domestic product and approximately 2 percent of all international tourism receipts in Melanesia.
On average, each of the tourists arriving in 2020 spent about 1,345 US dollars.
Development of the tourism sector on the Solomon Islands from 1995 to 2020
The following chart shows the number of tourist arrivals registered on the Solomon Islands 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.
Revenues from tourism
In 1995, tourism revenues amounted to 17.10 million USD, or about 3.6 percent of the gross national product. This corresponded to about 11,800.00 tourists at that time and roughly 1,449 USD per person. Within 25 years, the country's dependence on tourism has increased noticeably. Before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, sales were $82.00 million billion, 5.1 percent of gross national product. Thus, each visitor spent an average of $2,837 on their vacation on the Solomon Islands.
In 2020, tourist receipts plummeted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the $82.00 million billion (2019), only $7.00 million billion remained. This is a 91 percent decrease on the Solomon Islands.
All data for the Solomon Islands in detail
Year
Number of tourists
Receipts
% of GNP
Receipts per tourist
2020
4,400.00
7.00 m $
0.46 %
1,591 $
2019
28,900.00
82.00 m $
5.1 %
2,837 $
2018
27,900.00
92.00 m $
5.7 %
3,297 $
2017
25,700.00
79.00 m $
5.4 %
3,074 $
2016
23,200.00
71.00 m $
5.1 %
3,060 $
2015
21,600.00
60.00 m $
4.6 %
2,778 $
2014
20,100.00
64.80 m $
4.9 %
3,224 $
2013
24,400.00
70.50 m $
5.5 %
2,889 $
2012
23,900.00
65.40 m $
5.5 %
2,736 $
2011
22,900.00
65.90 m $
6.3 %
2,878 $
2010
20,500
50.80 m $
6.0 %
2,478 $
2009
18,300.00
39.30 m $
5.3 %
2,148 $
2008
16,300.00
31.20 m $
4.5 %
1,914 $
2007
13,700.00
33.10 m $
5.3 %
2,416 $
2006
11,500
30.90 m $
5.7 %
2,687 $
2005
9,400.00
6.40 m $
1.3 %
681 $
2004
5,600.00
3.52 m $
0.89 %
629 $
2003
6,600.00
1.60 m $
0.45 %
242 $
2000
5,200.00
4.00 m $
0.95 %
769 $
1998
15,800.00
7.10 m $
1.6 %
449 $
1997
13,800.00
9.70 m $
1.8 %
703 $
1996
10,300.00
16.00 m $
3.1 %
1,553 $
1995
11,800.00
17.10 m $
3.6 %
1,449 $
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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