Region |
Share of international tourism receipts in services |
Ratio of tourism receipts to merchandise exports |
Northeast Asia |
30.3% |
3.6% |
Southeast Asia |
42.3% |
8.8% |
Australasia (AU + NZ) |
46.7% |
13.9% |
Other Oceania |
260.4% |
63.5% |
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In 1996 |
International Arrivals |
Receipts |
East Asia and Pacific |
87 million |
US$80.8 billion |
South Asia |
4.5 million |
US$4.0 billion |
The Asia-Pacific |
16.7% of world total |
25% of world total |
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WTTC (1997) estimates of travel and tourism's impact on regional output are (includes domestic tourism, amounts in US$ billions): | ||
Northeast Asia |
751 | |
Southeast Asia |
105 | |
South Asia |
46 | |
Oceania |
67 | |
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Within the East Asia and Pacific region, the top ten countries in terms of international tourism receipts. excluding transport, for 1996 are (WTO 1997:51, amounts in US$ billions): | ||
Hong Kong |
10.8 | |
China |
10.2 | |
Australia |
8.7 | |
Thailand |
8.5 | |
Singapore |
7.9 | |
Indonesia |
6.1 | |
Korea (Rep.) |
5.4 | |
Japan |
4.1 | |
Malaysia |
3.9 | |
Macau |
3.5 | |
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Percent of Total Arrivals in East Asia and the Pacific Coming from Each Source Region, 1996 (WTO 1997:54): | ||
East Asia/Pacific |
79.3% | |
Europe |
11.4% | |
Americas |
6.9% | |
South Asia |
1.6% | |
Africa |
0.5% | |
Middle East |
0.4% | |
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The top ten East Asia and Pacific countries in terms of average annual growth rate for receipts, 1986-1996, are (WTO 1997:40. 43, 46): | ||
Indonesia |
26.3% | |
Australia |
20.9% | |
China |
20.9% | |
Vanuatu |
20.9% | |
Macau |
20.8% | |
Malaysia |
19.9% | |
Thailand |
19.6% | |
N. Mariana Is. |
17.0% | |
Hong Kong |
16.8% | |
Singapore |
16.2% |
Source: APFSOS/WP/24