Director Kevin Mesebeluu of the Bureau of Tourism urged tour boat operators and tour operators to obtain licenses from the Bureau of Tourism in order to operate business in Palau. According to Director Mesebeluu, this week begins the implementation of the tour and boat operator licensing under the Bureau of Tourism as mandated by law. […]
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Visitor arrivals fell below 100k in 2019
Despite strong performances of November and December visitor arrivals with both months showing over 30% increase in arrival numbers over same time last year, they were not enough to overcome the prior 10 months numbers and ended 2019 with lowest visitor arrival numbers since 2010, a total of 94,026 in 2019. Compared to 2018, total […]
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Tourism main driver in Palau’s economy despite low numbers
Tourism remains the main contributor of Palau’s economic growth despite reduction of visitor arrivals over the past 3 years according to reports from Asian Development Bank, IMF Report and Graduate School USA, Pacific Island Training Initiative and the Office of Statistics of the Republic of Palau. Of the $132 .6 million total exports in Palau […]
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Kiribati prepares for growing cruise market
12 Dec 2019: Kiribati is preparing for an exciting year for in international cruise ship visitation in 2020 following the latest confirmation from the MS Hanseatic to include the island of Abemama in the Gilbert islands in its November itinerary. Likewise, Kanton, in the Phoenix island is also scheduled to host its first cruise ship […]
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Visitor arrivals for November up by 35%, first in 2 years
For the first time in two years, Palau visitor arrivals reached positive numbers with November arrivals reaching 35% over the same period last year, according to latest statistics from Palau Visitors Authority. November arrivals also exceeded last month’s arrival numbers by 25%. Increases are seen across all markets with 15% in Japan market, 11% in […]
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More direct flights expected from Japan
Tourism is major contributor to Palau’s economy representing 81% of Palau’s total export of $137.1 million in 2018, according to a study from Graduate School USA, Hawaii. Its direct share of Palau’s GDP in the same year was $58.9 million but all these numbers have shown decrease over past three and half years. The numbers […]