Tourism performs a major position within the Polynesian economic system. The most recent research by the Institute of Statistics in French Polynesia (ISPF) serves as a reminder of this truth. In 2022, the abroad territory welcomed 219,000 vacationers, who spent €645 million. In the identical yr, exports from the territory amounted to solely €125.7 million.
The pandemic and the closure of borders severely impacted the Polynesian tourism trade, French Polynesia’s major financial sector, between 2019 and 2021. Nevertheless, spending by worldwide vacationers has rebounded to pre-pandemic ranges in 2022, and the sector has regained its place as a very powerful department of Polynesian overseas commerce. In response to the ISPF, along with worldwide air transport, the tourism sector accounted for over 70% of the products and providers exports made in 2022 and straight contributed to eight% of the gross home product of French Polynesia.
Polynesia in the direction of a file variety of guests in 2023
The French Polynesia tourism trade noticed a major enhance in 2022, with 80% of vacationers coming from North America and France. Though the tourism market remained upscale, with quite a few five-star resorts and cruise ships, guesthouses had been additionally obtainable for these with a smaller price range. In 2023, the tourism trade is anticipated to have even larger arrivals than in 2022, and will even surpass the file variety of 236,000 guests in 2019.
The rebound of the Polynesian tourism market was primarily on account of new worldwide providers. The lately elected president, Moetai Brotherson, goals to draw 600,000 vacationers yearly inside the subsequent ten years. Nevertheless, this goal would require a major improve within the resort choices and higher distribution of these resorts over the 118 Polynesian islands.
Most vacationers are concentrated in Bora Bora, Moorea, and Tahiti, the one worldwide airport in French Polynesia.
