International tourism, expenditures in East Asia & Pacific
East Asia & Pacific: International tourism, expenditures was 4.6% in 2014. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in East Asia & Pacific, 1995–2014
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in % of total imports.
Analysis
In 2014, international tourism, expenditures in East Asia & Pacific stood at 4.6%.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and down 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in East Asia & Pacific peaked at 7.4% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 4.5%, in 2012.
East Asia & Pacific ranks 38th of 47 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in East Asia & Pacific, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 5.3% | — |
| 1996 | 7.3% | +38.9% |
| 1997 | 7.0% | -4.0% |
| 1998 | 7.2% | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 7.4% | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 6.6% | -11.2% |
| 2001 | 6.8% | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 7.0% | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 5.8% | -18.1% |
| 2004 | 5.8% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 5.9% | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 5.2% | -11.7% |
| 2007 | 5.2% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 4.7% | -9.2% |
| 2009 | 5.3% | +11.5% |
| 2010 | 4.9% | -5.8% |
| 2011 | 4.5% | -9.2% |
| 2012 | 4.5% | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 4.5% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 4.6% | +2.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where International tourism, expenditures in East Asia & Pacific changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +38.9% | 5.3% | 7.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.8% | 5.3% | 7.4% | 5 |
| 2000s | 5.8% | 4.7% | 7.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.6% | 4.5% | 4.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific
More private sector data for East Asia & Pacific
- Merchandise trade 50.6% (2025)
- Food imports 7.4% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 60.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 7.80 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 4.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 81.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 9.23 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 3,860 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2742 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 9.24 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in East Asia & Pacific?
- International tourism, expenditures in East Asia & Pacific was 4.6% in 2014, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, expenditures recorded in East Asia & Pacific?
- The highest recorded value was 7.4% in 1999.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in East Asia & Pacific?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.5% in 2012.
- How does East Asia & Pacific rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- East Asia & Pacific ranks 38th out of 47 groups with data for 2014.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific data come from?
- The figures come from Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism, published as part of International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Their share in imports is calculated as a ratio to imports of goods and services, which comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.