MIGRATION IN TONGA MIGRATION in TONGA The movement

MIGRATION IN TONGA

MIGRATION in TONGA The movement of people across a specified boundary for the purpose of establishing a new permanent residence. • International Migration - migration between countries • Internal Migration - migration within a country Along with Birth and Death, Migration is a component of POPULATION CHANGE

Migration Reports/Bulletin Monthly Annually

BACKGROUND PURPOSE: The purpose of this bulletin is to give an overview of Total International Arrivals and Departures and characteristics COVERAGE: This bulletin covers all international arrivals and departures TO an FROM the Kingdom of Tonga, including yachts, ships (cruise ships) and those through Lupepau’u Airport and port of Vava’u

SOURCES OF DATA ARRIVALS: Arrival cards of the Immigration Department reconciles the figures from the Custom and Air Terminal Services Records to produce final published data DEPARTURES: Immigration departure cards, Air Terminal Services Records Custom Department (Cruise ship & Yacht Log book)

Table 1: Total International Arrivals and Departures 2010 - 2020 Source: International Arrivals and Departures 2020

Chart 1: Total International Arrivals & Departures 2010 - 2020 Number of persons 160000 140000 120000 100000 80000 60000 40000 20000 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total Arrivals Source: International Arrivals and Departures 2020 2015 Years 2016 2017 Total Departures 2018 2019 2020

Chart 2: International Arrivals by Transport Mode 2010 - 2020 140 000 Number of Arrivals 120 000 100 000 80 000 60 000 40 000 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Years Source: International Arrivals and Departures 2020 Air Arrivals Cruise Ships Yachts Total 2018 2019 2020

Chart 3: Monthly Air Arrivals vs the corresponding month of the previous year Number of arrivals 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Months Jan - Dec 2019 Source: International Arrivals and Departures 2020 Jan - Dec 2020

Chart 4: Total Air Visitors by country of usual residence 2020 [CATEGORY NAME] [PERCENTAGE] Others 1% [CATEGORY NAME] [PERCENTAGE] Fiji 4% [CATEGORY NAME] [PERCENTAGE ] Australia 19% America 14% New Zealand 50% Source: International Arrivals and Departures 2020

Chart 5: Air Visitors by Purpose of Visit for the year 2020 Purpose of Visit Business/Conference Not Stated Other Reasons Holiday 4, 4% 6, 3% 13, 0% 26, 3% 50, 0% Visiting Relatives/Friends 0, 0% 5, 0% 10, 0%15, 0%20, 0%25, 0%30, 0%35, 0%40, 0%45, 0%50, 0%55, 0% Source: International Arrivals and Departures 2020 Percentage

Chart 6: Air Arrivals by Age Group 2020 2 500 2 025 2 064 1 983 No. of Air Arrivals 2 000 1 944 1 707 1 748 1 694 1 575 1 541 1 420 1 500 1 180 1 000 1 158 895 831 574 500 507 Age Group Source: International Arrivals and Departures 2020 + 75 -74 70 -69 65 -64 60 -59 55 -54 50 -49 45 -44 40 -39 35 -34 30 -29 25 -24 20 -19 15 -14 10 5 -9 0 -4 -

Chart 7: Air Departures by Gender and Month 2020 9000 No. of Air Departures 8000 7000 6000 Male 5000 Female 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Months Source: International Arrivals and Departures 2020 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Chart 8: Air Departures by Country of Usual Residence, 2020 Others 7% Tonga 34% USA [PERCENTA GE] Source: International Arrivals and Departures 2020 Australia 12% New Zealand 36%

Arrivals (Tables Available) Total Arrivals by annual and previous month percentage change Total Arrivals by transport mode and months Visitors by Country of Usual Residence Arrivals by Age Group Type of Passengers - (Visitors or Residence) Arrivals by Gender Total Visitors by Usual Residence and Purpose of visit

Departures Air Departures by Age Group Passenger’s type (ie. Visitors or Residence) Departures by Gender Total Departures by country of Residence By monthly and annually

Latest Report - Migration Annual Report 2020 Net Migration 3, 924 (Net loss) Total Arrivals 25, 382 Total Departures 29, 306

Current status of Migration Latest report is Monthly December 2020, Annual Report 2020 System is not working from the TC Gita Length of stay - visitors Travel expenditure? (asked by users) Case of Residents returning with dual passports