Quarterly Tourism Monitor 2Q2020: Highlights & Infographic
The PATA Quarterly Tourism Monitor (QTM) provides a quantitative view of the arrivals into all major destinations within the Asia Pacific region, comparing visitor arrivals by source market and percentage change against the previous year on a quarterly basis. The numbers have been released for the second quarter of 2020.
To complement the report’s quantitative data, PATA also releases an accompanying set of highlights and infographic that provides context to the numbers. The highlights and infographic are available below to our newsletter subscribers as well as PATA members and Chapter members.
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Topline Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic took a heavy toll on international tourism in Asia Pacific during 2Q2020. This was confirmed by a decrease of nearly 100 percent in international visitor arrivals (IVAs) year-on-year collectively into 30 destinations in the Asia Pacific region that have released 2Q2020 data, with visitor numbers plummeting from 131 million during 2Q2019 to below five million mark during the same period this year.
Key Highlights
The Americas posted the least severe contraction of -90.6% in IVAs among all regions/sub-regions during 2Q2020, cushioned by Mexico’s inbound count of more than 2.6 million, equivalent to some 56 percent of total Asia Pacific arrivals for the quarter.
Northeast Asia recorded the largest contraction in IVAs for another quarter, with the number below the 200,000 level, down from some 43 million during 2Q2019. The year-to-date 2020 arrivals have also dropped significantly to around 14 million, from 86 million for the same period last year.
South Asia, with only the Maldives and Sri Lanka reporting data, recorded no visitor movement due to the lockdown during the quarter.
Southeast Asia registered the second largest decline in IVAs in Asia during 2Q2020, right behind Northeast Asia, with a loss of more than 26 million IVAs year-on-year. Four out of seven reporting destinations reported a loss of inbound count by more than 3 million each, led by Thailand (-8.9 million) and Malaysia (-6.6 million).
West Asia was unable to defy the trend, losing collective IVAs of more than 14 million during the quarter. Turkey accounted for much of the loss, with inbound volume reducing by more than 12 million, equivalent to 86 percent of the sub-regional numeric loss.
In the Pacific region, IVAs to both Oceania and Polynesia contracted by more than 2.5 million each during the quarter. Hawaii, in particular, suffered a year-on-year loss of 2.5 million while Palau continued to lockdown the destination.
Among all source markets of IVAs into Asia Pacific, the 20 top sources by volume lost their year-on-year base of more than 1 million each during 2Q2020 which collectively accounted for three-fourths of total IVAs contraction. Not surprisingly, China led the downturn chart with a contraction of more than 31 million visitors into Asia Pacific destinations for the period, followed by the USA (-11 million) and Canada (-6 million).
Notes:
Figures quoted are as of September 2020.
Growth refers to year-on-year figures recorded in 2Q2020.
Sources: Respective NTOs/NSOs
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