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Rota, Tinian getting tiny share of tourists
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Posted on Nov 15 2005
Statistics show that Rota and Tinian received only a very small portion of the total tourist arrivals in the CNMI last month.
For October 2005, Rota received only 1,768 visitors, a mere 5 percent of the total arrivals, while Tinian did better with 5,758 tourists, reflecting 16 percent of the total number of guests.
The CNMI welcomed 35,418 tourists last month, most of them staying on Saipan.
The CNMI’s total number of tourist arrivals was 11.5 percent lower than the same month last year, which recorded 40,042. The decline was attributed to the pullout of Japan Airlines and the slow traffic from China.
Japan tourists totaled only 22,491 in October 2005, which is 21 percent less than in October 2004.
Meantime, statistics from the Marianas Visitors Authority showed that of the 1,768 visitors on Rota, 1,140 flew in from Guam and 628 from inter-island.
Of those who arrived via Guam, 646 came from Japan, 421 from Guam, 40 from the United States, 35 from “others,” five from Hong Kong, two from the Philippines, and one from mainland China.
The total arrivals reflect a 108 percent increase from Rota’s October 2004 arrival figure. There were only 849 visitors on Rota originating from Guam in October last year.
Meantime, of the inter-island arrivals, 251 came from the U.S. including Guam, 160 came from the Philippines, 136 from Japan, 64 from others, and 17 from Korea.
For fiscal year 2005 ending in September 2005, Rota received a total of 17,012 tourists.
Tinian, meanwhile, received 5,758 tourists last month, most of them from mainland China. Statistics showed that 5,227 of them were overnight visitors, while 531 were day visitors.
Of the overnight visitors, 3,410 came from China, 784 came from Japan, 564 from Saipan, 323 from Korea, 77 from the U.S./Guam, and 63 from Taiwan.
Tinian’s arrival last month was 4 percent up from October 2004.
Overall, Tinian received 67,900 tourists in fiscal year 2005.
