A strong recovery in visitor arrivals by an annual 12 percent was seen in the first seven months of the year. Using the Fiji Islands Visitors Bureau’s growth forecast of around 571,000 visitors for 2008 translates to a projected annual growth rate of around 6 percent.
•  Visitor arrivals by country: Our nearest neighbours, Australia and New Zealand, account for more than half (56%) of our visitor source market. The growing markets of US (12%), Canada (3%) and Europe (15%), provide us with 30% of our visitors.