Tourism Statistics and Trends| Regions and Countries | 1990 |
1993 |
1996 |
% Share 1990 |
% Share 1993 |
% Share 1996 |
| Africa | 15,090 |
18,345 |
19,593 |
3. 3 |
3.5 |
3.3 |
| Var.% | -- |
21. 6 |
6.8 |
-- |
7.8 |
-6.5 |
| Americas | 93,722 | 103,671 | 115,572 |
20.4 |
20. 0 |
19.5 |
| Var.% | -- |
10.6 |
11. 5 |
-- |
-1. 9 |
-2.5 |
| - Caribbean | 11,417 |
12,762 |
14,692 |
12.2 |
12.3 |
12.7 |
| - Central America | 1,748 |
2,350 |
2,648 |
1.9 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
| - North America | 71,922 |
77,324 |
83,868 |
76.7 |
74.6 |
72.6 |
| - South America | 8,635 |
11,235 |
14,364 |
9.2 |
10.8 |
12.4 |
| Asia (Meridonial) | 3,179 |
3,559 |
4,475 |
0. 7 |
0. 7 |
0. 8 |
| Var.% | -- |
1 2.0 |
25.7 |
-- |
-0.7 |
10.0 |
| Asia (Pacific) | 53,109 |
69,621 |
89,774 |
11.56 |
13.4 |
15. 2 |
| Var.% | -- |
31. 1 |
2 9.0 |
-- |
16. 3 |
12.8 |
| Europe | 286,708 |
313,733 |
347,329 |
62.4 |
60. 6 |
58. 7 |
| Var.% | -- |
9.4 |
10.7 |
-- |
-2.9 |
-3.1 |
| Middle East | 7,577 |
8,977 |
15,121 |
1. 6 |
1.7 |
2. 6 |
| Var.% | -- |
18. 5 |
68.4 |
-- |
5. 1 |
47. 4 |
| Total | 459,385 |
517,906 |
591,864 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| Var.% | -- |
12.7 |
14.3 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
TOURIST ARRIVALS BY MODE OF ENTRY, 1990 - 1996
M ode of Entry |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
% Share 1996 |
| Air | 84,120 |
83,075 |
111,387 |
130,288 |
140,779 |
168,275 |
193,643 |
61. 9 |
| Var.% | -- |
-1.2 |
34. 1 |
17 .0 |
8. 1 |
19.5 |
15. 1 |
-- |
| Land | 51,703 |
56,278 |
63,416 |
67,893 |
70,325 |
73,368 |
79,967 |
25.5 |
| Var.% | -- |
8. 9 |
12. 7 |
7. 1 |
3. 6 |
4.3 |
9 .0 |
-- |
| Train | 118,450 |
66,804 |
49,782 |
42,345 |
39,798 |
37,965 |
34,567 |
11.0 |
| Var.% | -- |
-43.6 |
-25. 5 |
-14.9 |
-6.0 |
-4.6 |
-9 .0 |
-- |
| Lakes/Rivers | -- | -- | -- | 3,484 |
4,337 |
4,369 |
4,875 |
1.6 |
| Var.% | -- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
24. 5 |
0.7 |
11. 6 |
-- |
| Total | 254,273 |
206,157 |
224,585 |
244,010 |
255,239 |
283,977 |
313,052 |
100.0 |
| Var.% | -- |
-18.9 |
8.9 |
8.7 |
4.6 |
11.3 |
10.2 |
-- |
MONTHLY TOURIST ARRIVALS TO HOTELS BY COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE, 1996
Month |
January |
February |
March |
April |
May |
June |
July |
August |
September |
October |
November |
December |
Total |
% Share* |
19,788 |
19,639 |
12,316 |
10,979 |
11,112 |
10,823 |
16,756 |
15,709 |
15,620 |
14,265 |
14,762 |
13,283 |
175,052 |
46.5 |
|
| Var.% | -- |
-0.3 | -36.9 | -10.7 | 2.1 | -3.6 | 54.0 | -5.9 | 0.9 | -9.6 | 3.4 | -9.6 | -- |
-- |
3,400 |
3,790 |
4,023 |
3,753 |
3,917 |
4,173 |
5,014 |
4,940 |
3,954 |
5,463 | 4,376 |
4,229 | 51,032 |
13.5 |
|
| Var.% | -- |
9.6 | 7.9 | -6.8 | 1.9 | 10.6 | 20.1 | -2.3 | -26.5 | 50.5 | -21.3 | -4.2 | -- | -- |
| Europe | 7,768 | 7,397 | 8,298 | 10,083 | 8,679 | 7,284 | 15,760 | 18,026 | 11,004 | 10,349 | 9,931 | 7,841 | 122,420 | 32.5 |
| Var.% | -- |
-4.8 | 12.2 | 21.5 | -13.9 | -16.1 | 116.4 | 14.4 | -39.0 | -6.0 | -4.0 | -21.1 | -- | -- |
| Asia | 1,588 | 1,631 | 3,590 | 2,538 | 2,345 | 1,299 | 1,848 | 1,999 | 1,700 | 1,244 | 1,925 | 1,761 | 23,468 | 6.2 |
| Var.% | -- |
2.7 | 120.1 | -29.3 | -7.6 | -44.6 | 42.3 | 8.2 | -15.0 | -26.8 | 54.7 | -8.5 | -- | -- |
| Oceania | 404 | 298 | 337 | 400 | 355 | 355 | 415 | 436 | 276 | 420 | 237 | 267 | 4,200 | 1.1 |
| Var.% | -- |
-26.2 | 13.1 | 18.7 | -11.3 | 0.0 | 16.9 | 5.1 | -36.7 | 52.2 | -43.6 | 12.7 | -- | -- |
| Africa | 30 | 46 | 86 | 63 | 40 | 30 | 83 | 36 | 61 | 92 | 41 | 75 | 683 | 0 .2 |
| Var.% | -- |
53.3 | 87.0 | -26.7 | -36.5 | -25.0 | 176.7 | -56.6 | 69.4 | 50.8 | -55.4 | 82.9 | -- | -- |
| Total Foreign | 32,978 |
32,801 |
28,650 |
27,816 |
26,448 |
23,964 |
39,876 |
41,146 |
32,615 |
31,833 |
31,272 |
27,456 |
376,855 |
100.0 |
| Var.% | -- |
-0.5 |
-12.7 |
-2.9 |
-4.9 |
-9.4 |
66.4 |
3.2 |
-20.7 |
-2.4 |
-1.8 |
-12.2 |
-- |
-- |
| Bolivians | 61,600 |
48,661 |
51,169 |
50,837 |
53,401 |
53,667 |
60,703 |
59,537 |
59,159 |
56,765 |
59,800 |
62,008 |
677,307 |
-- |
| Var.% | -- |
-21.0 |
5.2 |
-0.7 |
5.0 |
0.5 |
13.1 |
-1.9 |
-0.6 |
-4.1 |
5.4 |
3.7 |
-- |
-- |
| Total | 94,578 |
81,462 |
79,819 |
78,653 |
79,849 |
77,631 |
100,579 |
100,683 |
91,774 |
88,598 |
91,072 |
89,464 |
1,054,162 |
-- |
| Var.% | -- |
-13.9 |
-2.0 |
-1.5 |
1.5 |
-2.8 |
29.6 |
0.1 |
-8.85 |
-3.46 |
2.79 |
-1.77 |
-- |
-- |
ARRIVALS OF TOURISTS FROM ABROAD IN HOTELS AND SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENTS: BOLIVIA, 1991 - 1995
Regions and Countries |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
Market Share % 1995 |
| Africa | 733 |
621 |
460 |
669 |
729 |
0.2 |
| Var.% | -- |
-15.3 |
-25.9 |
45.4 |
9.0 |
-- |
| Americas | 130,635 |
149,818 |
163,474 |
193,821 |
211,649 |
60.4 |
| Var.% | -- |
14.7 |
9.1 |
18.6 |
9.2 |
-- |
| East Asia/Pacific | 12,394 |
11,542 |
11,374 |
13,254 |
13,806 |
3.9 |
| Var.% | -- |
-6.9 |
-1.5 |
16.5 |
4.2 |
-- |
| Europe | 77,140 |
82,602 |
93,660 |
111,834 |
124,014 |
35.4 |
| Var.% | -- |
7.1 |
13.4 |
19.4 |
10.9 |
-- |
| Total | 220,902 |
244,583 |
268,968 |
319,578 |
350,198 |
100.0 |
| Var.% | -- |
10.7 |
10.0 |
18.8 |
9.6 |
-- |
Sources: Ministerio de Comercio Exterior e Inversión, Viceministerio de Turismo - Bolivia & World Tourism Organization's Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Vol. II - 1997