Tourism Statistics and Trends| Regions and Countries | 1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
% Share 1997 |
| Americas | 205,987 | 245,309 | 264,977 | 311,337 | 80.7 |
| Var.% | -- | 19.1 | 8.0 | 17.5 | -- |
| Europe | 25,352 |
29,034 |
29,486 |
30,118 |
8.6 |
| Var.% | -- |
14.5 |
1.6 |
2.1 |
-- |
| Asia | 3,518 |
4,226 |
5,679 |
5,954 |
1.7 |
| Var.% | -- |
20.1 |
34.4 |
4.8 |
-- |
| Other Regions* | 2,795 |
2,685 |
2,552 |
2,802 |
0.8 |
| Var.% | -- |
-3.9 |
-5 .0 |
9.8 |
-- |
| Rest of the World | 29,626 |
33,507 | 34,390 | 35,721 | 10.2 |
| Var.% | -- |
13.1 |
2.6 |
3.9 |
-- |
| Total | 267,278 |
314,761 |
337,084 | 385,932 | 100.0 |
| Var.% | -- |
17.7 | 7.1 | 14.5 | -- |
ARRIVALS AT FRONTIERS OF TOURISTS FROM ABROAD, 1991 - 1995
Regions and Countries |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
Market Share % 1995 |
| Africa | 105 |
107 |
102 |
96 |
110 |
0.0 |
| Var.% | -- |
1.9 |
-4.7 |
-5.9 |
14.6 |
-- |
| Americas | 118,312 |
140,390 |
171,807 |
208,207 |
247,452 |
88.0 |
| Var.% | -- |
18.7 |
22.4 |
21.2 |
18.8 |
-- |
| Caribbean | 2,968 |
2,114 |
1,751 |
2,220 |
2,143 |
0.8 |
| Var.% | -- |
-28.8 |
-17.2 |
26.8 |
-3.5 |
-- |
| East Asia/Pacific | 3,730 |
3,025 |
2,676 |
3,472 |
3,838 |
1.4 |
| Var.% | -- |
-18.9 |
-11.5 |
29.7 |
10.5 |
-- |
| Europe | 23,105 |
22,862 |
22,354 |
25,514 |
29,263 |
10.4 |
| Var.% | -- |
-1.1 |
-2.2 |
14.1 |
14.7 |
-- |
| Middle East | 148 |
119 |
111 |
93 |
85 |
0.0 |
| Var.% | -- |
-19.6 |
-6.7 |
-16.2 |
-8.6 |
-- |
| Total | 148,368 | 168,617 | 198,801 | 239,602 | 282,891 | 100.0 |
| Var.% | -- | 13.6 | 17.9 | 20.5 | 18.1 | -- |
TOURIST ARRIVALS BY CATEGORY, 1995 - 1997
Category |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
% Share 1997 |
| Tourists | 281,254 |
302,694 |
350,211 |
78.3 |
| Var.% | -- |
7.6 |
15.7 |
-- |
| Same-day Visitors | 58,424 |
83,605 |
94,385 |
21.1 |
| Var.% | -- |
43.1 |
12.9 |
-- |
| Other | 1,096 |
1,219 |
2,559 |
0. 6 |
| Var.% | -- |
11.2 |
109.9 |
-- |
| Total | 340,774 |
387,518 |
447,155 |
100.0 |
| Var.% | -- |
13.7 |
15.4 |
-- |
TOURIST ARRIVALS BY MODE OF ENTRY, 1995 - 1997
M ode of Entry |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
% Share 1997 |
| Air | 94,534 |
105,362 |
122,574 |
35.0 |
| Var.% | -- |
11.5 |
16.3 |
-- |
| Land | 173,334 |
182,293 |
214,679 |
61.3 |
| Var.% | -- |
5. 2 |
17. 8 |
-- |
| Sea | 13,386 |
15,039 |
12,958 |
3.7 |
| Var.% | -- |
12. 4 |
-13.8 |
-- |
| Total | 281,254 |
302,694 |
350,211 |
100.0 |
| Var.% | -- |
7.6 |
15.7 |
-- |
Sources: Ministerio de Turismo, Dirección de Promoción y Gestión Internacional - Nicaragua & World Tourism Organization's Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Vol. II - 1997