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Annual Travel Measurements

Asia Pacific 1999


   
 
1999 Barometer
 
Percentage growth in latest matching month* available; December 1999
TBA's All-Travel Index 102
   
Visitor arrivals, %
HK 3.8
TH 2.2
SG 7.5
   
Citizen departures, %
JP -6.3
TW 1.6
KR 29.1
   
Airline international seats sold, %
SQ 1.8
CX -0.9
JL 4.5
   
Hotel occupancy, %
HKG -1.4
BKK -4.5
SIN 10.8
 
1. Air passenger traffic to and from major Asian centres, 1999
 
From: Hong Kong   Japan     Singapore     Thailand  
  No, Growth,   No, Growth,   No, Growth,   No,
To: x1000 % To: x1000 % To: x1000 % To: x1000
Australasia 1333 -2.2 Pacific 36668 NA Indonesia 2685 12.4 America 134
North America 2159 0.7 Oceania 4496 NA Malaysia 2995 -0.3 Europe 1733
UK 986 -2.9 SE Asia 28908 NA Hong Kong 1671 3.3 South Asia 544
Rest of Europe 1389 0.8 China 8023 NA Japan 2028 7.5 SE Asia 2289
Japan 2757 -4.6 Korea 8959 NA UK 1128 15.4 Oceania 399
Taiwan 5599 13.9 Europe 14810 NA Australia 2611 13.7 E Asia/Pac 4050
China 5061 14.3 Total: 61500 NA USA 564 4.4    
Southeast Asia 7721 7.4       Total: 24490 NA    
 
2. Air passenger traffic to and from Asia Pacific, x1000
 
From Australia   France*   Germany   UK   USA  
To 1999 Growth,% 1999 Growth,% 1999 Growth,% 1999 Growth,% 1999 Growth,%
Australia na na 51 346.1 68 8.1 925 3.0 1492 15.9
China 18 7.1 300 37.8 470 25.1 172 15.2 607 27.7
Hong Kong 100 -1.3 356 0.4 465 10.7 994 -2.6 1374 10.8
India 3 -6.2 259 9.2 617 6.2 907 -10.3 204 -11.2
Indonesia 54 -30.6 33 -29.4 129 -4.0 70 -35.7 38 -11.6
Japan 123 -9.1 1039 8.1 922 17.6 1325 -8.0 13926 4.5
Korea 29 57.6 146 15.3 310 46.9 162 17.9 2589 15.7
Malaysia 86 28.3 89 12.9 169 -0.3 598 6.1 144 28.2
New Zealand 249 5.2 na na 29 43.6 194 3.9 775 2.4
Philippines 13 -6.5 39 -8.7 154 -1.8 71 -24.5 709 43.9
Singapore 219 0.5 281 19.0 604 9.5 1006 16.7 302 1.4
Taiwan 22 -2.5 56 60.5 37 31.8 103 6.3 2122 -0.3
Thailand 62 7.2 360 -1.7 766 1.3 523 17.4 206 9.1
Notes: *Paris airports only. Source: Department of Transport and Communications (Australia), Aeroports de Paris (France), Civil Aviation Authority (UK).
 
3. Traffic on international routes of selected Asian airlines, 1999
 
Airline SS +/- ASK +/- RPK +/- SF +/- ATK +/- RTK +/- LF +/-
  1000 % mn % mn % % pts mn % mn % % pts
Air Macau* 1274 0.1 1999 0.1 1399 0.1 70.0 10.9 NA NA NA NA NA NA
All Nippon AW 3870 14.0 33206 10.3 22204 11.1 66.9 0.5 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Cathay Pacific 10517 2.1 58113 -3.6 41503 2.0 71.4 3.9 10867 -0.2 7771 7.7 71.5 5.2
China AL 7208 11.3 30361 4.6 21978 9.1 72.4 3.0 6762 12.2 5364 16.2 79.3 2.8
China Southern 909 NA 5159 NA 3069 NA 59.5 NA 683 NA 379 NA 55.5 NA
Dragonair* 2236 NA 4417 NA 2771 NA 62.7 3.2 506 NA NA NA NA -9.8
Japan AL 12278 9.6 91959 3.8 65933 5.9 71.7 1.5 14821 2.3 10424 7.3 70.3 3.3
Qantas AW* 19794 4.9 82737 2.1 61802 6.0 74.7 2.7 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Royal Brunei 1077 3.3 5073 -8.9 2876 2.6 56.7 6.3 721 -4.7 408 12.6 56.6 8.7
Singapore AL 13524 9.4 85958 4.8 64411 10.7 74.9 4.0 16508 7.6 11711 12.8 70.9 3.3
Sri Lankan 937 -23.0 4632 -21.2 3387 -18.9 73.1 2.1 623 -23.1 432 -22.4 69.3 0.6
Thai AW 10417 10.3 47842 8.4 35239 13.2 73.7 3.1 6805 7.8 4874 11.6 71.6 2.4
Notes: pts-points. *Domestic and international. Source: airlines to Travel Business Analyst.
 
4. Airline financial results, US$*
 
Item NH JL QF SQ
  Y-Mar00 Y-Mar 00 Y-Jun00 Y-Mar00
Revenue,mn 10007 14939 4923 5174
Op Profit,mn -48 420 441 663
         
Revenue per        
ASK,USc* 11.0 12.5 5.8 5.9
RPK,USc* 17.4 17.7 7.7 7.9
ATK,USc* NA 82.6 NA 30.6
RTK,USc* NA 135.5 NA 43.0
Pax,US$* 211 453 240 375
         
Profit per        
ASK,USc* -0.1 0.3 0.5 0.8
RPK,USc* -0.1 0.5 0.7 1.0
ATK,USc* NA 2.3 NA 3.9
RTK,USc* NA 3.8 NA 5.5
Pax,US$* -1 13 22 48
Notes: Op-Operating, USc-US cents, Y-year. Source: companies.
 
5. Overseas travel by Asia Pacific residents, 1999
 
Country Departures Growth,% Spend,US$mn*
Australia 3,209,989 1.5 6,129
China 9,240,000 9.7 9,200
Fiji 89,115 13.6 NA
Hong Kong 4,117,415 -1.9 NA
India 3,882,876 1.9 NA
Indonesia 1,719,697 36.3 2,436
Japan 16,696,050 9.1 28,800
Korea 4,336,546 41.4 2,069
Macau 116,898 11.8 71
New Zealand 1,184,510 1.6 1,451
Singapore 3,971,180 6.0 3,224
Taiwan 6,558,663 10.9 6,500
Thailand 1,654,740 18.7 1,888
Notes: *Quoted in US dollars for latest whole year; may not match period in other columns. Source: national tourist offices, World Tourism Organization.
 
6 . Stock market last-day airline closing prices and index
 
AL Price, local currency          
  Dec Dec Growth*,%   TBA 100 index  
  99 00 stock market AL All AL
NZ 236 157 9.8 -2.9 65 61
NH 286 390 8.0 -5.9 20 18
CX 13.9 14.4 4.0 7.9 181 171
CI 21.0 19.6 -9.3 -9.8 40 37
JL 303 523 9.6 -5.9 31 29
KE 128.0 67.2 15.9 -0.9 21 20
MH 3.28 3.60 -5.8 -6.9 37 35
QF 3.80 3.54 1.4 -2.1 162 153
SQ 18.9 17.2 1.8 -1.3 117 110
TG 56.5 32.0 -0.8 -3.1 59 56
Notes: *Latest month over month earlier. Source: Wall Street Journal(s), Travel Business Analyst.
 
7. Running 12-month total citizen departures, x1000
 
12 mths JP +/- KR +/- TW +/-
through   %   %   %
Dec 96 16,695 9.1 4,649 21.7 5,714 10.1
Dec 97 16,803 0.6 4,542 -2.3 6,152 7.7
Dec 98 15,806 -5.9 3,067 -32.5 5,912 -3.9
Dec 99 16,358 3.5 4,337 41.4 6,559 10.9
Source: NTOs, Travel Business Analyst.
 
8. Citizen departure trends*, next 12 months
 
Source Number,x1000
Hong Kong 4,595
Japan 17,608
Korea 5,610
Taiwan 7,529
Notes: *Statistical base on past performance; aggregates for latest 3 and 6 months. Source: NTOs, Travel Business Analyst.
 
9. Running 12-month total visitor arrivals, x1000
 
12 mths HK +/- SG +/- TH +/-
through   %   %   %
Dec 96 11,703 14.7 7,293 2.2 7,192 3.5
Dec 97 10,406 -11.1 7,198 -1.3 7,294 0.7
Dec 98 9,562 -8.1 6,241 -13.3 7,765 6.5
Dec 99 10,678 11.5 6,958 11.5 8,580 10.5
Notes: Source: NTOs, Travel Business Analyst.
 
10. Visitor arrivals in Asia Pacific destinations, 1999
 
Destination Arrivals Growth Stay PVPD
    % days US$*
Australia 4,459,507 7.0 24.0 56.94
Bangladesh 172,781 0.5 5.0 50.00
Brunei 636,606 -34.0 10.0 200.00
Cambodia 262,907 41.0 5.0 200.00
China 72,795,594 14.7 7.0 70.00
foreigners 8,540,437 20.2 7.0 70.00
Cook Islands 55,599 14.3 5.0 115.84
Guam 1,161,344 2.1 4.0 302.93
Hawaii 6,846,032 1.6 8.4 179.98
Hong Kong 10,678,460 11.5 3.4 187.66
India 2,287,860 7.7 27.0 79.38
Indonesia 3,920,318 4.1 10.0 108.67
Japan 4,436,945 8.1 9.4 96.95
Korea 4,659,785 9.6 4.7 255.70
Macau 7,443,924 7.1 1.3 88.14
Malaysia 5,551,000 -10.6 4.8 102.37
Peninsular 5,203,355 -11.2 4.8 94.20
Sabah 335,931 26.8 6.6 113.83
Sarawak 195,051 -0.6 4.8 94.20
Maldives 429,666 8.6 8.8 56.00
Mongolia 158,743 -19.6 5.0 100.00
Nepal 421,188 5.8 10.0 14.09
New Caledonia 99,735 -3.9 5.0 235.95
New Zealand 1,607,200 8.3 19.2 115.33
Niue 1,775 2.2 5.0 30.30
Palau 64,901 -11.6 NA NA
PNG 67,357 0.0 5.0 255.48
Philippines 2,170,514 1.0 8.9 132.26
Singapore 6,958,173 11.5 3.4 258.09
Solomons 6,226 -16.1 5.0 215.23
Sri Lanka 436,448 14.5 9.8 57.00
Tahiti 172,129 3.6 5.0 223.98
Taiwan 2,411,248 4.9 7.7 186.54
Thailand 8,580,332 10.5 7.1 111.44
Tonga 30,949 14.1 5.0 56.87
Vanuatu 50,484 -3.1 5.0 146.17
Vietnam 1,781,754 17.2 5.4 200.00
W Samoa 85,124 9.2 5.0 90.05
Notes: *Latest figures; may not tally with other period. PVPD-per visitor per day. Source: national tourist offices, PATA, WTO.
 
11. Asia Pacific international airport passengers, 1999
 
City Number Growth,%
Auckland 4,681,367 4.6
Bangkok 18,856,064 11.2
Beijing 4,708,850 13.1
Brisbane 2,274,423 1.4
Colombo 2,648,780 12.0
Delhi 3,425,752 1.0
Hong Kong 30,411,000 8.9
Jakarta 3,880,888 5.6
Kuala Lumpur 9,516,494 7.7
Macau 2,416,969 22.7
Manila 6,888,634 0.4
Melbourne 2,542,242 1.6
Mumbai 4,409,394 2.5
Osaka KIX 11,735,200 5.0
Perth 1,471,065 -1.5
Seoul 15,473,994 19.0
Shanghai 5,381,350 21.4
Singapore 26,064,645 9.5
Sydney 7,345,396 1.3
Taipei 15,015,135 8.8
Tokyo Narita 24,905,482 7.7
     
ASIA PACIFIC 455,847,628 4.4
Source: civil aviation departments, airports, Airports Council International.
 
12. Operating results of AAPA airlines, 2000
 
AL SS,x1000 Growth,% RPK,mn Growth,%
BR 4049 -0.2 18767 5.1
CI 7423 0.2 23254 4.8
CX 11567 12.1 45510 8.3
GA 3399 NA 15060 NA
JL 12933 9.3 67030 5.2
KE 8235 11.8 NA NA
NH 4037 8.8 24494 14.0
PR 111 -91.8 NA NA
SQ 14446 9.6 68881 11.1
TG 10773 8.8 37501 10.8
VN 1080 NA 2856 NA
Source: Association Of Asia Pacific Airlines.
 
13. Operating results of AAPA member airlines, 1999
 
Item Number Growth,%
ASKs,bn 464.2 0.3
RPKs,bn 336.2 5.7
Pax LF,% 72.4 3.7*
Notes: *Points. Source: Association Of Asia Pacific Airlines.
 
14. IATA travel agencies in Asia Pacific, 1999
 
Country Locations Growth Sales Growth Per agency Growth
  % US$mn* % US$mn* %
Australia 2,247 -5.1 3,811 12.4 1.70 18.4
China 2,136 232.7 1,560 134.9 0.73 -29.4
Hong Kong 242 0.0 1,543 -3.6 6.38 -3.6
India 711 0.0 599 25.1 0.84 25.1
Indonesia 332 0.0 349 3.6 1.05 3.6
Japan 792 -0.9 16,526 12.2 20.87 13.1
Korea 397 2.8 1,661 51.8 4.18 47.6
Malaysia 679 -3.6 760 27.5 1.12 32.2
New Zealand 649 -16.3 807 15.8 1.24 38.3
Philippines 217 5.3 560 19.9 2.58 13.8
Singapore 200 4.2 1,143 -2.6 5.72 -6.5
Taiwan 391 5.7 1,421 16.4 3.63 10.1
Thailand 261 4.0 507 10.2 1.94 6.0
             
Asia Pacific 8,780 4.3 31,247 16.1 3.56 11.3
Notes: IATA-International Air Transport Association. *Quoted in US$. Source: IATA Billing & Settlement Plan.
 
15. International outbound sales of top five travel agencies in Japan in 1999, US$mn*
 
Agency Number Growth,%
JTB 4370 -6.2
KNT 2125 -5.7
NTA 1306 -5.1
Hankyu 1856 13.9
HIS 1508 10.8
Notes: JTB-Japan Travel Bureau, HIS-(originally Hideo's International Services), KNT-Kinki Nippon Tourist, NTA-Nippon Travel Agency. *Converted at US$1 to Y110. Source: Travel Journal International.
 
16. Networks of computer reservations systems
 
System Country
Abacus Ww: A9300 S23300. Australia: A250. Brunei: A28 S95. HK: A870 S3210. ID: A149 S400. IN: A120 S240*. KR: A1300 S1600. MY: A533 S1636. PH: A194 S291. SG: A410 S1500. TW: A543 S1026. TH: A10.
Amadeus Ww: A48426 S205000. Ap: A3518 S7335. Eu: A25777* S67704. Na: A7836 S29560. HK: A100. IN: A1200* S700. NP: A50. PH: A150. TH: A500* S636.
Axess Ww: A6696 S16075*. Ap: S11500. JP: A7009* S9450.
Galileo Ww: A41900 S176100. Ap: A7250* S20708. Eu: A18300* S38596. Na: A14200* S62125. IN: A574 S717. SG: A100 S200. TH: A170 S250.
Gets Ww: A3000 S3500.
Infini JP: A6500* S9000.
Sabre Ww: A47000* S124828. Ap: A11771* S4500. Eu: A5783* S13428. Na: A17478.
Worldspan Ww: A21000* S49500. Ap: 0. Eu: A10208* S11000. Na: A35106.
Notes: Latest figures available; A and S dates may not be the same; *denotes later figure if not same date. A-Agencies/other outlets, Ap-Asia Pacific, Eu-Europe, Na-North America, S-Screens, Ww-worldwide. Source: companies.
 
17. Economic indicators of major countries in Asia Pacific
 
Country GDP growth, % 1999 GDP per capita, US$ Inflation Growth*, %
Australia 3.9 20,142 6.1
China 7.1 783 1.3
Hong Kong 2.1 23,597 -2.7
India 5.8 436 2.7
Indonesia 0.1 617 9.1
Japan 0.8 34,715 -0.9
Korea 10.0 8,581 2.6
Malaysia 5.4 3,248 1.9
Philippines 3.2 1,046 6.0
Singapore 5.6 22,710 1.8
Taiwan 5.6 13,248 2.3
Thailand 5.0 1,949 1.7
Notes: GDP-gross domestic product. *Over period year earlier. Official and other estimates. Source: various, Wall Street Journal(s).
 
18. Economic indicators of major visitor-producing countries for Asia, 2000
 
Country GNP/GDP Retail Consumer Wages/
    sales prices earnings
Australia        
Germany        
Japan (MONTHLY OR QUARTERLY UPDATE)      
UK        
USA        
Notes: All figures are percentage changes, compared with one year earlier. Source: The Economist.
 
19. Official* travel industry forecasts
 
Item Date Forecast
  (changes monthly)  
Source: *CEO statements or documentation from relevant authority.    
 
20. Hotel* measures in Asia Pacific, 1999
 
Location Occupancy, Average room rate,   Revpar,  
  % local currency US$ local currency US$
Auckland 72.6 141.41 57.86 102.68 42.01
Bali 72.5 577933 60.61 419200 43.96
Bangkok L 70.5 731.26 16.70 515.71 11.78
U 70.4 2131.33 48.67 1499.81 34.25
5-star 63.1 4594.96 104.92 2899.69 66.21
Beijing L 73.3 495.63 59.87 363.09 43.86
U 66.4 649.68 78.49 431.68 52.15
Colombo 55.3 4058.50 50.01 2245.83 27.68
Delhi 61.3 5821.77 124.32 3570.36 76.24
Fiji 70.0 168.24 74.78 117.75 52.34
Guangzhou 67.8 634.94 76.71 430.56 52.01
Ho Chi Minh City 46.3 559595 38.53 259025 17.84
Hong Kong L 84.0 605.84 77.67 508.65 65.21
U 78.3 873.89 112.04 684.03 87.70
5-star 63.0 1631.49 209.17 1027.04 131.67
Jakarta L 27.9 320831 33.65 89479 9.38
U 29.6 705023 73.94 208411 21.86
Kuala Lumpur 59.0 149.92 39.45 88.50 23.29
Macau 58.1 628.54 78.01 365.44 45.36
Manila 64.0 3371.55 67.94 2157.46 43.48
Melbourne 77.2 184.56 97.04 142.41 74.87
Mumbai 62.4 7217.60 154.12 4500.43 96.10
Pattaya 72.8 1823.32 41.63 1326.48 30.29
Penang 64.8 169.03 44.48 109.53 28.82
Phuket 82.5 3296.49 75.27 2720.96 62.13
Seoul 78.1 186574 153.50 145683 119.85
Shanghai 61.1 655.55 79.20 400.55 48.39
Singapore L 75.9 98.02 55.88 74.36 42.39
U 76.1 149.36 85.15 113.62 64.77
5-star 59.4 178.90 101.99 106.31 60.61
Sydney 79.6 181.34 95.34 144.27 75.85
Taipei 75.6 4541.89 137.51 3432.19 103.91
Tokyo 73.7 21319 192.30 15714 141.74
Notes: L-lower 4-star, Revpar-revenue per available room, U-upper 4-star. *4-star unless marked. Source: hotels to Travel Business Analyst.
 
21. Comparison* of visitor arrival measurements
 
Destination Ratio*
Australia 44
China 67
Hong Kong 100
Indonesia 49
Japan 55
Korea 45
Malaysia 28
New Zealand 20
Philippines 25
Singapore 84
Taiwan 41
Thailand 120
Notes: *Air arrivals in latest 12-month period in comparison with Hong Kong (100); no account taken of length of stay or spending. Source: Travel Business Analyst.
 
22. Standardisation of visitor arrival measurements
 
Destination Ratio*
Australia 99
China 9
Hong Kong 58
Indonesia 61
Japan 98
Korea 73
Malaysia 24
New Zealand 99
Philippines 99
Singapore 75
Taiwan 99
Thailand 85
Notes: *Air arrivals as share of total arrivals. Source: Travel Business Analyst.


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