International Visitors & Resident Arrivals (IVA)

1. November 2025 highlights

• Total arrivals by air in November 2025 stood at 11,874.

• Residents arrival makes up 28% and visitor arrivals make up 72% of the total arrivals by air.

• Holiday visitors represent 73% of all visitor arrivals by air.

• Visitors residing in Australia recorded the highest percent at 57% of all air arrivals.

• The average length of stay for visitors is 9 days.

• The average age of visitors is 40 years old.

• Total departures stood at 12,908 in November 2025. Residents represent 31% of all departure and visitors departure with 69%.

2. Overview

• The total number of international Visitor arrivals by air stood at 8,506, which is an increase of 32% or 2,066 visitors compared to the same month in the previous year. However, visitor arrivals by airdecreased by 13% over the previous month.

• Vanuatu welcomed 7 cruise ships in November 2025 carrying a total of 16,833 day visitors,constituting 66% of the total visitors during that month.

3. Purpose of Visit

Holiday visitors made up 73% of all international visitor arrivals to Vanuatu; followed by Business meetings and conferences and Visiting Friends and relatives at 6% each, stop-over visitors at less than 1% and Others, Education and Sports at 14%.

4. Country of usual residence (for visitors arriving by air)

• Australian visitors accounted for 57% of all international visitors by air followed by Europe at 11%, New Zealand at 9%, Other Pacific Countries at 7%, Other Countries at 6% China at 5%, North America at 3%, New Caledonia at 2% and Japan at 1%.

5. Average intended length of stay (for visitors arriving by air)

• International visitors by air in Port Vila spent an average of 9 days.

6. Average age of Visitors (for visitors arriving by Air)

• The average age for visitors travelling by air is 40 years old..
• This represents 35% of all visitors arriving to Vanuatu within the age group of 30 - 49 years old andalso 33% within the age group of 50+ years old.

Data Source and Revisions

All International arrival by air provided in this report is sourced from the passenger processing modules within ASYCUDA world system from the Department of Customs and the Migration Information Data Analysis System (MIDAS) from the department of immigration through International Organisation for Migration (IOM). Cruiseship figures are also supplied by the Department of Customs through the passenger processing module.

The Vanuatu Bureau of Statistics is releasing monthly provisional international visitors arrivals highlighted in the tables from January 2019 onwards. This will allow for anomalies and consistency checks with the department of Customs and Inland Revenue (DCIR) and Immigration Department before release of actual figures in Quarterly or Annual Statistical Indicator Report.