Fiji earned $708.1 million from international visitors in the June quarter of 2026, a 4.9 per cent decline compared with the same period last year.
Latest figures on Earnings from Tourism show revenue was down from $744.2 million recorded in the June quarter of 2025 — a reduction of about $36.1 million.
Despite the year-on-year decline, tourism earnings recorded a strong rebound from the first three months of this year.
Earnings in the June quarter were 55.4 per cent, or $252.4 million, higher than the $455.7 million recorded in the March quarter of 2026.
The figures show Australia remained by far Fiji’s largest tourism earnings market.
Australian visitors generated $348.2 million during the June quarter, accounting for 49.2 per cent of total tourism earnings.
New Zealand was the second-largest contributor, generating $155.3 million, or 21.9 per cent of the total.
Visitors from the United States generated $88.5 million, representing 12.5 per cent of Fiji’s tourism earnings for the quarter.
Together with other major source markets, the key tourism markets accounted for 88.5 per cent of total earnings during the June quarter.
The figures highlight the continuing importance of Australia and New Zealand to Fiji’s tourism industry, with the two markets alone generating $503.5 million.
That means more than seven out of every $10 earned from international visitors during the quarter came from the Australian and New Zealand markets.
Fiji’s Earnings from Tourism measure the expenditure of international visitors while in the country.
The figure is calculated using the estimated average daily expenditure of visitors, or per diem spending, together with the total number of visitor days spent in Fiji.
While the June quarter result represents a substantial recovery from the March quarter, the figures show tourism earnings have yet to return to the level recorded during the corresponding quarter of 2025.
Tourism earnings had reached $918.4 million in the September quarter of 2025 before falling to $711.9 million in the December quarter and $455.7 million in the March quarter of 2026.
