1. September 2025 highlights
Total arrivals by air in September 2025 stood at 14,327.
Residents arrival makes up 31% and visitor arrivals make up 69% of the total arrivals by air.
Holiday visitors represent 81% of all visitor arrivals by air.
Visitors residing in Australia recorded the highest percent at 66% of all air arrivals.
The average length of stay for visitors is 8 days.
The average age of visitors is 38 Years old.
Total departures stood at 12,274 in September 2025. Residents represent 23% of all departure and visitor’s departure with 77%.
2. Overview
The total number of international visitor arrival by air stood at 9,922 which is an increase of 7% or 691 visitors compared to the previous month.
Vanuatu welcomed 4 cruise ships in September 2025 carrying a total of 6,700 day visitors, constituting 40% of the total visitors during that month.
3. Purpose of Visit
Holiday visitors made up 81% of all international visitor arrivals to Vanuatu; followed byBusiness meetings and conferences and Visiting Friends and relatives at 5% each, stop-overvisitors at 1% and Others, Education and Sports at 8%.
4. Country of usual residence (for visitors arriving by air)
Australian visitors accounted for 66% of all international visitors by air followed by Europe at 7%, New Zealand and Other Countries at 6% each, China and Other Pacific Countries at 5% each, North America at 3% and Japan and New Caledonia at 1% each.
5. Average intended length of stay (for visitors arriving by air)
International visitors by air in Port Vila spent an average of 8 days.
6. Average age of Visitors (for visitors arriving by Air)
- The average age for visitors travelling by air is 38 years old.
- This represents 36% of all visitors arriving to Vanuatu within the age group of 30 - 49 years old and also 31% 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.
