Visitor Industry:

Guam has developed into a major tourist destination, an industry that provides the bulk of the island’s non-government income. Approximately 1.3 million tourists arrive in Guam each year generating approximately $1.4 billion revenues with visitors from Japan continuing to provide 71% of the tourist market. Although the number of Guam’s visitors fell slightly after several disastrous world events, visitor arrivals have been steadily increasing.

Core Components of Guam’s Economy

Major Revenue Source in the 1960s:
Tourism: 20%    Military/Federal: 75%    Other: 5%

Major Revenue Source in 2003:
Tourism: 60%    Military/Federal: 30%    Other: 10%

 

Guam’s Hospitality Industry

• Hotel Inventory as of January 2007 –8,415 rooms for 29 hotel properties
• Capacity in room nights: 3,084,615 (assumes 1.9 guests per room capacity)
• Employee-room ration: 1.65 (employee to 1 room)

Guam’s Airline Partners - Signatory emplanements for FY2013 at 1,693,962, +8.1% growth over 2012.

• United Airlines
• Delta Airlines
• Eva Air
• China Airlines
• Japan Airlines
• Korean Air
• Jeju Airlines
• Jin Air
• Philippine Airlines
• Asia Pacific Airlines (Cargo)
• Cebu Pacific

You can visit the Guam International Airport website at www.guamairport.com

Guam Visitor Arrivals 2008-2015

• 2008: 1,141,779
• 2009: 1,053,248
• 2010: 1,197,408
• 2011: 1,159,778
• 2012: 1,308,035
• 2013: 1,334,497
• 2015: 1,409,033

Tourism Highlights

Tourism has represented the primary source of income for Guam’s economy for over twenty-five years.  Visitor arrivals rose to over 1,000,000 travelers for the first time in 1994 and have remained near or above that level ever since. Guam’s top four visitor markets include Japan, South Korea, U.S./Hawaii and Taiwan.  The great majority of visitors to Guam originate from Japan, as Guam is one of only four markets worldwide that attracts nearly one million Japanese tourists per year.  In Fiscal Year 2012, Japan accounted for approximately 71.5% of visitors to Guam, with approximately 50.3% of Japanese visitors originating from the Kanto (Tokyo) region. In Fiscal Year 2012, Guam’s next largest tourist markets were South Korea (13.0%), the U.S./Hawaii (5.1%), Taiwan (3.9%), and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (“CNMI”) (1.4%).  Total civilian air arrivals increased approximately 5.9% between Fiscal Year 2011 and Fiscal Year 2012.

Tourism 2020 Goals