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2004 TOURISM SURVEY
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Table 1. Times Visited, Nights, Activities, and
Factors Selecting Palau by Income: 2004
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Less
than $25,000 to $50,000 to $75,000 to $120,000
Characteristics Total $25,000
$49,999 $74,999 $119,999 or more
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TIMES VISITED PALAU
Total .
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
200 22 58 45
42 33
First visit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 17
45 30 24 16
Second visit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 2
5 6 7 7
Third visit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1
3 2 2 3
Fourth visit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 -
1 1 2 1
Fifth visit or more. . . . . . . . . . 25
2 4 6
7 6
Not stated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
- - - -
NIGHTS SPENT IN PALAU
Total .
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
199 22
58 45 42 32
One. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1
2 - 2 1
Two. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1 - 3 - 4
Three. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 4
29 12 8 6
Four . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 2
7 5 6 5
Five . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 10
14 10 12 7
Six. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 -
1 - 3 1
Seven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 1
- 7 7 4
Eight to ten . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 -
3 3 2 1
Eleven to fourteen . . . . . . . . . . 9 -
2 5 1 1
More than fourteen . . . . . . . . . . 6 3
- - 1 2
Not stated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - -
- -
ACTIVITIES WHILE ON PALAU
Total
with at least one . . . . .
200 22 58 45
42 33
Diving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
11 28 27
32 17
Snorkling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 6
36 23 21 17
Kayaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 3 19 11 10 3
Sports fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 2
13 2 2 1
Rock Islands tour. . . . . . . . . . . 57 6
21 12 12 6
Land tour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 7
25 19 10 9
Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 3
2 5 6 9
Conference/seminar/workshop. . . . . . 2 1
- - 1 -
Honeymoon/wedding. . . . . . . . . . . 1 -
- 1 - -
Visiting friends/family. . . . . . . . 14 4
4 3 - 3
Night life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 3
10 5 4 4
Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1 2 -
3 2
FACTORS FOR SELECTING PALAU
Total
with at least one . . . . .
200 22 58 45
42 33
Nearby to residence. . . . . . . . . . 18 5
5 4 3 1
Cheap destination. . . . . . . . . . . 7 1
2 2 2 -
Safe destination . . . . . . . . . . . 23 3 4
8 6 2
Reputation as dive destination . . . . 116 12
38 26 24 16
Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 3
30 13 8 9
Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 6
5 10 13 13
Don't know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 -
- 1 - -
TYPE OF TOUR
Total .
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
200 22 58 45
42 33
Individual tour. . . . . . . . . . . . 66 9
9 19 13 16
Package tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 12
48 25 26 16
Average
price of tour package ($). .
1,784 1,743 1,277 1,830
2,420 2,235
Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1
1 1 3 1
EXPENDITURES COVERED BY PACKAGE
Total,
at least one expenditure .
123 12 46 24
26 15
Airfare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 12
45 21 23 12
Hotel/lodgings . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 12
44 23 25 15
Meals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 11
34 16 20 9
Ground tranport. . . . . . . . . . . . 66 5
28 16 12 5
Rock Islands tour. . . . . . . . . . . 35 3
19 6 5 2
Diving/snorkeling. . . . . . . . . . . 107 11
42 22 22 10
Land tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 3
18 6
6 -
Kayaing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 3
15 3 2 -
Rock Islands permit. . . . . . . . . . 16 2
11 1 2 -
Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 -
1 - 1 1
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Source: 2004 Palau Visitor Survey
Table 2. Parts of Package Tour by Income: 2004
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Less than $25,000 to $50,000 to $75,000
to $120,000
Characteristics Total $25,000
$49,999 $74,999 $119,999 or more
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PAY IN ADDITION TO PACKAGE
Total
paying addition to package.
77 8 26 14
18 11
Average amount ($). . . . . . .
401 404 274 332 490 640
Meals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 5
15 9 12 10
Average amount ($). . . . . . .
148 118 118 130
135 241
Transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 3
7 - 5 4
Average amount ($). . . . . . .
167 41 22 -
534 56
Snorkeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 -
3 1 1 1
Average amount ($). . . . . . .
61 - 65 61
87 20
Diving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 3
8 5 6 7
Average amount ($). . . . . . .
266 372 268 232
278 234
Kayaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 -
1 1 2 -
Average amount ($). . . . . . .
214 - 56 500
150 -
Land tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 -
3 3
3 4
Average amount ($). . . . . . .
151 - 72 47
64 355
Rock Islands tour. . . . . . . . . . . 5 -
1 1 2 1
Average amount ($). . . . . . .
117 - 100 100
94 200
Night life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1
3 1 - -
Average amount ($). . . . . . .
97 70 133 15
- -
Rock Islands permit. . . . . . . . . . 18 1
9 3 3 2
Average amount ($). . . . . . .
21 30
21 22 15 23
Shopping/souvenirs . . . . . . . . . . 46 7
16 7 11 5
Average amount ($). . . . . . .
124 143 71 119 186 136
Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1
3 2 - 1
Average amount ($). . . . . . .
297 300 255 306 - 400
AMOUNTS FOR PEOPLE NOT ON PACKAGE TOUR
Total
not on package tour . . . .
65 8 9 16
16 16
Average amount ($). . . . . . .
2,502 2,151 1,818 2,331
3,070 2,664
Airfare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 5
4 14 12 13
Average amount ($). . . . . . .
1,536 1,900 1,550 1,160 1,428 1,897
Meals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 5
6 11 10 13
Average amount ($). . . . . . .
219 186 258 158
271 225
Transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 4
2 9 6 8
Average amount ($). . . . . . .
184 113 200 107
250 251
Snorkeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 -
- 3 3 -
Average amount ($). . . . . . .
448 - - 128
767 -
Diving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 1 3 8
7 6
Average amount ($). . . . . . .
632 900 833 605
639 513
Kayaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 -
- 2
3 1
Average amount ($). . . . . . .
164 - - 75
275 10
Hotels/lodgings. . . . . . . . . . . . 52 7
6 13 14 12
Average amount ($). . . . . . .
812 711 575 648
1,267 638
Land tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1
- 2 2 -
Average
amount ($). . . . . . . 52 60 - 35 65 -
Rock Islands tour. . . . . . . . . . . 5 -
- 2 3 -
Average amount ($). . . . . . .
91 - - 83
97 -
Night life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 1
4 3 1 3
Average amount ($). . . . . . .
166 30
140 200 300 167
Rock Islands permit. . . . . . . . . . 18 1
3 5 7 2
Average amount ($). . . . . . .
20 35 15 23 18 18
Shopping/souvenirs . . . . . . . . . . 20 4
6 4 4 2
Average amount ($). . . . . . .
155 81 183 250
56 225
Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 -
3 4 4 3
Average amount ($). . . . . . .
416 - 185 650
343 433
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Source: 2004 Palau Visitor Survey
Table 3. Other Country Travel, Likes and Dislikes in
Palau by Income: 2004
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Less
than $25,000 to $50,000 to $75,000 to $120,000
Characteristics Total
$25,000 $49,999 $74,999 $119,999 or more
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AMOUNTS FOR TRAVEL IN OTHER PLACES
Total .
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
196 22 58 42
42 32
Not travelling to other places . . . . 123 16
36 23 26 22
Travelling to other places . . . . . . 73 6
22 19 16 10
Average
amount . . . . . . . . . . .
172 218 59 105
217 447
OTHER DIVING/SNORKELING LOCATIONS
Total
going to other places. . . . 77
11 12 23 16 15
Guam, CNMI, and FSM. . . . . . . . . . 14 3
5 3 2 1
Other Pacific. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1
- 1 - -
Australia and New Zealand. . . . . . . 3 -
1 2 - -
United States. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 -
- -
- 1
Caribbean. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 -
- 3 1 1
Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 1
1 7 6 7
Other places . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 6
5 7 7 5
MOST LIKED ABOUT DIVING
Total
with at least one like. . .
154 15 45 33
36 25
Water conditions/visibility. . . . . . 95 11
27 22 21 14
Other visitors on tour . . . . . . . . 28 5
10 4 7 2
Dive operators service . . . . . . . . 76 8
22 14 19 13
Clean, healthy environment . . . . . . 89 11
29 18 20 11
Turtles/dolphins/sharks/rays . . . . . 79 9 21 17 23 9
Corals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 9
28 17 13 12
Fish diversity . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 13 34 23
25 17
Weather. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 3
11 8 6 8
Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1
3 2 2 3
MOST DISLIKED ABOUT DIVING
Total
with at least one dislike .
85 8 26 16
22 13
Water conditions/visibility. . . . . . 24 4
7 5 3 5
Other visitors on tour . . . . . . . . 16 1
4 4 3 4
Dive operators service . . . . . . . . 3 -
- 1 1 1
Turtles/dolphins/sharks/rays . . . . . 2 -
1 1 - -
Lack of clean, healthy environment . . 6 -
2 1 3 -
Corals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1
1 2 3 2
Fish diversity . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 -
2 2 - -
Weather. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 2 9 4
8 3
Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 3
7 4 5 1
COMPARED TO PREVIOUS DIVING
Total . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 200 22 58 45 42 33
Better than previous trips . . . . . . 18 2
3 5 6 2
About the same as previous trips . . . 26 1
5 5 8 7
Worse than previous trips. . . . . . . 5 -
- 2 1 2
First trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 19
50 33 27 22
CONDITION OF CORALS AND REEFS
Total .
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
200 22 58 45
42 33
Corals were:
Very
healthy . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 3
3 7 9 5
Healthy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 7 23