Tourism is Tonga’s largest single source of foreign earning, “about five times as that of Agriculture and Fisheries combined.”
Tonga’s Tourism Industry also provides 25% employment opportunities.
The World Bank Pacific Possible study focused on 11 Pacific Island Countries; Papau New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Kiribati, Palau, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia and Tuvalu.
According to the Pacific Possible Paper on Tourism, the industry could bring in an additional US$1.7 billion to the 11 Pacific Island Countries by 2040.