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New Caledonia tourism statistics

New Caledonia, 6,786 tourist arrivals in August

Monthly arrivals, spend since 2015, with 8 worked statistics. Latest 2026-08, 2 months behind.

+29%vs Aug 2025
46kYear to date
2015Figures since
2 moBehind
Where New Caledonia stands, August 2026

New Caledonia in August: up on a year

New Caledonia recorded 6,786 tourist arrivals in August 2026, +29.0% on a year and 56.1% of the August 2019 level.

Among the destinations it competes with: Tonga +17.2%, Vanuatu +33.7%, Maldives +1.7%, New Zealand +8.1%.

From the figures on 20 October 2026Every number checked against the dataNext update when September is published

At a glance

Latest monthAugust 2026
Tourist arrivals6,786
On a year+29.0%
Against August 201956.1%
Year to date, on a year+39.0%
Growth rank in Asia Pacific1 of 16
Best month on recordDecember 2019
Trust gradeA, 100
Jet fuel, a gallon$3.72+84.0% on a year/v1/fuel
This brief, its figures, rivals and outlook as data: GET /v1/countries/NC/briefAnalyst

Tourist arrivals to New Caledonia, and the change on a year

Tourist arrivalsThe year beforeChange on a year, %
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New Caledonia against its rivals

Click a country to swap it, or remove it with the cross. Up to six alongside New Caledonia.As data: GET /v1/compare?country=NCDeveloper
CountryLatestFigureOn a yearVs 2019Year to dateRivalry with New Caledonia

The last six months

MonthTourist arrivalsOn a yearVs 2019Vs 3-year average
Aug 20266,786+29.0%56.1%+16.0%
Jul 20268,540+42.3%68.9%+22.9%
Jun 20266,357+35.9%76.6%+23.3%
May 20264,400+31.4%60.4%-8.5%
Apr 20266,285+41.6%57.0%-23.0%
Mar 20264,584+40.8%48.1%-32.7%

The next three months

No forecast for New Caledonia yet: it needs a longer monthly history in one unbroken series.

Who New Caledonia competes with for visitors

4 destinations chasing the same travellers

Ranked by how much of their visitors come from the same markets, how alike their seasons are, and how close they are in size. Open any of them to see its own rivals.

Rivalry is worked out from the figures each destination publishes and is remade every day. As data: /v1/countries/NC/rivals, on Developer and up.

Top origin markets, share of arrivals

France44%
Australia24.6%
Wallis and Futuna15.4%
New Zealand6.6%
French Polynesia4.8%
Twelve months 2025-09 to 2026-08Intel
Recovery against 201956%August 2026 against the same month of 2019, the year before the pandemic.Analyst
Forecast, next 12 months82k80% range 38k to 187k. Back-tested error 17.4%.Intel
Market concentrationHHI 2,856The top three markets bring 84% of arrivals.Intel

What is held for New Caledonia

MeasureFrequencyBreakdownSeriesFromLatest
ArrivalsMonthlyTotal12015-012026-08
ArrivalsMonthlyOrigin92015-012026-08
ArrivalsAnnualTotal519952025
SpendAnnualTotal420022016
SpendAnnualPurpose220022007

Monthly arrivals: 100.0% of months held since 2015, none missing. See every month

Get New Caledonia in one call

# every arrivals month, Developer plan
curl "https://api.tourismapi.com/v1/arrivals?country=NC" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $TOURISM_API_KEY"

# the whole country in one file, Intel plan
curl -o nc.csv "https://api.tourismapi.com/v1/bulk/NC.csv" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $TOURISM_API_KEY"

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