Fiji’s tourism earnings for the December quarter last year increased by 1.9 percent compared to the same period in 2017.

According to the Bureau of Statistics, the earnings stood at over $522 million.

When compared to 2017 December quarter, major changes were recorded in earnings by countries.

Australia was down by 5.2 percent to $244.4m contributing 46.7 percent to the total.

NZ was down by 20.7 percent to $105.5 million contributing around 20 percent.

USA was up by 71.2 percent to $44.5 million contributing 8.5 percent to the total.

While the Pacific Islands was up by 91.4 percent to $24.5 million contributing 4.7 percent to the total.