In 2018, tourism receipts as a share of exports for Timor-Leste was 64 %. Tourism receipts as a share of exports of Timor-Leste increased from 24.2 % in 2009 to 64 % in 2018 growing at an average annual rate of 14.14%.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Their share in exports is calculated as a ratio to exports of goods and services, which comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from residents to nonresidents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.