Larger Number of Visitors Are Coming to the Caribbean
The Canadian market has performed a strong arrival to the Caribbean of over 6.8 percent, during the year 2010. The growth from the US was moderate at 1.7 percent and the Europe was flat, recording at 0.6 percent.
The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has shown around 23.8 million visitors to the Caribbean during the year 2011. This is approximately 3.3 percentage increase, when compared to the previous year. Passengers arriving through the cruises are counted up to 20.6 million, which is approximately 0.3% increase.
The CTO statistical specialist, Sean Smith says “The Caribbean tourism industry is holding its own, remaining afloat and resilient amidst turbulence in the marketplace”. The tourists arriving to the Caribbean remain floating in the year 2011, which has consistently increased when compared to the year 2010. One of the main reasons for the increase in the figures to the Caribbean is a very good winter season. Tourists are showing interest in going to Caribbean during the winter months (January to April). During the year 2011 winter season, there were 4.4 percent more visitors. Smith also included that the summer period that ends in the December has also recorded an unexpected increase of visitors.
The Canadian market has performed a strong arrival to the Caribbean of over 6.8 percent during the year 2010. The growth of visitors from the US was moderate at 1.7 percent and the Europe was flat, recording at 0.6 percent.
Smith also warned that Caribbean is not out of the woods, as the data revealed unexpected growth in some destinations and the revenue continues to lag. Some of the major reasons for this lag are strong unemployment, monetary and fiscal system pressure, and high oil prices. In 2012, the visitors to the Caribbean are expected to be a three percent increase than during the year 2011. However, visitors arriving through cruise are likely to increase around 3 percent in the year 2012.
