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Las Vegas received 3,190,600 visitors in August 2022, 8.6% fewer than the 3,491,600 received in July 2022.
According to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, Las Vegas saw the volume of visitors decrease by 8.6% in August 2022, falling from 3,491,600 arrivals in July 2022 to 3,190,600 in August of 2022.
Las Vegas received 2,998,400 visitors in August 2021.
The 3,190,600 arrivals received in August 2022 were 88.1% of the 3,579,000 arrivals received in August 2019.
Las Vegas had a weighted average of 151,116 open hotel rooms in August 2022 (up 0.6% compared with August 2021) and achieved an average city-wide room occupancy of 76.8% (72.8% in August 2021), an ADR of $148.09 and a RevPar of $113.73.
Gaming revenue decreased by 8.8% in August 2022, falling from $1.123 billion in July 2022 to $1.024 billion in August 2022. Gaming revenue in August 2022 was 29.2% higher than the $792.69 million in gaming revenue generated in August 2019.
Through the first eight months of 2022 Las Vegas saw a 27.7% increase in the volume of visitors, growing from 19,788,100 arrivals in the first eight months of 2021 to 25,262,200 visitors in the same eight months of 2022. The total number of visitors for the first eight months of 2022 was 88.9% of the 28,404,500 received in the same eight months of 2019.
Las Vegas achieved an average city-wide room occupancy of 77.4% in the first eight months of 2022 (up 15.4 percentage points compared with the first eight months of 2021), an ADR of $160.46 (up 30.0% compared with the same eight months of 2021) and a RevPar of $124.20, up 62.3%, also compared with the same eight months of 2021.
Gaming revenue increased by 16.3% in the first eight months of 2022, from $7.222 billion in 2021 to $8.402 billion in the same eight months of 2022. Gaming revenue in the first eight months of 2022 was 22.8% higher than the $6.842 billion in gaming revenue generated in the first eight months of 2019.

​Hawaii reports the state received 829,699 out-of-state tourists in August 2022, 9.7% fewer than the 919,154 received in July.
According to the Hawaii Tourism Authority, Hawaii saw the volume of air arrivals decrease by 9.7% in August 2022, falling from 919,154 air arrivals received in July 2022 to 829,699 arrivals in August 2022.
The 829,699 arrivals received in August 2022 were 10.4% fewer than the 926,417 arrivals received in August 2019. However, according to preliminary visitor statistics released by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), total spending for visitors arriving in August 2022 was $1.711 billion, up 13.8% compared with August 2019.
Hawaii received 723,017 out of state visitors in August 2021.
Hawaii received 684,053 air arrivals from the mainland USA in August 2022, 82.4% of the overall total, 27,472 arrivals from Canada, 28,384 arrivals from Japan and 89,779 air arrivals from other markets.
Overall person per trip expenditures grew by 27.1% from $1,622.20 in August 2019 to $2,061.70 in August 2022.
Through the first eight months of 2022 Hawaii saw a 41.2% increase in the volume of air arrivals, growing from 4,355,532 air arrivals in the first eight months of 2021 to 6,151,004 air arrivals in the same eight months of 2022.
Air arrivals in the first eight months of 2022 were 87.7% of the 7,015,774 received in the first eight months of 2019.
For the first eight months of 2022, total visitor spending was estimated to be $12,873.7 million, 6.8% more than the $12,055.8 million spent in the first eight months of 2019. Person per trip spending grew by 22.6% from $1,699.70 per person per trip in the first eight months of 2019 to $2,083.10 per person per trip in the first eight months of 2022.
Air arrivals from the USA increased by 26.7% in the first eight months of 2022, growing from 4,221,024 air arrivals in 2021 to 5,349,478 air arrivals in the same eight months of 2022, from Japan grew from 10,965 stopovers in 2021 to 86,442 in the first eight months of 2022 and grew from 13,992 stopovers from Canada in 2021 to 244,290 in the same eight months of 2022.
Hawaii received 29,181 cruise visitors in the first eight months of 2022.

The United States Virgin Islands received 61,333 air arrivals in August 2022, 23.4% fewer than the 80,121 air visitors received in July.
According to numbers published by the USVI Bureau of Economic Research, the USVI saw the volume of air arrivals decline by 23.4% in August 2022, falling from 80,121 air arrivals in July 2022 to 61,333 air arrivals in August of this year.
And the 61,333 air arrivals received in August 2022 was 4.8% fewer than the 64,392 air visitors received in August 2021.
The 61,333 air arrivals received in August 2022 were 26.8% more than the 48,376 received in August 2019.
The USVI also received 86,998 cruise visitors from 22 cruise ship calls up substantially from 10,551 cruise visitors received in August 2021. The 86,998 cruise visitors received in August 2022 were 24.9% more than the 69,656 cruise visitors received in August 2019.
Through the first eight months of 2022 the USVI saw the volume of air arrivals increase by 2.0%, from 587,055 air arrivals in the first eight months of 2021 to 598,833 air arrivals in the first eight months of 2022.
The 598,833 arrivals received in the first eight months of 2022 were 28.8% higher than the 464,928 air arrivals received in the first eight months of 2019.
The USVI also received 603,901 cruise visitors in the first eight months of 2022, 65.5% of the 921,910 cruise visitors received in the first eight months of 2019.

​International Tourism Back To 57% Of Pre-Pandemic Levels In January-July 2022
UNWTO | 26th September 2022
According to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, international tourist arrivals almost tripled in January to July 2022 (+172%) compared to the same period of 2021. This means the sector recovered to 57% of pre-pandemic levels.
The steady recovery reflects strong pent-up demand for international travel as well as the easing or lifting of travel restrictions to date (86 countries had no COVID-19 related restrictions as of 19 September 2022).
An estimated 474 million tourists travelled internationally over the period, compared to the 175 million in the same months of 2021. An estimated 207 million international arrivals were recorded in June and July 2022 combined, over twice the numbers seen in the same two months last year. These months represent 44% of the total arrivals recorded in the first seven months of 2022. Europe welcomed 309 million of these arrivals, accounting for 65% of the total. 
The Caribbean recovered to 82% of the equivalent YTD 2019 total.
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UK residents were estimated to have made 9.5 million trips abroad in the first quarter of 2022, 52.5% of the total number of trips abroad taken in the first quarter of 2019.
The United Kingdom’s Office for National Statistics recently reported the results of the number of trips abroad taken by residents of the UK for the first quarter of 2022 derived from the International Passenger Survey.
They report that UK residents took 9.534 million trips between January and March 2022, 52.5% of the 18.159 million trips taken in the first quarter of 2019 but up substantially from 918,000 trips taken in the first three months of 2021.
Europe was the most popular destination with 7.09 million trips (74.4% of all trips) with Spain being the most popular destination overall (1.989 million trips) followed by France (1.113 million trips).
Trips to Spain in the first quarter of 2022 were 68.3% of the total number of trips taken to Spain in the first three months of 2019.
The total number of trips taken falls with plus or minus 2.3% at a 95% confidence level while trips to various regions of the world fall between plus or minus 3.1% at a similar confidence level.

Antigua and Barbuda received 20,125 stopovers in August 2022, 7.1% more than in August 2021.
According to the Ministry of Tourism and Investment, Antigua and Barbuda saw a 7.1% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in August 2022, growing from 18,792 stopovers received in August 2021 to 20,125 stopovers this August.
The 20,125 stopovers received In August 2022 were 14.0% more than the 17,653 stopovers Antigua received in August 2019.
Antigua and Barbuda received 10,013 stopover visitors from the USA in August 2022 which  comprised 49.8% of all stopovers received in August. Antigua also received 5,155 stopover visitors from the U.K. in August, 25.6% of all stopovers received during that month.
Through the first eight months of 2022, Antigua and Barbuda saw a 75.5% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 99,301 stopovers in the first eight months of 2021 to 174,224 stopovers in the same eight months of 2022.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 21.8%, from 70,958 stopovers in the first eight months of 2021 to 86,398 stopovers in the same eight months of 2022 while the number of stopover visitors from the U.K. increased from 19,735 in the first eight months of 2021 to 54,524 stopovers in the same eight months of 2022.
The number of stopovers received in the first eight months of 2022 was 86.2% of the 202,104 stopovers received in the same eight months of 2019.
Antigua and Barbuda received 192,732 cruise visitors in the first eight months of 2022, 40% of the 481,818 cruise visitors received in the same eight months of 2019. The destination also received 8,330 visitors who arrived by yacht, 58.1% of the 14,337 visitors who arrived by yacht in the first eight months of 2019.

The Maldives reports it received 131,862 stopover visitor arrivals in August 2022, 1.3% fewer than the 133,561 received in July.
The Maldives Government’s Ministry of Tourism recently announced that The Maldives received 131,862 stopover visitors in August 2022, down 1.3% from the 133,561 stopovers received in July 2022.
The Maldives received 143,599 stopover visitors in August 2021.
The 131,862 stopovers received in August 2022 were 5.4% fewer than the 139,338 stopovers received in August 2019.
In August 2022 Russia was the number one source market and generated 21,792 stopovers (16.5% share of the overall total) while India was number two with 16,374 stopovers (12.4% share). The United Kingdom was number three with 12,955 stopovers.
The Maldives saw the overall number of operating accommodation establishments grow by 38.1% from 848 in August 2021 to 1,171 establishments in August 2022.
The number of beds in operation grew by 15.5% from 50,402 in August 2021 to 58,233 in August 2022.
During August 2022 overall average room occupancy fell by 5.4 percentage points from 64.9% in August 2021 to 59.5% for August 2022.
Of the 1,171 establishments in operation 164 were resorts which offered 40,053 beds. These resorts achieved a 72.7% average room occupancy during August 2022 up from 70.9% for August 2021.
The Maldives saw a 42.7% increase in total arrivals in the first eight months of 2022, growing from 755,966 stopovers in the first eight months of 2021 to 1,078,634 stopovers in the same eight months of 2022 with India (153,207 visitors) and the United Kingdom (122,944 visitors) being the two largest source markets in these eight months.
The 1,078,634 visitors received in the first eight months of 2022 was 95.1% of the 1,134,071 visitors received in the first eight months of 2019.
The Maldives saw the overall number of operating accommodation establishments grow by 48.3% from an average of 717 in the first eight months of 2021 to an average of 1,063 establishments in the same eight months of 2022.
The number of beds in operation grew by 18.4% from 47,418 in the first eight months of 2021 to 56,144 in the same eight months of this year.
Through the end of August 2022 overall average room occupancy had grown by 7.9 percentage points from 52.7% in 2021 to 60.6% for the first eight months of this year.
Of the 1,063 establishments in operation 164 were resorts which offered 39,369 beds. These resorts achieved a 72.8% average room occupancy through the first eight months of 2022 up from 60.5% for the first eight months of 2021. Through the first eight months of 2021 there was an average of 152 resorts in operation offering 35,715 beds. 
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Abu Dhabi’s hotels report 67.0% average room occupancy in August 2022.
According to the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, hotel room occupancy grew to 67.0% in August 2022 up four percentage points from the 63.0% achieved in July 2022.
ADR decreased by 2.9% however, falling from US$75.48 in July to US$73.30 in August, while revpar grew by 2.3%, from US$47.68 in July 2022 to US$48.77 in August of this year.
The hotel sector posted an average room occupancy of 73.0% in August 2021.
Abu Dhabi received a total of 363,000 hotel guests in August 2022 of which 122,000 came from the United Arab Emirates, 39,000 guests came from India and 22,000 from The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
For the first eight months of 2022 Abu Dhabi’s hotel room occupancy increased by one percentage point from 68.0% in 2021 to 69.0% in the first eight months of 2022. ADR increased by 16.1% from US$74.66 in 2021 to US$86.65 in 2022 while revpar grew by 18.4%, from US$50.41 in the first eight months of 2021 to US$59.67 in the first eight months of this year.
By comparison with the first eight months of 2019, average room occupancy fell from 70.5% in 2019 to 69.0% in 2022. ADR fell by 8.2% from US$94.38 in the first eight months of 2019 to US$86.65 in the same eight months of 2022, while RevPar fell by 12.2%, from US$67.98 in 2019 to US$59.67 in the same eight months of 2022.
Abu Dhabi received a total of 2,600,000 hotel guests in the first eight months of 2022, up 25.1% from the 2,079,000 received in the same eight months of 2021 but this total was just 76.5% of the 3,404,000 guests received in the first eight months of 2019.
The number one source market of hotel guests in the first eight months of 2022 was the UAE with 771,000 guests, 29.7% of the overall total. The number two market was India with 299,000 guests followed by The Philippines with 112,000 guests.
The number of guests from the UAE in 2022 was 23.0% fewer than the 1,001,000 received in the first eight months of 2019 although the number of guests from India grew by 4.9% from the 285,100 received in 2019 to 299,000 in 2022. 

​Hawaii’s hotels report a 4.4 percentage point decrease in average room occupancy in August 2022 compared with July 2022, falling from 81.5% to 77.1%
According to the Hawai‘i Hotel Performance Report published by the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority (HTA), statewide hotel room occupancy declined by 4.4 percentage points from 81.5% in July 2022 to 77.1% in August of this year. ADR fell by 7.4% from $413.57 in July to $382.93 in August, while revpar fell by 12.4%, from $337.01 in July 2022 to $295.26 in August of this year.
The hotel sector posted an average room occupancy of 73.3% in August 2021.
Hawai‘i hotel room revenues statewide declined by 12.4%, falling from $581.4 million in July 2022 to $509.4 million in August 2022. Room demand decreased by 5.4%, falling from 1,405,900 room nights in July 2022 to 1,330,300 room nights in August 2022 while room supply remained unchanged at 1,725,300 available room nights.
For the first eight months of 2022 statewide hotel room occupancy increased by 18.7 percentage points from 55.9% in 2021 to 74.6% in the first eight months of 2022. ADR increased by 16.9% from $319.94 in 2021 to $373.99 in 2022 while revpar grew by 55.9%, from $178.84 in the first eight months of 2021 to $278.86 in the first eight months of this year.
By comparison with the first eight months of 2019, average room occupancy fell from 81.5% in 2019 to 74.6% in 2022. ADR however improved by 31.4% from $284.56 in the first eight months of 2019 to $373.99 in the same eight months of 2022, while RevPar grew by 20.2%, from $232.01 in 2019 to $278.86 in the same eight months of 2022.
In the first eight months of 2022, Hawai‘i hotel room revenues statewide increased by 63.8% from $2.30 billion in 2021 to $3.77 billion in the first eight months of this year. Total rooms revenues for the first eight months of 2022 were 23.6% higher than for the same eight months of 2019.
Room demand increased by 40.1%, from 7,189,800 room nights in 2021 to 10,072,100 in the same eight months of 2022. Room supply grew by 5.0% to 13,508,000 available room nights also in the first eight months.
Room demand in 2022 was 6.0% lower than for the same eight months of 2019 while room supply was 2.8% higher.
The Hawai‘i Hotel Performance Report is produced using hotel survey data compiled by STR, Inc., the largest survey of its kind in Hawai‘i. The survey generally excludes properties with under 20 lodging units, such as small bed and breakfasts, youth hostels, single-family vacation rentals, cottages, individually rented vacation condominiums and sold timeshare units no longer available for hotel use. The data has been weighted both geographically and by class of property to compensate for any over and/or under representation of hotel survey participants by location and type.
For August, the survey included 153 properties representing 46,417 rooms, or 83.4 percent of all lodging properties with 20 rooms or more in the Hawaiian Islands, including full service, limited service, and condominium hotels. The August survey included 76 properties on O‘ahu representing 28,071 rooms (91.6%); 42 properties in the County of Maui, representing 9,999 rooms (74.8%); 16 properties on the island of Hawai‘i, representing 4,889 rooms (69.5%); and 19 properties on Kaua‘i, representing 3,458 rooms (75.0%).
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Cuba announces it received 136,565 international stopover visitors in August 2022,  10.4% fewer than the 152,480 received in July.
The Cuban Government’s Office of National Statistics and Information (ONEI) recently announced that total international tourist arrivals decreased by 10.4% in August 2022, falling from 152,480 international stopover arrivals in July 2022 to 136,565 arrivals in August 2022. This number includes both stopover visitors and cruise visitors.
Cuba closed its borders to international tourist arrivals on March 20th 2020 re-opening in November 2021 and consequently received just 22,425 international stopovers in August 2021.
The 136,565 stopovers received in August 2022 were 50.7% of the 269,310 international visitors received in August 2019.
Cuba received 39,514 stopovers from Canada in August 2022, 28.9% of all stopovers received for the month. The number of stopovers from Russia fell from 16,437 in the month of February 2022 to just 447 this August.
In the first eight months of 2022 Cuba saw a 493.3% increase in total international arrivals, growing from 163,724 arrivals in 2021 to 971,456 stopovers this year. The 971,456 arrivals were 31.1% of the 3,126,071 international visitors received in the first eight months of 2019.
Total tourist arrivals from Canada grew from 7,366 stopovers in the first eight months of 2021, to 298,410 in the same eight months of 2022 and was the number one source market with a 30.7% share. Stopovers from Russia fell from 103,022 in the first eight months of 2021 to 38,488 in the same eight months of 2022. Cubans living abroad accounted for 212,485 of all international visitors arriving in the first eight months of 2022, up from 16,518 in the same eight months of 2021.

​Cancun saw its hotels achieve an average hotel room occupancy of 76.7% in August 2022, a decrease of 7.3 percentage points from the 84.0% reported for July.
Sedetur, the Department of Tourism of the state of Quintana Roo, recently released the hotel occupancy numbers for the hotels in Cancun/Puerto Morelos and Riviera Augusta for August 2022.
In August, the hotels in Cancun/Puerto Morelos saw a 7.3 percentage point decrease in average hotel room occupancy from 84.0% in July 2022 to 76.7% in August 2022. Cancun’s hotels reported an average hotel room occupancy of 57.7% in August 2021.
The 76.7% average room occupancy for August 2022 was 3.9 percentage points higher than the 72.8% achieved in August 2019.
The hotels in Riviera Augusta saw a 4.1 percentage point decrease in average hotel room occupancy falling from 80.8% in July 2022 to 76.7% in August 2022. The hotels in Riviera Augusta averaged a 58.4% room occupancy in August 2021. The same hotels reported an average hotel room occupancy of 75.1% in August 2019.
Through the first eight months of 2022 the hotels in Cancun/Puerto Morelos achieved a 76.6% average room occupancy, up 25.3 percentage points from the 51.3% achieved in the same eight months of 2021. The hotels achieved an average occupancy of 79.3% in the first eight months of 2019.
For the first eight months of 2022 the hotels in Riviera Augusta achieved an average room occupancy of 76.5%, up 30.6 percentage points from the 45.9% achieved in the same eight months of 2021. The hotels achieved an average occupancy of 81.4% in the first eight months of 2019.
As of August 2022, Riviera Augusta/Tulum has 446 hotels offering 52,511 hotel rooms while the Cancun/Puerto Morelos area has 268 hotels offering 47,471 hotel rooms. 
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The Aruba Airport Authority reports it handled 116,409 departing passengers in August 2022, 5.7% fewer than the 123,413 departing passengers handled in July.
The Aruba Airport Authority (AAA) reports that in August 2022 116,409 Revenue Generating Passengers (RGPs) departed Queen Beatrix International Airport (AUA Airport) to its various markets. This was 5.7% fewer than the 123,413 RGPs who departed in July 2022.
A revenue generating passenger is an outbound traveler leaving Aruba and includes tourists returning to their homes as well as Arubans departing for trips overseas.
The airport handled 99,093 RGPs in August 2021.
The airport also handled 10,237 passengers in transit in August 2022 as well as seven transferring passengers.
In August 2022 88,484 passengers (pax) travelled to the USA, 1,585 pax to Canada, 10,144 pax to Europe, 10,970 pax to Latin America and 5,226 pax to the Dutch Caribbean.
The airlines provided 142,763 outbound seats in August 2022, 1.8% more than the 140,243 seats provided in August 2019.
Airlines flying to the USA in August experienced an average load factor of 95.2%, 97.0% to Canada, while flights to Europe averaged a 90.9% load factor. The overall average load factor for all flights for August was 89.4%.
In the first eight months of 2022 the airport handled a total of 816,965 RGPs, up 46.6% compared with the 557,354 handled in the first eight months of 2021. Traffic to the USA increased by 33.0%, from 470,930 RGPs in the first eight months of 2021 to 626,461 in the same eight months of 2022. Traffic to Canada grew from 901 RGPs in 2021 to 15,065 RGPs, while traffic to Europe increased by 66.1%, from 39,185 RGPS in the first eight months of 2021 to 65,097 RGPs this year.
Seat capacity increased by 27.2% through the first eight months of 2022 from 858,496 available seats in the first eight months of 2021 to 1,091,937 seats in the same eight months of 2022. The 1,091,937 seats available in 2022 were 91.8% of the 1,188,950 seats available in the first eight months of 2019.
The overall average load factor of outbound flights grew from 69.9% in the first eight months of 2021 to 82.8% in the same eight months of 2022. The average load factor of flights to the USA grew from 70.6% in the first eight months of 2021 to 83.9% in the same eight months of 2022.
On September 17th 2022, the airport issued a revised forecast for the number of available seats for CY 2022 and projects a total of 1,584,938 available seats for CY 2022, 6.8% fewer than the 1,701,062 seats provided in 2019. They forecast that the airport will handle 1,070,562 seats to the USA, 0.5% more than the 1,065,147 seats handled from the USA in 2019.
The AAA also forecast that the airport will handle a total of 1,209,502 RGPs in CY 2022 and 1,358,589 RGPs in CY 2023. The 2022 total is 95.5% of the 1,265,965 RGPs handled in CY 2019 and the 2023 projected total is 12.3% higher than the total for 2022 and 7.3% higher than the 2019 total.
The AAA stated that these projections are preliminary and subject to change.
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Trinidad and Tobago received 21,429 stopover visitors in August 2022, 12.9% fewer than the 24,612 stopover visitors received in July.
According to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago’s Central Statistical Office Trinidad and Tobago received 21,429 stopover visitors in August 2022, a decrease of 12.9% compared with the 24,612 stopovers received in July 2022.
Trinidad received 20,513 stopover visitors in August 2022 with Tobago receiving 916.
Trinidad and Tobago received a total of 3,689 stopover visitors in August 2021. The country reopened its borders to visitors as of July 17th 2021.
The 21,429 stopover visitors received in August 2022 were 64.8% of the 33,083 stopover visitors received in August 2019.
Trinidad and Tobago received 10,312 stopover arrivals from the USA in August 2022, 2,995 from Europe, 2,253 from Canada and 5,869 from the rest of the world.
In the first eight months of 2022 Trinidad and Tobago saw the number of stopovers increase from 8,102 in the first eight months of 2021 to 136,129 in the first eight months of 2022.
The 136,129 visitors received in 2022 were 50.9% of the 267,656 received in the first eight months of 2019.
Stopovers from the USA grew from 4,074 in the first eight months of 2021 to 68,936 in the same eight months of 2022. Stopovers from Canada increased from 735 stopovers in the first eight months of 2021, to 15,191 in the same eight months of 2022 while stopovers from Europe grew from 1,303 in 2021 to 18,827 in the same eight months of 2022.
Trinidad received 130,756 stopovers in the first eight months of 2022, 96.1% of the overall total, with Tobago receiving 5,373 stopovers.

U.S. citizens’ outbound travel from the USA to international destinations increased by 26.7% in June 2022 compared to May.
The United States Government’s Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration’s National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) recently released the figures for U.S. citizens outbound travel from the USA to international destinations for June 2022.

• The overall number of trips taken by US citizens to international destinations increased by 26.7% in June 2022, growing from 6,853,148 trips in May 2022 to 8,680,304 trips in June 2022.
• The number of trips taken to the Caribbean increased by 21.3%, growing from 787,895 trips in May 2022 to 955,953 trips in June 2022.
• Given that many countries had restrictions in place in June 2021, limiting international arrivals, 764,838 US citizens visited Caribbean countries in June of 2021.
• The 955,953 trips taken to the Caribbean in June 2022 were 2.5% fewer than the 980,935 trips taken to the Caribbean in June 2019. The Caribbean’s share of all international trips increased however from 9.4% in June 2019 to 11.0% in June 2022.
• Trips to Europe increased by 35.8% in June, growing from 1,663,664 trips in May 2022 to 2,258,863 trips in June 2022. Trips to Europe were 26.0% of trips taken by US citizens in June 2022. The 2,258,863 trips taken by US citizens to Europe in June 2022 were 87.7% of the 2,574,573 trips taken to Europe in June 2019.
• The number of trips taken to Mexico by air increased by 19.7%, growing from 1,074,409 trips in May 2022 to 1,285,927 trips in June 2022. The 1,285,927 trips were 24.4% more than the 1,033,502 trips taken to Mexico by air by US citizens in June 2019.
• The percentage share of trips taken by air to Mexico increased from 9.9% in June 2019 to 14.8% in June 2022.

Please note the NTTO’s definition of the Caribbean does not include Puerto Rico or the United States Virgin Islands as, for the purposes of the study, they are deemed to be US territories and the focus of the system (APIS) is non-stop air traffic (segmented here for U.S. citizens) to foreign countries.

In the first six months of 2022

• The overall number of trips taken by US citizens to international destinations increased by 89.3% in the first six months of 2022, growing from 18.9 million trips in the first six months of 2021 to 35.7 million trips in the same six months of 2022.
• The 35,726,612 total international trips taken in the first six months of 2022 were 74.8% of the 47,765,856 trips taken in the first six months of 2019.
• The number of trips taken to the Caribbean increased by 70.6% in the first six months of 2022, growing from 2,671,625 trips in 2021, to 4,556,767 trips in the first six months of 2022. The share of trips taken to the Caribbean fell from 14.2% in 2021 to 12.8% in 2022.
• The 4,556,767 trips taken to the Caribbean in the first six months of 2022 were 87.1% of the 5,229,304 trips taken by US residents to the Caribbean in the first six months of 2019.
• Trips to Europe grew from 988,885 trips in the first six months of 2021 to 6,522,955 trips in the same six months of 2022. The 6,522,955 trips taken in 2022 were 72.8% of the 8,960,061 trips taken to Europe in the first six months of 2019.
• The number of trips taken to Mexico by air grew by 51.8%, from 4,312,429 trips in the first six months of 2021 to 6,547,367 in the same six months of 2022. The 6,547,367 trips were 22.0% more than the 5,368,209 trips taken by US citizens by air to Mexico in the first six months of 2019. This segment’s share of all trips fell from 22.8% in the first six months of 2021 to 18.3% in the same six months of 2022 but grew substantially from the 11.2% share seen in the first six months of 2019.

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Dubai received 980,000 international visitors in July 2022, a 3.2% increase in visitors compared with June 2022.
According to the Government of Dubai’s Statistics Center, Dubai saw a 3.2% increase in the number of international visitors in July 2022, growing from 950,000 visitors in June 2022 to 980,000 in July 2022.
Dubai received 330,000 international visitors in July 2021.
The 980,000 visitors received in July 2022 was 19.7% fewer  than the 1,220,000 international visitors received in July 2019.
The number one source market in July was the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with 135,000 visitors, followed by India with 117,000 visitors and Oman with 93,000 visitors.
In the first seven months of 2022 Dubai received 8,100,000 international visitors, 184.2% more than the 2,850,000 visitors received in the first seven months of 2021, and 84.6% of the 9,580,000 visitors received in the first seven months of 2019.
The number one source market in the first seven months of 2022 was India which generated 975,000 visitors, 12.0% of the overall total, followed by Oman which generated 880,000 visitors, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which generated 678,000 visitors.
As of July 2022, Dubai had 583 hotels offering 115,327 hotel rooms and 191 apartment hotels offering 25,673 units. The hotel sector achieved an average room occupancy of 72.0% in the first seven months of 2022 with an ADR of US$146.59 and a RevPar of US$105.18. The apartment sector achieved an average occupancy of 77.0%.
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Punta Cana received 358,399 tourists in August 2022, 14.3% fewer than the 418,295 tourists who visited in July.
According to the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic, received 358,399 stopovers in August 2022, 14.3% fewer than the 418,295 stopovers received in July 2022 but 38.7% more than the 258,457 stopovers received in August 2019.
Punta Cana received 218,245 visitors in August 2021.
Punta Cana received 145,591 stopover arrivals from the USA in August 2022, 40.6% of all tourist arrivals and 24.0% fewer than the 191,535 stopovers received in July 2022.
Punta Cana saw its traffic from the USA grow by 18.3% in August 2022 from the 123,112 arrivals received from the USA in August 2021  Traffic from Canada increased from 11,076 arrivals in August 2021 to 37,654 arrivals in August 2022. Traffic from Russia collapsed from 17,104 arrivals in the month of February 2022 to just 86 arrivals in August 2022.
Also, in August traffic from France grew from 13,144 stopovers in August 2021 to 15,527 in August this year while traffic from Germany grew from 5,859 arrivals in August 2021 to 10,663 in August 2022. Arrivals from the UK grew from 119 in August 2021 to 18,692 in August 2022. Colombia generated 19,217 stopovers in August 2022 while Argentina generated 13,984.
In August 2022, stopover arrivals to Punta Cana made up 57.6% of all non-resident arrivals to the Dominican Republic compared with 45.8% in August 2021.
Hotels in Punta Cana achieved an average room occupancy of 82.2% in August 2022 compared to 71.4% in August 2019.
During the first eight months of 2022 Punta Cana saw a 138.0% increase in the volume of stopover arrivals, growing from 1,192,238 arrivals in the first eight months of 2021 to 2,837,931 non-resident arrivals in the first eight months of 2022. The total for 2022 was 6.7% more than the 2,659,487 stopovers received in the first eight months of 2019.
Arrivals from the USA increased by 52.3% in the first eight months of 2022, growing from 790,876 arrivals in the first eight months of 2021 to 1,204,537 arrivals in the same eight months of 2022. Traffic from Canada grew from 20,603 arrivals in the first eight months of 2021 to 358,038 arrivals in the first eight months of 2021. Traffic also increased from the UK, growing from 1,060 arrivals in the first eight months of 2021 to 128,761 stopovers in the same eight months of 2022.
Traffic increased by 167.1% from Colombia, was up 302.1% from Germany, up 124.6% from Spain and up 311.5% from France.
Hotels in Punta Cana achieved an average room occupancy of 79.0% in the first eight months of 2022 compared with 82.1% in the first eight months of 2019.
In the first eight months of 2022, stopover arrivals to Punta Cana made up 57.9% of all non-resident arrivals to the Dominican Republic compared with 40.6% in the same eight months of 2021.

The Dominican Republic received 621,953 tourists in August 2022, 15.4% fewer than the 735,064 tourists who visited in July.
According to the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic, received 621,953 stopovers in August 2022, 15.4% fewer than the 735,064 stopovers received in July 2022 but 25.0% more than the 497,390 stopovers received in August 2019.
The Dominican Republic received 476,575 stopover visitors in August 2021.
The Dominican Republic received 232,279 stopover arrivals from the USA in August 2022, 41.5% of all tourist arrivals and 4.9% more than the 305,062 stopovers received in July 2022. The Dominican Republic received 213,134 arrivals from the USA in August 2021.
Traffic from Canada grew from 11,551 arrivals in August 2021 to 45,672 arrivals in August 2022.
As well, traffic from France grew from 15,853 stopovers in August 2021 to 17,496 in August this year while traffic from Germany grew from 7,489 arrivals in August 2021 to 13,237 in August 2022. Arrivals from the UK grew from 381 in August 2021 to 19,399 in August 2022. Colombia generated 23,592 stopovers in August 2022 while Argentina generated 15,827.
Hotels in the Dominican Republic achieved an average room occupancy of 76.4% in August 2022 compared to 65.5% in August 2019.
In August 2022 19.2% of all non-resident tourists arriving in the Dominican Republic were non-resident Dominicans returning home, down from 24.9% of all arrivals in August 2021.
In the first eight months of 2022 the Dominican Republic saw a 66.9% increase in the volume of stopover arrivals, growing from 2,938,205 arrivals in the first eight months of 2021 to 4,904,162 non-resident arrivals in the same eight months of 2022.
Non-resident arrivals from the USA increased by 32.5% in the first eight months of 2022, growing from 1,417,903 arrivals in 2021 to 1,878,178 arrivals from the USA in the first eight months of 2022. Stopover arrivals from Canada grew from 24,718 in the first eight months of 2021 to 430,423 in the same eight months of 2022.
The 4,904,431 stopovers received in the first eight months of 2022 were 5.2% more than the 4,664,036 stopovers received in the first eight months of 2019.
Hotels in the Dominican Republic achieved an average room occupancy of 72.9% in the first eight months of 2022 compared with 77.3% in the first eight months of 2019.
In the first eight months of 2022 18.3% of all non-resident tourists arriving in the Dominican Republic were non-resident Dominicans returning home, down from 29.6% in the same eight months of 2021.
 
Airbnb has ideas about how governments can improve remote work
In a new white paper, the home-rental platform suggests improving the visa process, encouraging visitor support of the local economy, and streamlining tax compliance.
By Jessica Bursztynsky | Fast Company | September 15th 2022
Airbnb is proposing a number of policy changes that governments and cities could adapt to improve remote work across the globe.
The home-rental platform released a white paper Thursday morning outlining steps that locations and lawmakers can take “to leverage the rise of remote work for their communities.” Recommendations include improving the visa process, encouraging visitor support of the local economy, and streamlining tax compliance.
“We don’t want to come in acting like we have the answers at this point. No one’s an expert and we want to be humble about our role, but I do think we’re well suited to be the platform for information-sharing across the world since we have such a large footprint,” Nathan Blecharczyk, Airbnb cofounder and chief strategy officer, tells Fast Company. “This stuff is not necessarily straightforward, especially at the international level,” he adds, pointing to the visa process and tax codes.
Airbnb has internally been supportive of remote work. In April, the company announced a new policy that allows employees to live and work from anywhere. That includes the ability to work from 170 countries for up to 90 days per year in each location.
Broadly speaking, the rise of remote work has been a boon to Airbnb. The company says long-term stays, which it defines as 28 days or more, are its fastest-growing category by trip length.
Workers in a new country are likely to take long weekends or short trips to explore the area, where they could use Airbnb to book additional lodging and experiences, Blecharczyk says. They could also use the platform to visit a country ahead of time before moving for remote work.
But the proposal also benefits the locations and economies that people are visiting, Airbnb emphasizes. In the white paper, the company points to a 2021 report from the Economic Innovation Group, which found that a remote worker incentive program in Tulsa, Oklahoma, generated nearly $20 million in additional local GDP and about $1.6 million in state and local tax revenue in 2021. It adds that every dollar spent on the incentive program resulted in $2.38 in new labor income locally.
Separate from the Airbnb report, a Pew Research Center study published in February found that 60% of workers with remote-friendly jobs would prefer to work remotely all or most of the time following the pandemic.
After reviewing the processes of more than three dozen countries that implement some sort of digital nomad-friendly visa system, Airbnb suggests that governments adopt remote worker visa programs, streamline and simplify the application process, and offer remote worker visas for more than one year. Those visas should also be privy to expedited approval (under three weeks) and a discounted rate, Airbnb says, adding that countries ought to limit the requirements for a remote worker applicant.
Tax and financial incentives can also be used to bring in remote workers and reduce the tax burden on the employee and their employer. Airbnb advises that governments not tax foreign sources of income, extend tourist tax exemptions for visitors with a remote work visa who want to book accommodation for their trips, and outline clear rules for what constitutes a permanent establishment.
Other recommended measures include lodging credits, high-speed internet support, discounts, and volunteering opportunities to help integrate the individual in the area.
Airbnb has so far partnered with 20 destinations globally to develop digital remote work hubs, which have both long-term listing options and links to information around entry requirements and tax policies. The hubs, which are rolling out now through the end of the year, include Bali, Dubai, rural France, and Tampa Bay, Florida.
“We’re just all about supporting those who want to get out of their bubble and go somewhere new,” Blecharczyk says.
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Curacao reports it received 42,633 stopover arrivals in August 2022, 11.6% fewer than the 48,246 received in July.
According to the Curaçao Tourist Board, Curaçao saw an 11.6% decrease in stopover visitor arrivals in August, falling from 48,246 stopovers received in July 2022 to 42,633 stopovers received in August 2022.
The 42,633 stopovers received in August 2022 were 9.5% more than the 38,933 stopovers received in August 2019.
Curaçao received 30,853 stopover visitors in August 2021.
Curacao received 18,877 stopover visitors from the Netherlands in August 2022 and 8,927 stopovers from the USA, 44.3% and 20.9% of all stopovers, respectively. The 351 room Sandals Royal Curacao opened June 1st 2022 after having been closed for renovation.
Curacao received eight cruise ship calls with 26,361 cruise visitors in August 2022. The island re-opened to cruise traffic in June 2021 and received 11 calls with 11,850 passengers in August of 2021. The 26,361 cruise visitors were 76.3% of the 34,531 received in August 2019.
In the first eight months of 2022 Curaçao saw a 159.5% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 122,707 visitors in 2021 to 318,432 visitors in the same eight months of this year.
The number of stopovers from the Netherlands increased by 124.5%, growing from 73,445 visitors during the first eight months of 2021, to 164,915 in the same eight months of 2022. The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 160.6% during the first eight months, growing from 21,668 in 2021 to 56,471 in the same eight months of 2022.
The 318,432 stopovers received in the first eight months of 2022 was 1.4% more than the 313,954 stopovers received in the same eight months of 2019. The 164,915 stopovers received from the Netherlands in the first eight months of 2022 was 27.8% more than the 129,045 received from the Netherlands in the first eight months of 2019.
In the first eight months of 2022 Curacao received 174 cruise ship calls which brought 285,794 cruise passengers, 56.8% of the 503,419 cruise visitors brought in the same eight months of 2019.

Aruba received 100,770 stopover visitors in August 2022, 7.6% fewer than the 109,006 stopovers received in July.
According to Aruba Tourism Authority, Aruba received 100,770 stopover arrivals in August 2022, 7.6% fewer than the 109,006 stopovers it received in July 2022 but 4.9% more than the 96,100 stopover visitors received in August 2019.
Compared with 2019, stopover arrivals from the USA increased by 10.3%, growing from 70,990 arrivals in August 2019 to 78,307 arrivals in August 2022. Arrivals from the USA comprised 777.7% of all arrivals in August 2022 up from 73.9% in August 2019.
Arrivals from Canada decreased by 11.3%, falling from 2,879 in August 2019 to 2,555 stopovers in August 2022. Arrivals from the Netherlands decreased by 2.0%, falling from 3,302 in August 2019 to 3,236 in August of this year.
Aruba re-opened its ports to visitors in August 2021 and during August 2022 received 10 cruise ship calls and a total of 32,063 cruise passengers.
The number of visitors staying in hotels in August 2022 declined by 4.9% compared with August 2019, falling from 51,547 visitors in 2019 to 49,031 in August 2022. The share of visitors staying in hotels fell from 53.6% in August 2019 to 46.7% in August 2022.
29,134 visitors used timeshare accommodation in August 2022, 7.7% more than the 27,040 visitors who used such accommodation in August 2019, with the sector’s share growing from 28.1% in August 2019 to 28.9% in August 2022.
Visitors using other accommodation – private homes, condominiums, short term rental accommodation and apartments – increased by 29.1% when comparing August 2019 with August 2022, growing from 17,513 visitors in 2019 to 22,605 in August 2022, with the share growing from 18.2% in 2019 to 22.4% in 2022.
In August 2022, the primary carrier was JetBlue which brought in 31,847 non-resident visitors, 31.6% of all stopover arrivals, while American Airlines brought in 21,523 non-resident visitors, 22.4% of all visitors. United Airlines brought in 13,524 visitors with Delta bringing in 10,564 visitors. These four carriers brought in 76.9% of all visitors in August of this year.
The percentage of visitors 20 years old through 49 years old fell from 49.6% in August 2019 to 49.5% in August 2022. The percentage 60 years old or older grew from 15.0% in August 2019 to 15.2% in August of this year.
In the first eight months of 2022 Aruba saw a 45.6% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 506,795 visitors in the first eight months of 2021 to 738,101 visitors in the first eight months of this year. The number of stopovers from the USA grew by 32.5% during the first eight months, from 444,535 in the first eight months of 2021 to 588,932 in the same eight months of 2022.
The 738,101 stopover visitors received in the first eight months of 2022 was 95.2% of the 775,213 stopovers received in the first eight months of 2019.
The 588,932 stopovers received from the USA in the first eight months of 2022, was 0.5% more than the 586,058 stopovers received from the USA in the first eight months of 2019. The share of stopovers from the USA grew from 75.6% in the first eight months of 2019 to 79.8% in the same eight months of 2022.
The number of visitors staying in hotels in the first eight months of 2022 declined by 16.3% compared with the same eight months of 2019, falling from 402,439 visitors in 2019 to 336,970 in the same eight months of 2022. The share of visitors staying in hotels fell from 51.9% in the first eight months of 2019 to 45.7% in the same eight months of 2022.
In the first eight months of 2022 207,619 visitors used timeshare accommodation, 5.4% more than the 218,900 visitors who used such accommodation in the first eight months of 2019, with the sector’s share growing from 26.8% in 2019 to 29.7% in 2022.
Visitors using other accommodation – private homes, condominiums, short term rental accommodation and apartments – grew by 10.3% when comparing the first eight months of 2019 with the same eight months of 2022, growing from 165,155 visitors in 2019 to 182,231 in 2022, with the share growing from 21.7% in 2019 to 25.0% in 2022.
In the first eight months of 2022 the primary carrier was JetBlue which brought in 222,298 non-resident visitors, 30.1% of all stopover arrivals, while American Airlines brought in 154,797 non-resident visitors, 21.0% of all visitors. United Airlines brought in 104,076 visitors with Delta bringing in 82,130 visitors. These four carriers brought in 76.3% of all visitors in the first eight months of 2022.
The percentage of visitors 20 years old through 49 years old grew from 45.0% in the first eight months of 2019 to 47.5% in the same eight months of 2022. The percentage 60 years old or older fell from 20.2% in 2019 to 18.4% in 2022.
Aruba received 184 cruise ship calls in the first eight months of 2022 with 329,645 cruise passengers compared with the 198 calls cruise ships made in the same eight months of 2019 with 521,017 passengers. The average number of passengers per call fell by 31.9%, from 2,631 visitors  in 2019 to 1,792 visitors in 2022.
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IATA warns Caribbean at risk of pricing itself out of travel market
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) Wednesday warned Caribbean destinations that they are “running the risk of pricing themselves out of the global travel and tourism market where passengers have more choice than ever before.”
IATA Vice President for the Americas,  Peter Cerdá told the Caribbean Aviation Day conference here that the region “needs to remain an attractive tourist destination,” adding that often it is difficult to see the correlation between aviation fees and the service provided.
He told the conference that the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) forecasts a possible annual 6.7 per cent travel and tourism GDP increase between 2022 and 2023 if the right policies are implemented.
Cerdá said that as the world emerges from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the good news is that people want to travel, and this is made very clear by the ongoing recovery.
“Global passenger air traffic has reached 74.6 per cent of pre-crisis levels,” Cerdá told the event, which is being held under the theme “Recover, Reconnect, Revive.”
“A recurring theme is also taxes and charges levied on aviation. Yes, we understand that the provision of adequate infrastructure for aviation comes at a cost, but very often it is difficult to see the correlation between the level of cost and charges and the actual service provided,” Cerdá said.
To illustrate his point, Cerdá said that in some Caribbean destinations, if passengers are not arriving during “regular” local business hours, airlines are being charged significant overtime fees for each passenger to be processed by immigration and customs.
“Aviation is not a 9 to 5 business. Global connectivity is around the clock. This process is simply unacceptable and makes no sense as those very same passengers are the ones staying at local hotels, eating at local restaurants, and fueling local economies, no matter what time they arrive. So why penalize and charge airlines extra who transport these passengers?”  Cerdá said.
“Why not change the mindset and adjust customs staffing levels accordingly and attract more airlines to the market?”
He said that the taxes and fees added to airline tickets substantially increase the cost of air travel to and from the region.
“By way of comparison, at a global level taxes and charges makeup approximately 15 per cent of the ticket price and in the Caribbean the average is double this at approximately 30 per cent of the ticket price,” Cerdá said, adding that in some markets, taxes, fees, and charges makeup half of the total ticket price.
He said that for flights from Barbados to Barbuda, taxes and fees represent 56 per cent of the ticket price, and 42 per cent from the Bahamas to Jamaica, the same as from St. Lucia to Trinidad and Tobago.
To fly from Port of Spain to Barbados, taxes and fees account for 40 per cent of the ticket prices.
“In comparison, Lima, Peru to Cancun, Mexico, another beach destination, taxes and fees only represent 23 per cent,” Cerdá said.
“Today’s passengers have a choice and as the total cost of vacations increasingly becomes a decision-making factor, governments must be prudent and not price themselves out of the market,” he said.
The IATA vice president said that a flight for an eight-day vacation from London to Bridgetown in October is around US$800. However, a flight from London to Dubai for the same time frame is US$600.
“For a family of four, that is an $800 difference just for the flights,” he said, noting that from Miami to Antigua, it costs around US$900 for a round trip ticket for the same dates in October but from Miami to Cancun averages around $310 for a round trip ticket.
“Again, for a family of four, that is a total difference of over $2,000 just for the flights,” Cerda said.
He said that air travel demand is close to reaching pre-pandemic levels “but to support a sustainable aviation sector as an integral part of the tourism value chain we need governments to cooperate amongst themselves and with the industry.”
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Revenue from international tourism in Mexico increased 64.6% compared to 2021
Data show that just over 36.8 million tourists and visitors spent US $16.48 billion here in the first seven months of the year
Mexico News Daily | Monday, September 12, 2022
International tourists and visitors spent almost US $16.5 billion in Mexico between January and July, an increase of nearly 65% compared to the same period of 2021, Tourism Minister Miguel Torruco reported Sunday.
Data from the national statistics agency INEGI show that just over 36.8 million tourists and visitors (day trippers and cruise ship passengers, for example) spent $16.48 billion here in the first seven months of the year.
The monetary figure is 64.6% higher than that for the same period of last year and 8.3% above that for 2019, when the tourism sector hadn’t yet been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Foreigners’ expenditure last month totaled $2.67 billion; a 21% increase compared to July 2021.
In a statement, Torruco also said that just under 21.7 million international tourists came to Mexico between January and July, a 25.5% increase compared to the same period of last year, but a 17.3% decline compared to 2019.
They spent an average of $719 each while in the country, an increase of 32.9% compared to last year. Those who arrived by air – just over 12.5 million people – spent $1,131 on average, a 3.4% increase compared to 2021.
In a Twitter post on Sunday, Torruco highlighted the increase in tourism revenue, declaring that it showed that Mexico is on a “good path.”

AHATA reports Aruba’s hotels achieved an 82.4% average room occupancy in August 2022, up 0.2 percentage points from the 82.2% achieved in July.
The Aruba Hotel and Tourism Association (AHATA) reports that average hotel room occupancy in Aruba’s hotels in August 2022 was 82.4%, 0.2 percentage points higher than the 82.2% achieved in July 2022.
Aruba’s hotels achieved a 71.0% average room occupancy in August 2021.
Average occupancy in August 2022 was 4.5 percentage points lower than the 86.9% average room occupancy achieved in August 2019.
ADR was $289.64 in August 2022, 14.7% higher than in August 2021, and 21.8% higher than in August 2019.
RevPar was $238.52 in August 2022, 33.1% higher than in August 2021 and 15.4% higher than in August 2019.
Through the first eight months of 2022 AHATA reports that Aruba’s hotels achieved an average room occupancy of 74.0% compared with 52.7% for the first eight months of 2021. Again, compared with the first eight months of 2021, ADR grew by 21.1% from $256.00 in 2021 to $310.05 in the first eight months of 2022. RevPar grew by 70.0% from $134.87 in 2021 to $229.31 in the first eight months of 2022.
By comparison with the first eight months of 2019 average room occupancy was 12.3 percentage points lower in 2022, while ADR was 8.6%, higher and revpar was 7.0% lower.
AHATA receives data from a sample of 21 hotels with 5,360 rooms, about 94% of all hotel rooms.
Aruba’s timeshare resorts reported an average occupancy of 86% in August 2022.
AHATA forecasts an average hotel room occupancy of 72% for September, 74% for October, 77% for November and 75% for 2022 overall.

​Grenada International airlift capacity to return to 2019 levels by November
September 9, 2022
The Grenada Tourism Authority has announced that International airlift capacity will return to 2019 levels by November 2022.
It states 2019 was a benchmark year which saw stayover totals hit a peak annual figure of 162,904 visitors arriving by air.
Out of the US gateway, JetBlue Airlines is currently operating a daily nonstop service from New York’s JFK, an increase from a previous five times per week. American Airlines continues with daily service from Miami and a Saturday weekly service from Charlotte.
Virgin Atlantic Airways returns with a twice weekly service from London Heathrow Airport and via Barbados whilst British Airways has recently announced that from October 30, 2022, they will be increasing their London Gatwick service from twice weekly through St Lucia to three times weekly, with the third flight coming through Antigua on Sundays.
Commencing on November 3, the Air Canada twice-weekly direct service from Toronto Pearson International to Maurice Bishop International will resume on Sundays and Thursdays and also in November, leisure carrier Sunwing Airlines will also offer a once-weekly service from Toronto Pearson International Airport.
Condor Airlines restarts in November from Frankfurt, Germany to Grenada nonstop and the return to Germany via Tobago on Sundays starting November 20, 2022.
These new and updated international flights join InterCaribbean Airways which commenced service during the pandemic and now operates twice daily to Grenada from Barbados via St Vincent, Caribbean Airlines which operates four times weekly from Trinidad and once weekly from Barbados and LIAT which operates a twice weekly service from Antigua.
These airlift announcements come on the heels of the recent launch of the twin otter on the Grenada to Carriacou route, which operates twice daily Friday through Tuesday each week. The service allows for seamless same day connectivity with most carriers from Europe, North America and the Caribbean.
Petra Roach, CEO of the Grenada Tourism Authority remarked, “we will continue to strategically build out our airlift capacity and gateways, as connectivity anchors the long-term viability of the tourism industry and is central to our sustainable development as a people.  Our local population has to be able to travel for personal and professional reasons if required or visit family and friends hassle free, so reliable airlift is a top priority.”
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Mauritius reports it received 86,605 stopover visitors in August 2022, 7.9% fewer than the 94,084 stopovers received in July 2022.
The Mauritius Government’s Ministry of Finance and Economic Development recently reported that the country received 86,605 total stopover arrivals in August 2022, 7.9% fewer than the 94,084 stopovers received in July 2022. This number includes both air and sea stopover visitors.
Mauritius received 19,101 visitors from France in August 2022, 22.1% of the overall total for the month, and the number one producing market. The number two source market was the United Kingdom which generated 13,772 visitors, 15.9% of the total for the month. Germany generated 8,397 visitors.
Mauritius closed its borders to all international arrivals as of March 19th, 2020 and reopened its borders to international travel as of October 1st 2021, consequently receiving just 2,499 stopovers in August 2021.
The 86,605 arrivals received in August 2022 were 80.7% of the 107,275 stopovers received in August 2019.
Mauritius saw its stopover arrivals grow from 6,966 in the first eight months of 2021 to 557,245 in the first eight months of this year. The number one source market in the first eight months of 2022 was France with 131,221 stopover visitors followed by the United Kingdom with 83,621 stopovers, and South Africa 56,903 stopovers. These three markets together generated 48.8% of all stopovers in 2022.
Mauritius received 872,805 stopovers through the first eight months of 2019 with the total received during the first eight months of 2022 being 63.8% of this total.
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Seychelles received 29,366 tourist arrivals in August 2022, 5.6% fewer than the 31,124 arrivals received in July.
According to The Seychelles Government’s National Bureau of Statistics, The Seychelles saw a 5.6% decrease in visitor arrivals in August 2022, falling from 31,124 arrivals received in July 2022 to 29,366 arrivals in August 2022. This number includes both air and sea stopover visitors, and transit visitors. Of the 29,366 arrivals, 29,291 were stopover visitors and 75 were transit visitors.
Seychelles received 19,611 tourist arrivals in August 2021.
The 29,366 visitor arrivals received in August 2022 were 87.6% of the 33,536 arrivals received in August 2019.
The number one source market in August 2022 was France which generated 4,647 visitors (15.8% of the total for the month) followed by Germany, with 4,108 visitors (12.6%).
In the first eight months of 2022 Seychelles saw a 140.3% increase in total visitor arrivals, growing from 90,217 arrivals in the first eight months of 2021 to 216,777 arrivals in the first eight months of 2022. The 216,777 stopovers received in the first eight months of 2022 were 86.7% of the 249,963 received in the first eight months of 2019.
The number one source market in the first eight months of 2022 was France which generated 30,278 visitors, 14.0% of all visitor arrivals for those first eight months, followed by Germany, which generated 27,134 visitors, 12.5% of the overall total. Russia generated 18,738 visitors in the same eight months with the bulk of those arrivals coming in January and February.

​IATA reports July Passenger Demand Remains Strong
Geneva - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced passenger data for July 2022 showing that the recovery in air travel continues to be strong.
Note: We have returned to year-on-year traffic comparisons, instead of comparisons with the 2019 period, unless otherwise noted. Owing to the low traffic base in 2021, some markets will show very high year-on-year growth rates, even if the size of these markets is still significantly smaller than they were in 2019.
Total traffic in July 2022 (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) was up 58.8% compared to July 2021. Globally, traffic is now at 74.6% of pre-crisis levels.
Domestic traffic for July 2022 was up 4.1% compared to the year-ago period and is now driving the recovery. Total July 2022 domestic traffic was at 86.9% of the July 2019 level. China saw strong month-to-month improvement compared to June.
International traffic rose 150.6% versus July 2021. July 2022 international RPKs reached 67.9% of July 2019 levels. All markets reported strong growth, led by Asia-Pacific.
“July’s performance continued to be strong, with some markets approaching pre-COVID levels. And that is even with capacity constraints in parts of the world that were unprepared for the speed at which people returned to travel. There is still more ground to recover, but this is an excellent sign as we head into the traditionally slower autumn and winter quarters in the Northern Hemisphere,” said Willie Walsh, IATA’s Director General.
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Saint Lucia received 39,145 stopovers in July 2022, 27.5% more than the 30,694 stopovers received in June.
According to the Saint Lucia Tourism Authority, Saint Lucia saw a 27.5% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in July 2022, growing from 30,694 stopovers in June 2022 to 39,145 stopovers in July 2022.
Saint Lucia received zero cruise visitors in July. Saint Lucia reopened its ports to cruise ships in July 2021. And Saint Lucia received 1,679 visitors in July 2022 who arrived by yacht.
Saint Lucia received 25,440 stopover arrivals in July 2021.
The 39,145 stopovers received in July 2022 were 91.5% of the 42,773 stopovers received in July 2019.
Saint Lucia received 25,632 stopover arrivals from the USA in July 2022, which comprised 65.5% of all stopover arrivals during the month. Saint Lucia also received 6,101 visitors from the United Kingdom in July 2022.
Through the first seven months of 2022, Saint Lucia saw a 133.5% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 89,922 stopovers in the first seven months of 2021 to 209,929 stopovers in the same seven months of 2022.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 58.0%, from 81,632 in the first seven months of 2021 to 128,946 in the same seven months of 2022 while the number of stopover visitors from the U.K. increased from 5,468 in the first seven months of 2021 to 50,415 stopovers in the same seven months of 2022.
The 209,929 stopovers received in 2022 were 80.0% of the 262,381 stopovers received in the first seven months of 2019.
Saint Lucia has received 165,266 cruise visitors in the first seven months of 2022 compared with 484,631 received in the first seven months of 2019 and received 9,804 visitors who arrived by yacht compared with 41,499 in the first seven months of 2019.

Jamaica received 233,269 stopover visitors in June 2022, 14.3% more than the 204,011 stopovers received in May.
According to the Jamaica Tourist Board, Jamaica received 233,269 stopover arrivals in June 2022, 14.3% more than the 204,011 stopovers received in May 2022 and 97.6% of the 238,888 stopovers received in June 2019.
Jamaica received 166,046 stopover arrivals in June 2021.
Stopover arrivals from the USA totaled 187,730 in June 2022, that is 0.5% more than the 186,707 stopovers received from the USA in June 2019. Stopover arrivals from the USA comprised 80.5% of all stopover arrivals received in June 2022.
Jamaica re-opened its ports to cruise ships in August 2021 and received 74,748 cruise passengers during June 2022.
Through the first six months of 2022 Jamaica saw a 119.8% increase in the volume of stopover arrivals, growing from 532,545 stopover arrivals in the first six months of 2021 to 1,170,496 arrivals in the same six months of 2022.
The 1,170,496 stopovers received in the first six months of 2022 were 84.2% of the 1,390,683 stopovers received in the first six months of 2019.
Arrivals from the USA increased by 74.7% in the first six months of 2022, growing from 508,131 arrivals in 2021 to 887,958 arrivals in the same six months of 2022.
The USA’s share of all stopover arrivals fell from 95.4% in the first six months of 2021 to 75.9% in the same six months of 2022.
Jamaica has received 286,657 cruise passengers through June 2022, 68.3% fewer than the 902,972 cruise visitors received in the same six months of 2019.

Middle Eastern tourist arrivals to top pre-Covid levels of 100 million this year
DUBAI, September 7th 2022
The Middle East is set to surpass pre-pandemic levels of more than 100 million tourist arrivals and over $270 billion in revenue contribution in 2022 and is on track to reach the  goal of 160 million tourists in 2030, a report said.
Regional hospitality industry has been at the forefront of hotel performance recovery and is witnessing unprecedented growth, according to market insights released by real estate consultants Knight Frank and analytics and marketplace insights provider for the hospitality industry STR.
The key hospitality investment insights were released ahead of the Future Hospitality Summit (FHS) taking place at Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai from 19-21 September 2022.
“The region is going through a fascinating transformation in the hospitality sector, with over 600,000 hotels rooms in the planning and development stage. This quantum of development, which has not been seen before in the Middle East or even globally, is set to change the shape of the region’s tourism industry in the years to come and will help to further raise the region’s profile as a one of the world’s key hospitality players,” said Turab Saleem, Partner & Head of Hospitality, Tourism & Leisure – Mena at Knight Frank.
The successful management of mega events has proven to be a key driver in the growth in tourism and hospitality, with the UAE welcoming almost 24 million visitors to Expo 2020 Dubai - amid the global pandemic -- boosting international traveler confidence as stated by Knight Frank.
With 65,000 hotel rooms under development in Dubai, tourism contribution is set to reach 15% of GDP by 2030: the highest in the region and among the highest in the world, with an international average of 9%.
The Middle East has been at the forefront of hotel performance recovery throughout the pandemic according to data from STR, and that momentum continues in 2022 and beyond.
Philip Wooller, Senior Director Middle East & Africa at STR said: “Dubai is having a tremendous year with hotel RevPAR for the year-to-date period up to July, 23% higher than 2019. With most destinations in the region rebounding and in many cases surpassing pre pandemic performance levels, investor interest remains high, of which the proof is in the hotel pipeline.
“The success of Expo 2020 in Dubai and a keen interest in Saudi Arabia and the transformative Vision 2030, have boosted investment and fueled the hotel pipeline in the region. With the first mega projects nearing their first phases of completion and new ones being announced, the Kingdom is now firmly among the fastest growing countries globally for hotel development.”
The hospitality market in Qatar is expected to reach $54 billion by 2030, according to Knight Frank. “Hosting the FIFA World Cup is a great opportunity for Qatar to develop its tourism sector to new heights. The country has allocated $45 billion worth of funds for tourism and travel growth by 2030. Presently, there are over 56,000 hotel rooms under development with an estimated value of $7 billion with international brands representing 62% of the inventory in the pipeline,” said Saleem.
Saudi Arabia, which has $110 billion worth of hotel projects planned for completion by 2030 and a total of 310,000 hotel keys under development, has one of the most ambitious tourism targets in the region with the goal of 100 million tourists by 2030.
The pandemic undoubtedly cast uncertainty upon the hospitality landscape with hotel investment impacted over the past few years, but market sentiment has significantly improved and, given the GCC’s aggressive growth plans in tourism and hospitality which are well-supported by its national airlines, the outlook for the sector is bright.
“Hotel performance for the Middle East region is getting close to a full pre-pandemic recovery in 2022 which would be an outstanding outcome,” added Wooller. “Hotel rates are the main driver of RevPAR so far with occupancy also closing in on 2019 levels. Meanwhile, anticipation is high for the upcoming World Cup in Qatar and the effect it will have on both national and regional hotel performance.”
The region’s hospitality investment outlook, hotel performance and tourism plans will be discussed in detail at FHS in Dubai next month, with more than 120 top level speakers and over 40 sessions in a range of different formats including keynote presentations, workshops and panel discussions.
Hosted by Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts and co-organized by The Bench and Meed, FHS unites the investment communities of the Arabian Hotel Investment Conference (AHIC), Global Restaurant Investment Forum (GRIF) and African Hospitality Investment Forum (AHIF) under one roof under the theme Lead the Change. – Trade Arabia News Service.
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​Cancun saw a 10.2% decrease in international air passenger movements in August 2022 compared with July.
According to ASUR, which manages many of Mexico’s airports, Cancun Airport saw a 10.2% decrease in international passenger movements in August 2022, falling from 1,840,238 movements in July 2022 to 1,653,404 movements in August 2022. Domestic passenger movements increased by 3.5%, growing from 1,036,208 passenger movements in July 2022 to 1,072,363 movements in August 2022.
The 1,653,404 international passenger movements were 33.6% more than the 1,237,207 handled in August 2021 and were also 27.0% more than the 1,301,415 passengers handled in August 2019.
And while the 1,072,363 domestic passenger movements were 30.0% more than the 824,710 handled in August 2021 they were also 23.6% more than the 867,640 domestic passengers handled in August 2019.
In the first eight months of 2022, the volume of international air passenger movements increased by 65.7%, growing from 8,129,187 movements in 2021 to 13,467,783 movements in the first eight months of 2022, while the volume of domestic air passenger movements increased by 16.1%, growing from 5,814,426 movements in the first eight months of 2021 to 6,749,418 in the same eight months of 2022.
By comparison with the first eight months of 2019 the volume of international air passenger movements in 2022 was 14.3% more than the 2019 total, growing from 11,781,655 movements in 2019 to 13,467,783 movements in the first eight months of 2022, while the volume of 2022 domestic air passenger movements was 12.5% more than the 2019 total, growing from 6,001,677 movements in the first eight months of 2019 to 6,749,418 in the same eight months of 2022.
In the first eight months of 2022 international passenger movements accounted for 66.6% of all passenger movements, up from 58.3% in 2021, and up slightly from the 66.3% achieved in the first eight months of 2019.

San Juan International Airport handled 819,719 domestic passenger movements in August 2022, 8.2% fewer than the 892,509 handled in July.
According to ASUR, which manages many airports in Mexico, Colombia and which also manages the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico (SJU),   reports that SJU saw an 8.2% decline in domestic passenger traffic in August 2022, that is enplanements and deplanements from flights to and from the continental United States, falling from 892,509 domestic passenger movements in July 2022 to 819,719 domestic passenger movements in August 2022.
San Juan International Airport handled 872,000 domestic passenger movements in August 2021, 6.4% more than in August 2022.
The 818,719 domestic passenger movements handled in August 2022 were 11.8% more than the 733,331 domestic movements handled in August 2019.
International traffic, that is flights to and from airports outside the continental United States, decreased by 24.7%, falling from 114,213 passenger movements in July 2022 to 85,959 passenger movements in August 2022. San Juan International Airport handled 63,781 international passenger movements in August 2021.
The 85,959 international passenger movements seen in August 2022 were 5.2% more than the 81,712 international passenger movements handled in August 2019.
Through the first eight months of 2022 San Juan International Airport saw domestic passenger movements increase by 4.8%, from 6,173,739 in 2021 to 6,467,266 in the first eight months of 2022. International passenger movements increased by 95.3% in the first eight months of 2022, growing from 317,202 passenger movements in 2021 to 619,348 passengers in the first eight months of 2022.
By comparison with the first eight months of 2019 domestic passenger movements were up by 11.5%, while international movements decreased by 11.5%.
In the first eight months of 2022 domestic passenger movements were 91.3% of all passenger movements compared to 80.2% in the first eight months of 2019.
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Los Cabos handled 338,300 international passenger movements in August 2022, 17.6% fewer than the 410,700 handled in July.
According to Aeroportuario del Pacifico, which manages many of Mexico’s airports, Los Cabos Airport saw a 17.6% decline in international passenger traffic in August 2022, that is enplanements and deplanements, falling from 410,700 international passenger movements in July 2022 to 338,300 international passenger movements in August 2022.
Los Cabos handled 311,600 international passenger movements in August 2021.
The 338,300 international passenger movements handled in August 2022 were 29.9% more than the 260,500 international movements handled in August 2019.
Domestic traffic increased by 1.4%, growing from 256,700 passenger movements in July 2022 to 260,200 passenger movements in August 2022. Los Cabos handled 191,400 domestic passenger movements in August 2021.
The 260,200 domestic passenger movements seen in August 2022 were 29.3% more than the 201,300 domestic passenger movements handled in August 2019.
Through the first eight months of 2022 Los Cabos Airport saw international passenger movements increase by 37.4%, from 2,226,600 in 2021 to 3,058,500 in the first eight months of 2022. Domestic passenger movements increased by 30.4% in the first eight months of 2022, growing from 1,274,000 passengers in 2021 to 1,661,200 passengers in the first eight months of 2022.
By comparison with the first eight months of 2019 international passenger movements were up by 17.8%, while domestic movements increased by 27.4%.

Montego Bay Airport handled 405,800 total passenger movements in August 2022, 5.7% fewer than the 430,300 handled in July.
According to Aeroportuario del Pacifico, which manages many of Mexico’s airports and which also manages the airports in Montego Bay and Kingston, Jamaica, saw the total number of passenger movements, that is both enplanements and deplanements, at Montego Bay Airport decline by 5.7% in August 2022, falling from 430,300 total movements in July 2022 to 405,800 movements in August 2022.
The total number of passenger movements in August 2022 was 1.1% more than the 401,500 passengers handled in August 2019.
Montego Bay Airport handled 294,100 passenger movements in August 2021.
Through the first eight months of 2022 Montego Bay Airport saw total passenger movements increase by 86.3%, from 1,569,900 in 2021 to 2,925,100 in the first eight months of 2022. The 2022 total of 2,925,100 movements was 86.9% of the 3,365,200 passenger movements handled in the first eight months of 2019.
Thus far in 2022 international passenger movements made up 100.0% of all passenger movements.

Kingston, Jamaica Airport handled 184,400 total passenger movements in August 2022, an increase of 4.6% compared with July.
According to Aeroportuario del Pacifico, which manages many of Mexico’s airports and which also manages the airports in Montego Bay and Kingston, Jamaica, saw the total number of passenger movements, that is both enplanements and deplanements, at Kingston Jamaica’s Airport increase by 4.6% in August 2022, growing from 176,300 total movements in July 2022 to 184,400 total passenger movements in August 2022. Numbers for August 2019 are not available.
Kingston Airport handled 97,300 passengers in August 2021.
Through the first eight months of 2022 Kingston’s Airport saw total passenger movements grow by 101.3%, from 492,900 in 2021 to 992,100 in the first eight months of 2022.
Thus far, in 2022, international passenger movements made up 100.0% of all passenger movements.
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Mexico received 1,925,283 international air arrivals in July 2022, up 5.9% compared with June.
According to the Government of Mexico’s SECTUR (Department of Tourism) Mexico received 1,925,283 international air arrivals in July 2022, up 5.9% compared with the 1,818,342 arrivals received in June 2022.
Mexico received 1,553,713 international visitors in July 2021.
The 1,925,283 international air arrivals received in July 2022 were 15.3% more than the 1,669,953 international air visitors received in July 2019.
Mexico received 1,308,590 air visitors from the USA in July 2022, 68.0% of the total. Canada was the second biggest market (85,995 visitors) with Colombia third largest (74,344 visitors).
Cancun Airport received 890,831 international air visitor arrivals in July 2022, 46.3% of the overall total. Los Cabos received 198,653 international air arrivals with Puerto Vallarta receiving 128,086  international air visitors.
In the first seven months of 2022 the volume of international air arrivals to Mexico increased by 70.2%, from 7,163,956 arrivals in 2021 to 12,191,287 arrivals in the same seven months of 2022. The 12,191,287 arrivals received in the first seven months of 2022 were 3.4% higher than the 11,789,246 international arrivals received in the first seven months of 2019.
The volume of air arrivals from the USA increased by 40.9% in the first seven months of 2022, from 5,653,783 air arrivals in 2021 to 7,968,247 air arrivals in the first seven months of 2022 while the volume from Canada grew from 72,857 in 2021 to 945,575 in the first seven months of 2022.
Cancun Airport saw a 72.0% increase in international air arrivals in the first seven months of 2022, growing from 3,322,191 arrivals in 2021 to 5,714,249 arrivals in the first seven months of 2022 while Los Cabos saw a 42.0% increase growing from 931,874 international air arrivals in 2021 to 1,323,313 air arrivals in the first seven months of 2022. Puerto Vallarta saw an 89.9% increase, growing from 544,282 international arrivals in 2021 to 1,033,796 international arrivals in the same seven months of 2022.
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September Is Expected To Stay Busy In Cabo And Hotel Prices Will Remain High
Cabo Sun | September 1, 2022
Even though the summer is effectively over Cabo hotels don’t anticipate that September will be completely an off month for them. The Los Cabos Hotels Association announced that their facilities featured a 64% occupancy rate on average throughout the month of August. That rate is 3% higher than the occupancy levels that Cabo hotels saw in the same month throughout 2019. While there is expected to be a significant drop in occupancy rates in September, the typically “worst month of the year”, for Cabo hotels may not be so bad this year. That could hurt tourists who are looking for discount rates to travel to the region. 
Hotel Rates In Los Cabos Are Set To Remain The Most Expensive In Mexico    
The president of the Hotels’ Association of Los Cabos, Lilzi Orcí Fregoso, revealed that nightly rates at Cabo hotels are the most expensive in the country. Even though September is typically the worst month of the year for Cabo hotels the average nightly rate in the region is set to remain at over 400 dollars. Lilzi Fregoso had this to say about Los Cabos’ post COVID recovery, 
“We’re closing up August with an unofficial occupancy rate of 64%, this would surpass the tendency that we saw in 2019 by 3%. The tendency to grow by 3% each year was a number that we were seeing before the pandemic. The rates are better than expected at over 400 dollars a night.”   
There Will Still Be Considerably Fewer People In Los Cabos Throughout September 
Although the rates for hotels may stay consistent at over 400 dollars a night, one of the advantages that tourists who come to the region during this month will have, is that Cabo is set to be considerably less crowded. Hotel occupancy rates are set to drop to around 45%. There are at least a couple of factors that make September a bad month, one of them being the fact that it comes right after the summer boom.
At the same time it’s still typically about a month before whales start to arrive in the region. These two factors tend to discourage people from visiting Cabo in September. However, the Los Cabos Hotels’ Association thinks business will be just fine through September. Lilzi Fregoso mentioned, 
“September is historically the worst month in Los Cabos in terms of hotel occupancy for a variety of reasons. We are expecting to remain at 45% occupancy, which is typical of the season. Being at a 45% occupancy rate is very “healthy”, business will manage to stay afloat. It’s also an important part of the year because it allows businesses to provide maintenance to facilities and train staff for busier seasons.”   
The Amount of Money Tourists Spend In Cabo On Average Could Continue To Rise
It’s not only nightly rates that are seemingly expensive in Cabo, by Mexico standards at least. The average amount of money spent by tourists on a Cabo vacation could continue to climb, particularly as we move into the last quarter of the year, which is typically a very good quarter for Cabo tourism. Average nightly rates at Cabo resorts could very well hit over 450 dollars in the next few months and heading into 2023. 
 
Orlando’s Airports saw a 34.8% increase in international deplanements in July 2022.
Orlando, Florida is served by two primary airports, Orlando International (MCO) and Sanford International Airport (SFB).
In July 2022, the two airports combined saw an increase of 34.8% in international deplanements, growing from 234,447 deplanements from international airports in June 2022 to 315,956 international deplanements in July 2022. Orlando International handled 99.1% of all international deplanements.
International deplanements made up 13.0% of total deplanements in July 2022.
The two airports combined saw a 4.3% increase in domestic deplanements, that is from airports within the USA, growing from 2,023,900 domestic deplanements in June 2022 to 2,112,070 in July 2022.
In the first seven months of 2022, the two airports combined saw an increase of 283.1% in international deplanements, growing from 400,023 deplanements from international airports in the first seven months of 2021 to 1,532,340 international deplanements in the first seven months of 2022. The 1,532,340 international deplanements were 67.6% of the 2,266,635 international deplanements received in the first seven months of 2019.
The two airports combined saw a 22.0% increase in domestic deplanements, that is from airports within the USA, growing from 11,408,166 domestic deplanements in the first seven months of 2021 to 13,914,804 in the same seven months of 2022. Domestic deplanements handled in 2022 were 99.9% of the 13,924,708 domestic deplanements handled in the first seven months of 2019.
The two airports combined saw a 30.8% increase in total deplanements, growing from 11,808,189 deplanements in the first seven months of 2021 to 15,447,144 in the first seven months of 2022.
Total deplanements in the first seven months of 2022 were 95.4% of the 16,191,343 deplanements handled in the first seven months of 2019.

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Las Vegas received 3,491,600 visitors in July 2022, 5.0% more than the 3,324,800 received in June 2022.
According to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, Las Vegas saw the volume of visitors increase by 5.0% in July 2022, growing from 3,324,800 arrivals in June 2022 to 3,491,600 in July of 2022.
Las Vegas received 3,302,400 visitors in July 2021.
The 3,491,600 arrivals received in July 2022 were 94.7% of the 3,685,900 arrivals received in July 2019.
Las Vegas had a weighted average of 151,352 open hotel rooms in July 2022 (up 0.8% compared with July 2021) and achieved an average city-wide room occupancy of 83.4% (79.4% in July 2021), an ADR of $160.43 and a RevPar of $133.80.
Gaming revenue increased by 1.3% in July 2022, growing from $1.109 billion in June 2022 to $1.123 billion in July 2022. Gaming revenue in July 2022 was 30.4% higher than the $861.4 million in gaming revenue generated in July 2019.
Through the first seven months of 2022 Las Vegas saw a 31.5% increase in the volume of visitors, growing from 16,789,700 arrivals in the first seven months of 2021 to 22,071,600 visitors in the same seven months of 2022. The total number of visitors for the first seven months of 2022 was 88.9% of the 24,825,500 received in the same seven months of 2019.
Las Vegas achieved an average city-wide room occupancy of 77.5% in the first seven months of 2022 (up 17.1 percentage points compared with the first seven months of 2021), an ADR of $162.26 (up 34.8% compared with the same seven months of 2021) and a RevPar of $125.75, up 72.9%, also compared with the same seven months of 2021.
Gaming revenue increased by 18.5% in the first seven months of 2022, from $6.227 billion in 2021 to $7.378 billion in the same seven months of 2022. Gaming revenue in the first seven months of 2022 was 22.0% higher than the $6.049 billion in gaming revenue generated in the first seven months of 2019.

The United States Virgin Islands received 90,713 air arrivals in July 2022, 11.9% more than the 81,035 air visitors received in June.
According to numbers published by the USVI Bureau of Economic Research, the USVI saw the volume of air arrivals increase by 11.9% in July 2022, growing from 81,035 air arrivals in June 2022 to 90,713 air arrivals in July of this year.
However, the 91,713 air arrivals received in July 2022 was 6.6% fewer than the 97,089 air visitors received in July 2021.
The 90,713 air arrivals received in July 2022 were 47.3% more than the 61,579 received in July 2019.
The USVI also received 79,957 cruise visitors from 18 cruise ship calls up substantially from 4,374 cruise visitors received in July 2021 when the USVI re-opened its cruise ports to cruise ship calls. The 79,597 cruise visitors received in July 2022 were 88.4% of the 90,421 cruise visitors received in July 2019.
Through the first seven months of 2022 the USVI saw the volume of air arrivals increase by 4.9%, from 522,663 air arrivals in the first seven months of 2021 to 548,092 air arrivals in the first seven months of 2022.
The 548,092 arrivals received in the first seven months of 2022 were 31.6% higher than the 416,552 air arrivals received in the first seven months of 2019.
The USVI also received 516,903 cruise visitors in the first seven months of 2022, 60.7% of the 852,254 cruise visitors received in the first seven months of 2019.
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Hawaii reports the state received 919,154 out-of-state tourists in July 2022, 9.2% more than the 841,809 received in June.
According to the Hawaii Tourism Authority, Hawaii saw the volume of air arrivals increase by 9.2% in July 2022, growing from 841,809 air arrivals received in June 2022 to 919,154 arrivals in July 2022.
And, according to preliminary visitor statistics released by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), total spending for visitors arriving in July 2022 was $1.938 billion, up 5.8% compared with June 2022 and 14.3% higher than in July 2019.
Hawaii received 879,554 out of state visitors in July 2021.
The 919,154 arrivals received in July 2022 were 7.6% fewer than the 995,210 arrivals received in July 2019.
Hawaii received 777,476 air arrivals from the mainland USA in July 2022, 84.6% of the overall total, 25,684 arrivals from Canada, 23,133 arrivals from Japan and 92,861 air arrivals from other markets.
Overall person per trip expenditures grew by 15.8% from $1,819.9 in July 2019 to $2,108.0 in July 2022.
Through the first seven months of 2022 Hawaii saw a 46.5% increase in the volume of air arrivals, growing from 3,631,403 air arrivals in the first seven months of 2021 to 5,321,304 air arrivals in the same seven months of 2022.
Air arrivals in the first seven months of 2022 were 87.4% of the 6,089,357 received in the first seven months of 2019.
For the first seven months of 2022, total visitor spending was estimated to be $11,163.1 million, 5.8% more than the $10,553.0 million spent in the first seven months of 2019. Person per trip spending grew by 21.3% from $1,728.30 per person per trip in the first seven months of 2019 to $2,095.90 per person per trip in the first seven months of 2022.
Air arrivals from the USA increased by 32.2% in the first seven months of 2022, growing from 3,527,864 air arrivals in 2021 to 4,665,415 air arrivals in the same seven months of 2022, from Japan grew from 8,541 stopovers in 2021 to 58,057 in the first seven months of 2022 and grew from 7,634 stopovers from Canada in 2021 to 216,818 in the same seven months of 2022.
Hawaii received 29,181 cruise visitors in the first seven months of 2022.

The Maldives reports it received 133,561 stopover visitor arrivals in July 2022, 20.4% more than the 110,889 received in June.
The Maldives Government’s Ministry of Tourism recently announced that The Maldives received 133,561 stopover visitors in July 2022, up 20.4% from the 110,889 stopovers received in June 2022.
The Maldives received 101,818 stopover visitors in July 2021.
The 133,561 stopovers received in July 2022 were 1.1% more than the 132,144 stopovers received in July 2019.
In July 2022 Russia was the number one source market and generated 19,585 stopovers (14.7% share of total) while India was number two with 16,229 stopovers (12.2% share). The United Kingdom was number three with 13,519 stopovers.
The Maldives saw the overall number of operating accommodation establishments grow by 56.5% from 745 in July 2021 to 1,166 establishments in July 2022.
The number of beds in operation grew by 19.3% from 48,752 in July 2021 to 58,183 in July 2022.
During July 2022 overall average room occupancy grew by 2.7 percentage points from 50.9% in July 2021 to 53.6% for July 2022.
Of the 1,166 establishments in operation 164 were resorts which offered 40,053 beds. These resorts achieved a 65.6% average room occupancy during July 2022 up from 60.8% for July 2021.
The Maldives saw a 54.6% increase in total arrivals in the first seven months of 2022, growing from 612,367 stopovers in the first seven months of 2021 to 946,772 stopovers in the same seven months of 2022 with India (136,833 visitors) and the United Kingdom (109,989 visitors) being the two largest source markets in these seven months.
The 946,772 visitors received in the first seven months of 2022 was 95.2% of the 994,733 visitors received in the first seven months of 2019.
The Maldives saw the overall number of operating accommodation establishments grow by 50.1% from an average of 698 in the first seven months of 2021 to an average of 1,048 establishments in the same seven months of 2022.
The number of beds in operation grew by 18.9% from 46,992 in the first seven months of 2021 to 55,857 in the same seven months of this year.
Through the end of July 2022 overall average room occupancy had grown by 9.5 percentage points from 51.0% in 2021 to 60.5% for the first seven months of this year.
Of the 1,048 establishments in operation 163 were resorts which offered 39,272 beds. These resorts achieved a 72.5% average room occupancy through the first seven months of 2022 up from 59.0% for the first seven months of 2021. Through the first seven months of 2021 there was an average of 151 resorts in operation offering 35,555 beds. 
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Hawaii Tourism Authority and DBEDT release results of resident sentiment survey
By Marisa Yamane
Aug 25, 2022 Updated Aug 26, 2022
HONOLULU (KITV4) -- Overcrowding, damage to the environment, high prices/higher cost of living, and traffic problems continue to be the most concerning issues when it comes to tourism in Hawaii.
The Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) released the results of its Spring 2022 Resident Sentiment Survey during the Hawaii Tourism Authority's monthly board meeting on Thursday.
The survey was conducted between May 7 and July 30, and a total of 1,955 Hawaii residents participated -- 839 on Oahu, 458 on Hawaii Island, 403 in Maui County, and 255 on Kauai.
DBEDT's latest visitor statistics show that 842,927 people visited Hawaii in June, which was the second highest visitor count since January 2020.
According to the survey, when asked what problems they think tourism has created in Hawaii, overcrowding was the number one problem for Maui County residents at 75%, Oahu residents at 72%, and Kauai residents at 71%. The leading problem for Hawaii Island residents was high prices/higher cost of living.
Despite the concerning issues, 54% of respondents said that tourism has brought more benefits than problems, which is up from the 49% in the Fall of 2021, but on par with Spring of 2021 (53%) and 2020 (54%).
The survey also found that residents expressed strong support for using Hawaii's tax dollars to manage tourism and less so to encourage tourism.
For more on the survey's results, click here.

Hotel Room Rates Continue To Skyrocket In Los Cabos
August 27, 2022
The rates that tourists are paying for their stay at Cabo hotels continue to see record highs. The prices won’t see a downward tick any time soon as occupancy rates at these facilities have remained steady. So much so that prominent figures in the Cabo tourism industry have proclaimed that the city no longer sees an extended off season. 
According to FITURCA, which is the largest local organization that monitors tourism activity in Los Cabos, average nightly rates at Los Cabos hotels currently sit at US$417 dollars a night. On average a tourist arriving to a Los Cabos hotel in 2022 will spend US$147 dollars more per night than one who came in 2019
As previously stated, occupancy rates have also remained steady throughout the year posting historic numbers. This has led hotels on average to see a revenue of US$317 dollars per available room. That number is larger by US$128 dollars compared to 2019 revenue. In short Los Cabos hotels are generating more revenue than ever before.   
The Arrival of Both National & International Tourists Has Increased Drastically.           
As is the case with any industry the rise in demand has allowed hotels to hike up their prices and still see a steady 70% occupancy rate throughout the year. On average 21% more national tourists made their way to Los Cabos in the month of June. At the same time the international market saw arrivals increase by 25.2%. With the United States still being the foreign country that sent the most people to the Cabo region over the summer. 
If there’s one guilty party that can be largely held responsible for the high average nightly rate in Los Cabos it’s the high-end tourism crowd. We’ve explained multiple times before that although the average nightly rate at a Los Cabos hotel is US$417 dollars a night most of the hotels in the region offer nightly rates below that number. What hikes up the average are the nightly rates for the lavish suites and villas that can be rented out in Los Cabos. The arrival of tourists from this demographic increased drastically. 
Arrivals at the private airport in Cabo San Lucas, (not to be confused with the San Jose del Cabo airport that sees the arrival of mostly commercial flights) increased by 57%. In May alone 8,725 arrived at Cabo San Lucas via private aircraft. Although the high occupancy rate can be blamed for the increase in prices, the average nightly fee has more likely gone up drastically in large part due to the increase in the number of extremely high-end lodging accommodations available.  
Why Has Los Cabos Continued To See A Great Recovery In 2022?     
Travel across the world has more or less stabilized after the rough pandemic years. However, not all of the popular travel destinations across the globe have seen the same speedy recovery as Los Cabos has. 2022 has seen more people arrive to the resort town than ever before. Eclipsing pre-pandemic numbers. Rodrigo Esponda, head of FITURCA who provided the positive travel numbers, believes that there are 3 main points that have allowed Los Cabos to see continued success. In a recent interview Esponda mentioned, 
“The results that we’ve obtained derive from three main points that have allowed Los Cabos to remain on a steady path to recovery. Number one is the continued respect towards sanitary (COVID) guidelines put forth by authorities. These bring confidence to travelers coming to the region. Constant promotion of the vast tourist activities that can be performed here help. As well as innovation in regard to lodging and overall activities in the region have positioned us as a destination that offers direct solutions to needs that travelers are exhibiting.”
 
Aruba Airport Authority reports it handled 123,413 departing passengers in July 2022, 16.7% more than the 105,788 departing passengers handled in June.
The Aruba Airport Authority (AAA) reports that in July 2022 123,413 Revenue Generating Passengers (RGPs) departed Queen Beatrix International Airport (AUA Airport) to its various markets. This was 16.7% more than the 105,788 RGPs who departed in June 2022.
A revenue generating passenger is an outbound traveler leaving Aruba and includes tourists returning to their homes as well as Arubans departing for trips overseas.
The airport handled 109,318 RGPs in July 2021.
The airport also handled 11,485 passengers in transit in July 2022 as well as 39 transferring passengers.
In July 2022 92,996 passengers (pax) travelled to the USA, 1,443 pax to Canada, 9,881 pax to Europe, 13,327 pax to Latin America and 5,766 pax to the Dutch Caribbean.
The airlines provided 145,735 outbound seats in July 2022, 0.5% fewer than the 146,443 seats provided in July 2019.
Airlines flying to the USA in July experienced an average load factor of 94.8%, 90.0% to Canada, while flights to Europe averaged a 96.9% load factor. The overall average load factor for all flights for July was 93.3%.
In the first seven months of 2022 the airport handled a total of 700,556 RGPs, up 52.9% compared with the 458,261 handled in the first seven months of 2021. Traffic to the USA increased by 37.8%, from 390,359 RGPs in the first seven months of 2021 to 537,977 in the same seven months of 2022. Traffic to Canada grew from 901 RGPs in 2021 to 13,480 RGPs, while traffic to Europe increased by 83.9%, from 29,883 RGPS in the first seven months of 2021 to 54,953 RGPs this year.
Seat capacity increased by 29.7% through the first seven months of 2022 from 731,834 available seats in the first seven months of 2021 to 949,174 seats in the same seven months of 2022. The 949,174 seats available in 2022 were 90.5% of the 1,048,707 seats available in the first seven months of 2019.
The overall average load factor of outbound flights grew from 67.1% in the first seven months of 2021 to 81.7% in the same seven months of 2022. The average load factor of flights to the USA grew from 63.1% in the first seven months of 2021 to 82.3% in the same seven months of 2022.
On July 4th 2022, the airport issued a revised forecast for the number of available seats for CY 2022 and projects a total of 1,580,355 available seats for CY 2022, 5.4% fewer than the 1,701,062 seats provided in 2019. They forecast that the airport will handle 1,081,141 seats from the USA, 1.5% more than the 1,065,147 seats handled from the USA in 2019.
The AAA also forecast that the airport will handle a total of 1,202,930 RGPs in CY 2022 and 1,237,272 RGPs in CY 2023. The 2022 total is 95.0% of the 1,265,965 RGPs handled in CY 2019.
The AAA stated that these projections are preliminary and subject to change.
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Costa Rica received 222,982 stopover arrivals in July 2022, 10.3% more than the 202,204 stopovers received in June.
According to the Costa Rica Institute of Tourism (ICT), Costa Rica received 222,982 stopovers in July 2022, 10.3% more than the 202,204 stopovers received in June 2022.
Costa Rica closed its borders to international arrivals as of March 19th 2020 and reopened to international tourists arriving by air as of March 2021. It reopened its land borders in June 2021. Costa Rica received 154,706 stopovers in July 2021.
The 222,982 stopovers received in July 2022 were 82.8% of the 269,376 stopovers received in July 2019.
Costa Rica received 133,047 stopovers from the USA in July 2022, 59.7% of the overall total, up from 46.8% share in July 2019, and 14,897 stopovers from Central America, whose share dropped from 20.8% in July 2019 to 6.7% in July 2022.
The volume of stopovers increased by 115.5% in the first seven months of 2022, growing from 671,229 stopovers in the first seven months of 2021 to 1,446,746 stopovers in the first seven months of 2022. The 1,446,746 stopover visitors were 72.5% of the 1,995,339 stopovers received in the first seven months of 2019.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 86.1% in the first seven months of 2022, from 451,709 stopovers in 2021 to 840,644 in 2022 while the number from Central America increased by 227.0%, growing from 30,197 in the first seven months of 2021 to 98,732 in the same seven months of 2022.
The share of visitors from the USA fell from 67.3% in the first seven months of 2021 to 58.1% in the first seven months of 2022.

The Cayman Islands received 32,411 stopovers in July 2022, 23.7% more than the 26,191 stopovers received in June.
According to the Cayman Islands Tourism Authority, The Cayman Islands saw a 23.7% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in July 2022, growing from 26,191 stopovers received in June 2022 to 32,411 stopovers received in July 2022.
The Cayman Islands also received 77,560 cruise visitors in July. The Cayman Islands reopened its ports to cruise ships on March 21st 2022.
The Cayman Islands closed its borders to international visitor arrivals on March 22nd 2020, with extremely limited access to the destination during much of 2021 and fully re-opened its borders as of November 2021. The Cayman Islands consequently received 978 stopover arrivals in July 2021.
The 32,411 stopovers received in July 2022 were 62.8% of the 51,590 stopovers received in July 2019.
The Cayman Islands received 26,828 stopover arrivals from the USA in July 2022, which comprised 82.8% of all stopover arrivals during the month. The Cayman Islands also received 1,214 visitors from Canada and 981 visitors from the United Kingdom during that month.
The Cayman Islands saw the number of visitors grow from 5,275 in the first seven months of 2021 to 146,612 stopovers in the same seven months of 2022.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased from 2,758 in the first seven months of 2021 to 119,342 in the same seven months of 2022. The number of stopovers from Canada grew from 415 in the first seven months of 2021 to 9,712 in the same seven months of 2022  while the number of stopover visitors from the U.K. increased from 487 in the first seven months of 2021 to 6,263 stopovers in the same seven months of 2022.
The 146,612 stopovers received in 2022 were 44.1% of the 332,294 stopovers received in the first seven months of 2019.
The Cayman Islands has received 302,865 cruise visitors so far in 2022, 27.2% of the 1,112,982 cruise visitors received in the first seven months of 2019.
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Abu Dhabi’s hotels report 63.0% average room occupancy in July 2022.
According to the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, hotel room occupancy remained at 63.0% in July 2022 unchanged from the 63.0% achieved in June 2022.
ADR increased by 3.4% from US$73.02 in June to US$75.48 in July, while revpar grew by 2.9%, from US$46.32 in June 2022 to US$47.68 in July of this year.
The hotel sector posted an average room occupancy of 66.0% in July 2021.
Abu Dhabi received a total of 364,000 hotel guests in July 2022 of which 121,000 came from the United Arab Emirates. 40,000 guests came from India and 22,000 from The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
For the first seven months of 2022 Abu Dhabi’s hotel room occupancy increased by two percentage points from 67.0% in 2021 to 69.0% in the first seven months of 2022. ADR increased by 16.9% from US$75.75 in 2021 to US$88.56 in 2022 while revpar grew by 21.6%, from US$50.41 in the first seven months of 2021 to US$61.31 in the first seven months of this year.
By comparison with the first seven months of 2019, average room occupancy fell from 71.0% in 2019 to 69.0% in 2022. ADR fell by 8.6% from US$96.90 in the first seven months of 2019 to US$88.56 in the same seven months of 2022, while RevPar fell by 12.8%, from US$70.30 in 2019 to US$61.31 in the same seven months of 2022.
Abu Dhabi received a total of 2,204,000 hotel guests in the first seven months of 2022, up 22.3% from the 1,802,000 received in the same seven months of 2021 but just 75.2% of the 2,931,000 guests received in the first seven months of 2019.
The number one source market of hotel guests in the first seven months of 2022 was the UAE with 650,000 guests, 29.5% of the overall total. The number two market was India with 259,000 guests followed by The Philippines with 99,000 guests.
The number of guests from the UAE in 2022 was 23.2% fewer than the 846,000 received in the first seven months of 2019 although the number of guests from India grew by 7.0% from the 242,000 received in 2019 to 259,000 in 2022.

Barbados received 33,798 stopovers in July 2022, 22.8% more than the 27,528 stopovers received in June.
According to the Barbados Statistical Service, Barbados saw a 22.8% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in July 2022, growing from the 27,528 stopover arrivals in June 2022 to 33,798 stopover arrivals in July 2022.
Barbados received no cruise visitors in July 2022.
Barbados imposed a mandatory 14-day quarantine on all visitor arrivals as of March 22nd  2020 which remained in place until November 24th 2021. Barbados consequently received 11,524 stopover arrivals in July 2021.
The 33,798 stopovers received in July 2022 were 56.1% of the 60,248 stopovers received in July 2019.
Barbados received 9,801 stopover arrivals from the United Kingdom in July 2022, 29.0% of all arrivals, and 14,185 stopovers from the USA 42.0% of all stopovers for July.
Through the first seven months of 2022, Barbados saw stopover arrivals increase from 30,395 in the first seven months of 2021 to 242,610 in the first seven months of 2022.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased from 7,321 stopovers in the first seven months of 2021 to 101,623 in the same seven months of 2022 while the number of stopover visitors from the U.K. increased from 12,864 in the first seven months of 2021 to 72,327 stopovers in the same seven months of 2022.
The 242,610 stopovers received in the first seven months of 2022 were 56.0% of the 433,263 stopovers received in the first seven months of 2019.
Barbados received 175,889 cruise visitors in the first seven months of 2022 compared with 511,231 received in the same seven months of 2019.

Belize received 37,138 stopover visitors in July 2022, 9.0% more than the 34,078 visitors received in June.
According to the Belize Tourism Board, Belize received 37,138 stopover visitors in July 2022, up 9.0% from the 34,078 stopover visitors received in June 2022.
Belize received 27,742 stopover visitors in July 2021. The country reopened to visitors arriving by air as of October 1st 2020 and to visitors arriving by land and sea on July 31st 2021.
The 37,138 stopover visitors received in July 2022 were 82.2% of the 45,196 stopover visitors received in July 2019.
Belize received 28,506 stopover arrivals from the USA in July 2022, 3,804 from Europe, 775 from Canada and 426 from Mexico.
Belize received 9 cruise ship calls in July 2022 with 30,360 cruise visitors. Belize re-opened to cruise visitors as of July 2021.
In the first seven months of 2022 Belize saw the number of stopovers increase by 104.7%, from 117,852 stopover visitors in the first seven months of 2021 to 241,267 in the first seven months of 2022.
The 241,267 visitors received in the first half of 2022 were 73.2% of the 329,762 received in the first seven months of 2019.
Stopovers from the USA increased by 83.9% in the first seven months of 2022, from 102,886 in 2021 to 189,165 in the same seven months of 2022. Stopovers from Canada grew from 1,228 stopover visitors in the first seven months of 2021 to 9,413 visitors in the same seven months of 2022, while stopovers from Europe grew from 698 stopovers in the first seven months of 2021 to 19,395 visitors in the same seven months of 2022.
Belize received 354,528 cruise visitors in the first seven months of 2022, 45.8% of the 774,580 cruise visitors received in the first seven months of 2019.
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U.S. citizens’ outbound travel from the USA to international destinations increased by 13.6% in May 2022 compared to April.
The United States Government’s Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration’s National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) recently released the figures for U.S. citizens outbound travel from the USA to international destinations for May 2022.

• The overall number of trips taken by US citizens to international destinations increased by 13.6% in May 2022, growing from 6,033,156 trips in April 2022 to 6,853,148 trips in May 2022.
• The number of trips taken to the Caribbean decreased by 6.3%, falling from 840,434 trips in April 2022 to 787,895 trips in May 2022.
• Given that many countries had restrictions in place in May 2021, limiting international arrivals, 591,271 US citizens visited Caribbean countries in May of 2021.
• The 787,895 trips taken to the Caribbean in May 2022 were 6.8% fewer than the 845,477 trips taken to the Caribbean in May 2019. The Caribbean’s share of all international trips increased however from 9.9% in May 2019 to 11.5% in May 2022.
• Trips to Europe increased by 59.4% in May, growing from 1,043,981 trips in April 2022 to 1,663,664 trips in May 2022. Trips to Europe were 24.3% of trips taken by US citizens in May 2022. The 1,663,664 trips taken by US citizens to Europe in May 2022 were 81.2% of the 2,047,666 trips taken to Europe in May 2019.
• The number of trips taken to Mexico by air decreased by 26.9%, falling from 1,078,538 trips in April 2022 to 787,895 trips in May 2022. The 787,895 trips were 93.8% of the 839,900 trips taken to Mexico by air by US citizens in May 2019.
• The percentage share of trips taken by air to Mexico increased from 9.9% in May 2019 to 11.5% in May 2022.

Please note the NTTO’s definition of the Caribbean does not include Puerto Rico or the United States Virgin Islands as, for the purposes of the study, they are deemed to be US territories and the focus of the system (APIS) is non-stop air traffic (segmented here for U.S. citizens) to foreign countries.
 
In the first five months of 2022

• The overall number of trips taken by US citizens to international destinations increased by 91.7% in the first five months of 2022, growing from 14.11 million trips in the first five months of 2021 to 27.05 million trips in the same five months of 2022.
• The 27,046,308 total international trips taken in the first five months of 2022 were 72.5% of the 37,321,845 trips taken in the first five months of 2019.
• The number of trips taken to the Caribbean increased by 88.8% in the first five months of 2022, growing from 1,906,787 trips in 2021, to 3,600,814 trips in the first five months of 2022. The share of trips taken to the Caribbean fell from 13.5% in 2021 to 13.3% in 2022.
• The 3,600,814 trips taken to the Caribbean in the first five months of 2022 were 84.8% of the 4,248,369 trips taken by US residents to the Caribbean in the first five months of 2019.
• Trips to Europe grew from 515,298 trips in the first five months of 2021 to 4,264,092 trips in the same five months of 2022. The 4,264,092 trips taken in 2022 were 66.8% of the 6,385,488 trips taken to Europe in the first five months of 2019.
• The number of trips taken to Mexico by air grew by 56.5%, from 3,178,433 trips in the first five months of 2021 to 4,974,926 in the same five months of 2022. The 4,974,926 trips were 14.8% more than the 4,334,707 trips taken by US citizens by air to Mexico in the first five months of 2019. This segment’s share of all trips fell from 22.5% in the first five months of 2021 to 18.4% in the same five months of 2022 but grew substantially from the 11.6% share seen in the first five months of 2019.

Hawaii’s hotels report a 5.7 percentage point increase in average room occupancy in July 2022 compared with June 2022, growing from 75.8% to 81.5%
According to the Hawai‘i Hotel Performance Report published by the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority (HTA), statewide hotel room occupancy increased by 5.7 percentage points from 75.8% in June 2022 to 81.5% in July of this year. ADR increased by 5.6% from $391.73 in June to $413.57 in July, while revpar grew by 13.5%, from $296.85 in June 2022 to $337.01 in July of this year.
The hotel sector posted an average room occupancy of 82.2% in July 2021.
Hawai‘i hotel room revenues statewide increased by 17.6%, growing from $494.2 million in June 2022 to $581.4 million in July 2022. Room demand increased by 11.4%, growing from 1,261,500 room nights in June 2022 to 1,405,990 room nights in July 2022 while room supply increased by 3.6%, growing from 1,664,700 available room nights in June 2022 to 1,725,300 available room nights in July.
For the first seven months of 2022 statewide hotel room occupancy increased by 21.0 percentage points from 53.2% in 2021 to 74.2% in the first seven months of 2022. ADR increased by 19.4% from $312.32 in 2021 to $372.82 in 2022 while revpar grew by 66.5%, from $166.14 in the first seven months of 2021 to $276.68 in the first seven months of this year.
By comparison with the first seven months of 2019, average room occupancy fell from 81.2% in 2019 to 74.2% in 2022. ADR however improved by 31.4% from $283.66 in the first seven months of 2019 to $372.82 in the same seven months of 2022, while RevPar grew by 20.2%, from $230.22 in 2019 to $276.68 in the same seven months of 2022.
In the first seven months of 2022, Hawai‘i hotel room revenues statewide increased by 75.8% from $1.85 billion in 2021 to $3.26 billion in the first seven months of this year. Total rooms revenues for the first seven months of 2022 were 23.5% higher than for the same seven months of 2019.
Room demand increased by 47.2%, from 5,939,300 room nights in 2021 to 8,744,300 in the same seven months of 2022. Room supply grew by 5.5% to 11,782,700 available room nights also in the first seven months.
Room demand in 2022 was 6.1% lower than for the same seven months of 2019 while room supply was 2.7% higher.
The Hawai‘i Hotel Performance Report is produced using hotel survey data compiled by STR, Inc., the largest survey of its kind in Hawai‘i. The survey generally excludes properties with under 20 lodging units, such as small bed and breakfasts, youth hostels, single-family vacation rentals, cottages, individually rented vacation condominiums and sold timeshare units no longer available for hotel use. The data has been weighted both geographically and by class of property to compensate for any over and/or under representation of hotel survey participants by location and type.
For July, the survey included 146 properties representing 45,770 rooms, or 82.2 percent of all lodging properties with 20 rooms or more in the Hawaiian Islands, including full service, limited service, and condominium hotels. The July survey included 74 properties on O‘ahu representing 27,985 rooms (91.3%); 40 properties in the County of Maui, representing 9,707 rooms (72.6%); 16 properties on the island of Hawai‘i, representing 4,889 rooms (69.5%); and 16 properties on Kaua‘i, representing 3,189 rooms (69.2%).

​Punta Cana received 418,295 tourists in July 2022, 15.3% more than the 362,732 tourists who visited in June.
According to the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic, received 418,295 stopovers in July 2022, 15.3% more than the 362,732 stopovers received in June 2022 and 34.5% more than the 311.038  stopovers received in July 2019.
Punta Cana received 245,589 visitors in July 2021.
Punta Cana received 191,530 stopover arrivals from the USA in July 2022, 45.8% of all tourist arrivals and 5.0% more than the 182,327 stopovers received in June 2022.
Punta Cana saw its traffic from the USA grow by 19.5% in July 2022 from the 160,278 arrivals received from the USA in July 2021  Traffic from Canada increased from 4,493 arrivals in July 2021 to 39,278 arrivals in July 2022. Traffic from Russia collapsed from 17,104 arrivals in February 2022 to just 106 arrivals in July 2022.
Also, in July traffic from France grew from 9,749 stopovers in July 2021 to 14,421 in July this year while traffic from Germany grew from 4,878 arrivals in July 2021 to 9,992 in July 2022. Arrivals from the UK grew from 228 in July 2021 to 18,419 in July 2022. Colombia generated 18,078 stopovers in July 2022 while Argentina generated 15,472.
In July 2022, stopover arrivals to Punta Cana made up 56.9% of all non-resident arrivals to the Dominican Republic compared with 43.6% in July 2021.
During the first seven months of 2022 Punta Cana saw a 154.6% increase in the volume of stopover arrivals, growing from 973,993 arrivals in the first seven months of 2021 to 2,479,532 non-resident arrivals in the first seven months of 2022. The total for 2022 was 3.3% more than the 2,401,030 stopovers received in the first seven months of 2019.
Arrivals from the USA increased by 58.6% in the first seven months of 2022, growing from 667,764 arrivals in the first seven months of 2021 to 1,058,939 arrivals in the same seven months of 2022. Traffic from Canada grew from 9,527 arrivals in the first seven months of 2021 to 320,384 arrivals in the first seven months of 2021. Traffic also increased from the UK, growing from 941 arrivals in the first seven months of 2021 to 110,069 stopovers in the same seven months of 2022.
Traffic increased by 190.7% from Colombia, was up 368.4% from Germany, up 153.0% from Spain and up 498.3% from France.
In the first seven months of 2022, stopover arrivals to Punta Cana made up 57.9 % of all non-resident arrivals to the Dominican Republic compared with 39.6% in the same seven months of 2021.

The Dominican Republic received 735,064 tourists in July 2022, 14.0% more than the 644,863 tourists who visited in June.
According to the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic, received 735,064 stopovers in July 2022, 14.0% more than the 644,863 stopovers received in June 2022 and 24.3% more than the 591,348 stopovers received in July 2019.
The Dominican Republic received 563,987 stopover visitors in July 2021.
The Dominican Republic received 305,047 stopover arrivals from the USA in July 2022, 41.5% of all tourist arrivals and 4.9% more than the 290,660 stopovers received in June 2022. The Dominican Republic received 286,650 arrivals from the USA in July 2021.
Traffic from Canada grew from 5,165 arrivals in July 2021 to 47,858 arrivals in July 2022. Traffic from Russia fell from 42,705 arrivals in February 2022 to 210 arrivals in July 2022.
As well, traffic from France grew from 12,178 stopovers in July 2021 to 16,486 in July this year while traffic from Germany grew from 6,348 arrivals in July 2021 to 12,655 in July 2022. Arrivals from the UK grew from 582 in July 2021 to 19,075 in July 2022. Colombia generated 22,758 stopovers in July 2022 while Argentina generated 17,095.
In July 2022 19.6% of all non-resident tourists arriving in the Dominican Republic were non-resident Dominicans returning home, down from 26.9% of all arrivals in July 2021.
In the first seven months of 2022 the Dominican Republic saw a 74.0% increase in the volume of stopover arrivals, growing from 2,461,630 arrivals in the first seven months of 2021 to 4,282,207 non-resident arrivals in the same seven months of 2022.
Non-resident arrivals from the USA increased by 36.6% in the first seven months of 2022, growing from 1,204,769 arrivals in 2021 to 1,645,879 arrivals from the USA in the first seven months of 2022. Stopover arrivals from Canada grew from 13,167 in the first seven months of 2021 to 384,759 in the same seven months of 2022.
The 4,282,207 stopovers received in the first seven months of 2022 were 2.8% more than the 4,166,646 stopovers received in the first seven months of 2019.
In the first seven months of 2022 18.2% of all non-resident tourists arriving in the Dominican Republic were non-resident Dominicans returning home, down from 30.5% in the same seven months of 2021.

​​The Cayman Islands reports 1% more air seats in the 4th quarter of 2022 than in the same quarter of 2019.
Cayman Islands18 August 2022
Cayman Islands Airlift Capacity Report Shows Q4 2022 Seat Recovery Exceeding Q4 2019 Levels by 1%
The Cayman Islands has achieved an important milestone in efforts to rebuild stayover tourism arrivals. An airlift capacity report created by the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism Research Unit that tracks flights to the Cayman Islands through Q1 2023 and compares capacity to 2019, shows the destination gaining seats in late 2022.
The report shows an increase of 1,253 seats in the fourth quarter of this year, representing a 1% increase in capacity over Q4 2019, and is positive indication of tourism restoration moving towards 2023.
“The airlift capacity report is a welcome indication of recovery as we look ahead to the 2022 – 2023 season,” said Hon. Kenneth Bryan, Minister for Tourism and Transport. “The PACT Government’s easing of the travel regulations has unlocked pent up demand.  However, we cannot become complacent. Our focus is to drive growth from the markets where it will have the most positive impact. While we celebrate a net increase in available seats for Q4 2022, we must also continue to strive for opportunities to increase the number of flights, operating airlines and gateway cities.”
The net growth in seats is driven in part by:

• Increased American Airlines connections through Charlotte and Miami,
• Southwest’s strong feeder markets in Texas,
• United’s growth in Washington D.C. and Newark
• A new non-stop route from Baltimore-Washington.

However, many secondary markets with less frequent service, such as Philadelphia and Boston are pacing behind 2019 capacities, while historical stalwart Delta is still in a rebuilding phase with its connections through Atlanta.
The report also shows signs of longer-term growth in Q1 2023: with Dallas and Houston showing Year over Year growth of 5% and 40% respectively.
Cayman Airways is one of the destination’s most important advantages in mitigating any loss in capacity from U.S. carriers and can serve as a silver bullet for market development. The national flag carrier’s new non-stop route to Los Angeles accounts for 1,280 seats in Q4 2022 and could have a disproportionate positive impact in growing arrivals from southern California, through increased awareness and focused marketing and sales activity.
“Airlift is the oxygen of our islands’ tourism industry, and our global team has been working hard, engaging with the airlines to restore routes and seats,” said Mrs. Rosa Harris, Director of the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism. “A spirit of teamwork between the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism, Cayman Airways, Cayman Border Control, the Cayman Islands Airport Authority and the Civil Aviation Authority, coupled with cooperation with the private sector is the key to our success. As we continue to collaborate in rebuilding our stayover arrivals and welcoming visitors back to our beautiful shores, further increasing the Cayman Islands’ airlift remains a top priority.”
In Q1 2023, seats from New York are reported as trailing Q1 2019 by 8%. The tri-state area has traditionally been leading source market when temperatures are coldest and demand and accommodations rates, and subsequently tax revenue and on island visitor spending, are highest.
“Year-over-year growth from the New York market is always a priority, added Mrs. Harris. “Instilling confidence amongst the airlines and sharing booking pace and demand indicators as contextual data in partnership with our accommodations sector will help the Cayman Islands extend our momentum.”
 
Cuba announces it received 152,480 international stopover visitors in July 2022, 29.7% more than the 117,564 received in June.
The Cuban Government’s Office of National Statistics and Information (ONEI) recently announced that total international tourist arrivals increased by 29.7% in July 2022, growing from 117,564 international stopover arrivals in June 2022 to 152,480 arrivals in July 2022. This number includes both stopover visitors and cruise visitors.
Cuba closed its borders to international tourist arrivals on March 20th 2020 re-opening in November 2021 and consequently received just 26,860 international stopovers in July 2021.
The 152,480 stopovers received in July 2022 were 51.7% of the 295,042 international visitors received in July 2019.
Cuba received 44,744 stopovers from Canada in July 2022, 29.4% of all stopovers received for the month. The number of stopovers from Russia fell from 16,437 in the month of February 2022 to just 387 in July.
In the first seven months of 2022 Cuba saw a 490.9% increase in total international arrivals, growing from 141,299 arrivals in 2021 to 834,891 stopovers this year. The 834,891 arrivals were 29.2% of the 2,856,761 international visitors received in the first seven months of 2019.
Total tourist arrivals from Canada grew from 4,369 stopovers in the first seven months of 2021, to 258,896 in the same seven months of 2022 and was the number one source market with a 31.0% share. Stopovers from Russia fell from 90,247 in the first seven months of 2021 to 38,041 in the same seven months of 2022. Cubans living abroad accounted for 183,880 of all international visitors arriving in the first seven months of 2022, up from 14,337 in the same seven months of 2021.

Bonaire received 12,482 stopover visitors in July 2022.
As of July 1st 2022, the Government of Bonaire implemented a Visitor Entry Tax which has allowed the collection of more comprehensive data regarding visitor arrivals.
Bonaire received a total of 12,482 stopover visitors in July 2022 of which 6,801 came from the Netherlands (54.5%), 2,976 from North America (23.8%), and 2,705 from other countries (21.7%).
Bonaire also received two cruise ship calls in July with 8,001 cruise visitors.

​UK outbound travel to overtake pre-pandemic levels by 2024
Thursday, Aug 18, 2022 
UK outbound travel is set to surpass pre-pandemic demand in 2024.
The country’s outbound travel figures will reaching 86.9 million by 2024, overtaking the 84.7 million recorded in 2019, says data and analytics company GlobalData.
GlobalData says budget-friendly travel and Spain in particular will fuel the full recovery.
With rising prices causing budgets to be re-assessed, British travellers are increasingly looking for budget-friendly options, the ‘United Kingdom (UK) Source Tourism Insight, 2022 Update’report said
Megan Cross, Travel & Tourism Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “With restrictions now eased, and confidence returning, projections for 2022 and beyond are much brighter. This recovery will be a great boost, as the UK is an important source market on the global stage.”
GlobalData found that 48% of British respondents identified ‘affordability’ as a main factor.
“The periods of high inflation will typically see severely dampened demand for international travel. However, as seen from multiple stories about queues at European airports, the demand is still intact,” Cross added.
Spain remains the number one outbound destination.
Globaldata estimates 18.7 million Brits will visit Spain by 2024.
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New Big Book of Travel Data Reveals $867 Billion in Revenue from Airlines, Hotels, Car Rental & OTAs
Allianz Partners and IdeaWorksCompany release report filled with data from 122 airlines, 174 hotel brands, leading car rental companies and OTAs.
Richmond, Virginia & Shorewood, Wisconsin, 16 August 2022:
Allianz Partners, a global leader in travel protection and consumer specialty insurance, and IdeaWorksCompany, the foremost consultant on ancillary revenue, have released the first edition of The Allianz Partners Big Book of Travel Data by IdeaWorksCompany. This new publication, which expands on IdeaWorks’ former Big Book of Airline Data, provides a world of industry data for airlines, hotel groups, car rental companies, and online travel agencies, and is collated by alphabetical order, size, region, and more.
The compilation of data allows for interesting comparisons; here is the list of revenue leaders in each category in 2021:

• $78 billion for OTAs: Trip.com Group (gross bookings). China-based company operates the Ctrip, Skyscanner, Trip.com, and Qunar websites.
• $39.7 billion for hotels: Marriott International (estimated room revenue).
• $29.9 billion for airlines: American Airlines (company revenue).
• $23.9 billion for car rental: Enterprise Holdings (company revenue). The company operates the Alamo, Enterprise, and National brands.

“We’re pleased to partner with IdeaWorksCompany to present the 2022 Allianz Partners Big Book of Travel Data,” said Jeff Wright, CEO of Allianz Partners USA. “As travel supplier sales took off in 2021, ancillary revenue opportunities played a significant role in helping the industry get back on its feet. We’re proud to have played a role in that recovery by providing travel protection products that drive both significant ancillary revenue as well as increased customer satisfaction and brand loyalty.”
Airline results are presented by airline type (high performing LCCs, low cost carriers, traditional airlines, US major airlines), global alliance, and regions. The hotel section of the Big Book presents a unique approach to industry metrics with estimated room revenue for the individual brands of 10 hotel groups. This information is not directly disclosed by hotel groups, but IdeaWorksCompany has calculated it using average room revenue (RevPAR) and global room count statistics. Hampton by Hilton is the world’s largest individual brand at nearly $7.9 billion estimated room revenue for 2021
The Big Book is filled with statistics from all over the wide world of travel; here are a few examples from 2021:

• Asia & South Pacific had the lowest level of traffic growth at 9.8% compared to 2020; on top was the Middle East & Africa at 102.8%.
• Oneworld, SkyTeam, and Star Alliances generated estimated revenue of $256.4 billion, which represents more than 55% of global airline revenue.
• Ryanair Group is the largest low cost carrier with more than 97 million passengers, which represents a stunning 253% increase above 2020 results.
• Low cost carriers are estimated to generate 13.4% of global airline revenue, approximately $61.8 billion.
• Delta SkyMiles has the world’s largest membership among frequent flyer programs, with an estimated 136 million members.

The Big Book relies upon a number of sources and methods to determine the results for each company. Most often this consisted of financial documents at company websites, while for others the sources include press releases, and industry articles. The Big Book of Travel Data will be released on an annual basis.
For a copy of the 110-page “Big Book” click here

Antigua and Barbuda received 24,673 stopovers in July 2022, 5.4% more than in July 2021.
According to the Ministry of Tourism and Investment, Antigua and Barbuda saw a 5.4% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in July 2022, growing from 23,405 stopovers received in July 2021 to 24,673 stopovers this July.
The 24,673 stopovers received In July 2022 were 7.1% more than the 23,031 stopovers Antigua received in July 2019.
Antigua and Barbuda received 13,035 stopover visitors from the USA in July 2022 which  comprised 52.8% of all stopovers received in July. Antigua also received 5,650 stopover visitors from the U.K. in July, 22.9% of all stopovers received during that month.
Through the first seven months of 2022, Antigua and Barbuda saw a 91.4% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 80,509 stopovers in the first seven months of 2021 to 154,099 stopovers in the same seven months of 2022.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 25.1%, from 61,081 stopovers in the first seven months of 2021 to 76,385 stopovers in the same seven months of 2022 while the number of stopover visitors from the U.K. increased from 12,306 in the first seven months of 2021 to 49,369 stopovers in the same seven months of 2022.
The number of stopovers received in the first seven months of 2022 was 83.5% of the 184,451 stopovers received in the same seven months of 2019.
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Florida received a total of 33,717,000 tourist arrivals in the second quarter of 2022, 5.6% more than the 31,936,000 received in the second quarter of 2021.
Visit Florida’s Research Department recently announced that the state of Florida saw a 5.6% increase in the number of tourist arrivals in the second quarter of 2022, with total arrivals growing from 31,936,000 in the second quarter of 2021 to 33,717,000 arrivals in the second quarter of 2022.
The 33,717,000 visitors was 4.5% higher than the 32,265,000 visitors received in the second quarter of 2019.
Domestic arrivals were up by 1.7%, growing from 28,974,000 arrivals in the second quarter of 2021 to 31,375,000 in the second quarter of 2022, while arrivals from Canada grew from 41,000 visitors in the second quarter of 2021 to 594,000 in the same quarter of 2022. Arrivals from overseas grew by 68.9%, from 1,035,000 arrivals in the second quarter of 2021 to 1,748,000 in the same three months of 2022.
Florida saw a 20.2% increase in the number of tourist arrivals in the first half of 2022, with total arrivals growing from 57,704,000 in the first half of 2021 to 69,345,000 arrivals in the first half of 2022.
The 69,345,000 visitors was 2.3% higher than the 67,767,000 visitors received in the first half of 2019.
Domestic arrivals were up by 16.0%, growing from 60,754,000 arrivals in the first half of 2021 to 65,066,000 in the first half of 2022, while arrivals from Canada grew from 96,000 visitors in the first half of 2021 to 1,208,000 in the same half of 2022. Arrivals from overseas grew by 101.1%, from 1,527,000 arrivals in the first half of 2021 to 3,071,000 in the same six months of 2022.
All of the above numbers are preliminary and subject to change.
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Bermuda announces it received 19,600 air visitor arrivals in June 2022, 56.3% of the 34,833 air visitors received in June 2019.
The Bermuda Tourism Authority recently released its second quarter 2022 tourist arrival numbers and announced that Bermuda received 19,600 air visitors in June 2022, 56.3% of the 34,833 air arrivals received in June 2019.
Bermuda received 58,468 cruise visitors in June 2022 73.5% of the 79,515 cruise visitors received in June 2019. And Bermuda received 1,937 visitors arriving by yacht in June 2022, 230.5% more than the 586 visitors arriving by yacht in June 2019.
The 15,121 air visitors received from the USA in June 2022 was 77.1% of all air visitors handled that month but was 54.8% of the 27,615 air visitors received from the USA in June 2019.
During the first six months of 2022 Bermuda received 60,955 air visitors, 199.4% more than the 20,358 visitors who arrived by air in FH 2021 but just 47.6% of the 127,969 visitors who arrived by air in FH 2019. Bermuda received 43,958 air visitors from the USA in FH 2022, 46.1% of the 95,344 air visitors received from the USA in FH 2019.
The Ministry of Tourism reports that the airlines serving Bermuda achieved an average load factor of 62.5% in FH 2022, up 22 percentage points from the 40.5% average load factor achieved in FH 2021. The airlines had an average load factor of 74.1% in FH 2019.
The Ministry further reports that in FH 2022 air visitors spent an estimated US$81,646,328, up 189.6% compared with the US$28,192,854 spent in FH 2021. The FH 2022 expenditure was 62.0% of the US$131,754,593 spent by air visitors in FH 2019.
The Ministry noted that per person spending for air leisure visitors was up by 32.3% growing from US$1,534 per person in 2019 to US$2,030 per person in 2022. The average length of stay year to date was 11.4% longer than in 2019.
Bermuda’s hotels achieved an average room occupancy of 47.8% in FH 2022, up 17.7 percentage points from the 30.1% achieved in FH 2021 but 11.3 percentage points lower than the 59.1% achieved in FH 2019. 67.6% of all visitors to Bermuda stayed in hotel accommodation in FH 2022, down from the 73.3% who did so in FH 2019.
Bermuda received 3,942 visitors who arrived by yacht in FH 2022 237.8% more than the 1,167 who arrived by yacht in FH 2021, and 63.3% more than the 2,414 visitors who arrived by yacht in FH 2019.
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Curacao reports it received 48,246 stopover arrivals in July 2022, 28.5% more than the 37,541 received in June.
According to the Curaçao Tourist Board, Curaçao saw a 28.5% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in July, growing from 37,541 stopovers received in June 2022 to 37,541 stopovers received in July 2022.
The 48,246 stopovers received in July 2022 were 29.5% more than the 37,249 stopovers received in July 2019.
Curaçao closed its borders to international visitors as of March 17th, 2020 and reopened its borders to visitors from Europe and the Caribbean as of July 1st 2020. Curaçao received 34,213 stopover visitors in July 2021.
Curacao received 23,489 stopover visitors from the Netherlands in July 2022 and 10,207 stopovers from the USA, 48.7% and 21.2% of all stopovers, respectively. The 351 room Sandals Royal Curacao opened June 1st 2022 after being closed for renovation.
Curacao received 10 cruise ship calls with 29,564 cruise visitors in July 2022. The island re-opened to cruise traffic in June 2021 and received 6 calls with 7,630 passengers in July of 2021. The 29,564 cruise visitors were 60.3% of the 49,056 received in July 2019.
In the first seven months of 2022 Curaçao saw a 200.3% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 91,854 visitors in 2021 to 275,799 visitors in the same seven months of this year.
The number of stopovers from the Netherlands increased by 173.8%, growing from 53,337 visitors during the first seven months of 2021, to 146,038 in the same seven months of 2022. The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 174.5% during the first seven months, growing from 17,318 in 2021 to 47,544 in the same seven months of 2022.
The 275,799 stopovers received in the first seven months of 2022 was 0.3% more than the 275,019 stopovers received in the same seven months of 2019. The 146,038 stopovers received from the Netherlands in the first seven months of 2022 was 29.0% more than the 113,185 received from the Netherlands in the first seven months of 2019.
In the first seven months of 2022 Curacao received 166 cruise ship calls which brought 259,433 cruise passengers, 55.3% of the 468,888 cruise visitors brought in the same seven months of 2019.

Mauritius reports it received 94,084 stopover visitors in July 2022, 49.3% more than the 63,008 stopovers received in June 2022.
The Mauritius Government’s Ministry of Finance and Economic Development recently reported that the country received 94,084 total stopover arrivals in July 2022, 49.3% more than the 63,008 stopovers received in June 2022. This number includes both air and sea stopover visitors.
Mauritius reopened its borders to international travel as of October 1st 2021.
Mauritius received 18,674 visitors from France in July 2022, 19.8% of the overall total for the month, and the number one producing market. The number two source market was the United Kingdom which generated 14,132 visitors, 15.0% of the total for the month. South Africa generated 7,904 visitors.
Mauritius closed its borders to all international arrivals as of March 19th, 2020, and consequently received just 1,242 stopovers in July 2021.
The 94,084 arrivals received in July 2022 were 81.5% of the 115,488 stopovers received in July 2019.
Mauritius saw its stopover arrivals grow from 4,467 in the first seven months of 2021 to 470,640 in the first seven months of this year. The number one source market in the first seven months of 2022 was France with 112,120 stopover visitors followed by the United Kingdom with 69,849 stopovers, and South Africa 49,926 stopovers. These three markets together generated 49.2% of all stopovers in 2022.
Mauritius received 765,530 stopovers through the first seven months of 2019 with the total received during the first seven months of 2022 being 61.5% of this total.

The Bahamas saw an 11.3% increase in the number of cruise visitors in June 2022.
According to the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, The Bahamas saw the volume of cruise visitor arrivals increase by 11.3% in June 2022, growing from 361,837 cruise visitors in May 2022 to 402,709 cruise visitors in June 2022. The Bahamas reopened to cruise ships in June 2021.
The Bahamas received 2,199,396 cruise passengers during the first six months of 2022. There were a limited number of cruise ship calls in the first six months of 2021 resulting in 5,944 cruise visitors. The 2022 total is 78.4% of the 2,805,259 cruise visitors received in the first six months of 2019. 
 
AHATA reports Aruba’s hotels achieved an 82.2% average room occupancy in July 2022, up 1.5 percentage points from the 80.7% achieved in June.
The Aruba Hotel and Tourism Association reports that average hotel room occupancy in Aruba’s hotels in July 2022 was 82.2%, 1.5 percentage points higher than the 80.7% achieved in June 2022.
Aruba’s hotels achieved a 79.2% average room occupancy in July 2021.
Average occupancy in July 2022 was 6.4 percentage points lower than the 88.6% average room occupancy achieved in July 2019.
ADR was $297.16 in July 2022, 14.4% higher than in July 2021, and 20.1% higher than in July 2019.
RevPar was $244.24 in July 2022, 18.7% higher than in July 2021 and 11.4% higher than in July 2019.
Through the first seven months of 2022 AHATA reports that Aruba’s hotels achieved an average room occupancy of 72.7% compared with 49.9% for the first seven months of 2021. Again, compared with the first seven months of 2021, ADR grew by 22.1% from $256.74 in 2021 to $313.45 in the first seven months of 2022. RevPar grew by 77.8% from $1281.8 in 2021 to $227.96 in the first seven months of 2022.
By comparison with the first seven months of 2019 average room occupancy was 13.6 percentage points lower in 2022, while ADR was 7.2%, higher and revpar was 9.7% lower.
AHATA receives data from a sample of 21 hotels with 5,236 rooms, about 93% of all hotel rooms.
Aruba’s timeshare resorts reported an average occupancy of 87% in July 2022.
AHATA forecasts an average hotel room occupancy of 80% for August, 71% for September, 75% for October and 75% for 2022 overall.
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Aruba received 109,006 stopover visitors in July 2022, 7.4% more than the 101,526 stopovers received in June.
According to Aruba Tourism Authority, Aruba received 109,006 stopover arrivals in July 2022, 7.4% more than the 101,526 stopovers it received in June 2022 and 5.4% more than the 103,464 stopover visitors received in July 2019.
Compared with 2019, stopover arrivals from the USA increased by 8.9%, growing from 79,725 arrivals in July 2019 to 86,835 arrivals in July 2022. Arrivals from the USA comprised 79.7% of all arrivals in July 2022 up from 77.1% in July 2019.
Arrivals from Canada decreased by 4.9%, falling from 2,692 in July 2019 to 2,561 stopovers in July 2022. Arrivals from the Netherlands increased by 24.1%, growing from 3,671 in July 2019 to 4,555 in July of this year.
Aruba re-opened its ports to visitors in July 2021 and during July 2022 received 12 cruise ship calls and a total of 34,110 cruise passengers.
The number of visitors staying in hotels in July 2022 declined by 11.9% compared with July 2019, falling from 55,916 visitors in 2019 to 49,279 in July 2022. The share of visitors staying in hotels fell from 54.0% in July 2019 to 45.2% in July 2022.
33,974 visitors used timeshare accommodation in July 2022, 2.0% more than the 28,325 visitors who used such accommodation in July 2019, with the sector’s share growing from 27.4% in July 2019 to 31.2% in July 2022.
Visitors using other accommodation – private homes, condominiums, short term rental accommodation and apartments – increased by 34.0% when comparing July 2019 with July 2022, growing from 19,223 visitors in 2019 to 25,753 in July 2022, with the share growing from 18.6% in 2019 to 23.6% in 2022.
In July 2022, the primary carrier was JetBlue which brought in 33,488 non-resident visitors, 30.7% of all stopover arrivals, while American Airlines brought in 24,040 non-resident visitors, 22.1% of all visitors. United Airlines brought in 15,491 visitors with Delta bringing in 10,921 visitors. These four carriers brought in 77.0% of all visitors in July of this year.
The percentage of visitors 20 years old through 49 years old grew from 46.8% in July 2019 to 47.1% in July 2022. The percentage 60 years old or older was unchanged at 13.4%.
In the first seven months of 2022 Aruba saw a 49.4% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 426,565 visitors in the first seven months of 2021 to 637,331 visitors in the first seven months of this year. The number of stopovers from the USA grew by 435.7% during the first seven months, from 376,290 in the first seven months of 2021 to 510,625 in the same seven months of 2022.
The 637,331 stopover visitors received in the first seven months of 2022 was 93.8% of the 679,113 stopovers received in the first seven months of 2019.
The 510,625 stopovers received from the USA in the first seven months of 2022, was 99.1% of the 515,068 stopovers received from the USA in the first seven months of 2019. The share of stopovers from the USA grew from 75.8% in the first seven months of 2019 to 80.1% in the same seven months of 2022.
The number of visitors staying in hotels in the first seven months of 2022 declined by 17.9% compared with the same seven months of 2019, falling from 350,892 visitors in 2019 to 287,967 in the same seven months of 2022. The share of visitors staying in hotels fell from 51.7% in the first seven months of 2019 to 45.2% in the same seven months of 2022.
In the first seven months of 2022 189,766 visitors used timeshare accommodation, 5.1% more than the 180,579 visitors who used such accommodation in the first seven months of 2019, with the sector’s share growing from 26.6% in 2019 to 29.8% in 2022.
Visitors using other accommodation – private homes, condominiums, short term rental accommodation and apartments – grew by 8.1% when comparing the first seven months of 2019 with the same seven months of 2022, growing from 147,642 visitors in 2019 to 159,598 in 2022, with the share growing from 21.7% in 2019 to 25.0% in 2022.
In the first seven months of 2022 the primary carrier was JetBlue which brought in 190,451 non-resident visitors, 29.9% of all stopover arrivals, while American Airlines brought in 133,274 non-resident visitors, 20.9% of all visitors. United Airlines brought in 90,552 visitors with Delta bringing in 71,566 visitors. These four carriers brought in 76.2% of all visitors in the first seven months of 2022.
The percentage of visitors 20 years old through 49 years old grew from 44.3% in the first seven months of 2019 to 47.2% in the same seven months of 2022. The percentage 60 years old or older fell from 20.9% in 2019 to 18.9% in 2022.
Aruba received 174 cruise ship calls in the first seven months of 2022 with 297,582 cruise passengers compared with the 182 calls cruise ships made in the same seven months of 2019 with 482,064 passengers. The average number of passengers per call fell by 37.6%, from 2,649 visitors  in 2019 to 1,710 visitors in 2022.
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Trinidad and Tobago received 24,612 stopover visitors in July 2022, 22.3% more than the 20,119 stopover visitors received in June.
According to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago’s Central Statistical Office Trinidad and Tobago received 24,612 stopover visitors in July 2022, an increase of 22.3% compared with the 20,119 stopovers received in June 2022.
Trinidad received 23,728 stopover visitors in July 2022 with Tobago receiving 884.
Trinidad and Tobago closed its borders as of March 23rd 2020, and consequently received a total of 1,639 stopover visitors in July 2021. The country reopened its borders to visitors as of July 17th 2021.
The 24,612 stopover visitors received in July 2022 were 66.7% of the 36,873 stopover visitors received in July 2019.
Trinidad and Tobago received 12,864 stopover arrivals from the USA in July 2022, 3,095 from Europe, 2,515 from Canada and 6,138 from the rest of the world.
In the first seven months of 2022 Trinidad and Tobago saw the number of stopovers increase from 4,413 in the first seven months of 2021 to 114,700 in the first seven months of 2022.
The 114,700 visitors received in 2022 were 48.9% of the 234,573 received in the first seven months of 2019.
Stopovers from the USA grew from 1,868 in the first seven months of 2021 to 58,624 in the same seven months of 2022. Stopovers from Canada increased from 367 stopovers in the first seven months of 2021, to 12,938 in the same seven months of 2022 while stopovers from Europe grew from 946 in 2021 to 15,832 in the same seven months of 2022.
Trinidad received 110,243 stopovers in the first seven months of 2022, 96.1% of the overall total, with Tobago receiving 4,457 stopovers.
 
Saint Lucia received 30,694 stopovers in June 2022, 7.3% more than the 28,618 stopovers received in May.
According to the Saint Lucia Tourism Authority, Saint Lucia saw a 7.3% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in June 2022, growing from 28,618 stopovers in May 2022 to 30,694 stopovers in June 2022.
Saint Lucia received zero cruise visitors in June. Saint Lucia reopened its ports to cruise ships in June 2021. And Saint Lucia received 1,177 visitors in June 2022 who arrived by yacht.
Saint Lucia closed its borders to international visitor arrivals on March 23rd 2020 and re-opened its borders in June 2020. Saint Lucia consequently received 21,357 stopover arrivals in June 2021.
The 30,694 stopovers received in June 2022 were 90.2% of the 34,040 stopovers received in June 2019.
Saint Lucia received 22,558 stopover arrivals from the USA in June 2022, which comprised 73.5% of all stopover arrivals during the month. Saint Lucia also received 4,549 visitors from the United Kingdom in June 2022.
Through the first six months of 2022, Saint Lucia saw a 164.9% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 64,482 stopovers in the first six months of 2021 to 170,784 stopovers in the same six months of 2022.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 73.4%, from 59,598 in the first six months of 2021 to 103,314 in the same six months of 2022 while the number of stopover visitors from the U.K. increased from 2,962 in the first six months of 2021 to 44,314 stopovers in the same six months of 2022.
The 170,784 stopovers received in 2022 were 77.8% of the 219,608 stopovers received in the first six months of 2019.
Saint Lucia has received 165,266 cruise visitors so far in the first six months of 2022 compared with 464,191 received in the first six months of 2019 and received 8,125 visitors who arrived by yacht compared with 37,088 in the first six months of 2019.
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Dubai received 950,000 international visitors in June 2022, an 11.2% drop in visitors compared with May 2022.
According to the Government of Dubai’s Statistics Center, Dubai saw an 11.2% decline in the number of international visitors in June 2022, falling from 1,070,000 visitors in May 2022 to 950,000 in June 2022.
Dubai received 440,000 international visitors in June 2021.
The 950,000 visitors received in June 2022 was 20.8% fewer  than the 1,200,000 international visitors received in June 2019.
The number one source market in June was India with 151,000 visitors, followed by Oman with 99,000 visitors and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with 79,000 visitors.
In the first six months of 2022 Dubai received 7,120,000 international visitors, 182.5% more than the 2,520,000 visitors received in the first six months of 2021, and 85.2% of the 8,360,000 visitors received in the first six months of 2019.
The number one source market in the first six months of 2022 was India which generated 858,000 visitors, 12.1% of the overall total, followed by Oman which generated 787,000 visitors, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which generated 543,000 visitors.
As of June 2022, Dubai had 582 hotels offering 115,111 hotel rooms and 191 apartment hotels offering 25,667 units. The hotel sector achieved an average room occupancy of 72.3% in the first six months of 2022 with an ADR of US$154.50 and a RevPar of US$113.62. The apartment sector achieved an average occupancy of 78.5%.
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Seychelles received 31,124 tourist arrivals in July 2022, 47.4% more than the 21,109 arrivals received in June.
According to The Seychelles Government’s National Bureau of Statistics, The Seychelles saw a 47.4% increase in visitor arrivals in July 2022, growing from 21,109 arrivals received in June 2022 to 31,124 arrivals in July 2022. This number includes both air and sea stopover visitors, and transit visitors. Of the 31,124 arrivals 31,096 were stopover visitors and 28 were transit visitors.
Seychelles re-opened to international visitors from most countries as of March 25th 2021 with visitors being required to produce evidence of a negative PCR test. Seychelles consequently received 20,162 tourist arrivals in July 2021.
The 31,124 visitor arrivals received in July 2022 were 6.2% more than the 29,319 arrivals received in July 2019.
The number one source market in July 2022 was Germany which generated 4,241 visitors (13.6% of the total for the month) followed by France, with 3,930 visitors (12.6%).
In the first seven months of 2022 Seychelles saw a 165.4% increase in total visitor arrivals, growing from 70,606 arrivals in the first seven months of 2021 to 187,411 arrivals in the first seven months of 2022. The 187,411 stopovers received in the first seven months of 2022 were 86.6% of the 216,427 received in the first seven months of 2019.
The number one source market in the first seven months of 2022 was France which generated 25,631 visitors, 13.7% of all visitor arrivals for those first seven months, followed by Germany, which generated 23,026 visitors, 12.3% of the overall total. Russia generated 17,139 visitors in the same seven months with the bulk of those arrivals coming in January and February.
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IATA Reports Strong Passenger Demand Continued in June
Geneva - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced passenger data for June 2022 showing that the recovery in air travel remained strong.
Total traffic in June 2022 (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) was up 76.2% compared to June 2021, primarily propelled by the ongoing strong recovery in international traffic. Globally, traffic is now at 70.8% of pre-crisis levels.
Domestic traffic for June 2022 was up 5.2% compared to the year-ago period. Strong improvements in most markets, combined with the easing of some Omicron-related lockdown restrictions in the Chinese domestic market, contributed to the result. Total June 2022 domestic traffic was at 81.4% of the June 2019 level.
International traffic rose 229.5% versus June 2021. The lifting of travel restrictions in most parts of Asia-Pacific is contributing to the recovery. June 2022 international RPKs reached 65.0% of June 2019 levels.
“Demand for air travel remains strong. After two years of lockdowns and border restrictions people are taking advantage of the freedom to travel wherever they can,” said Willie Walsh, IATA’s Director General.
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Costa Rica received 202,204 stopover arrivals in June 2022, 14.7% more than the 176,237 stopovers received in May.
According to the Costa Rica Institute of Tourism (ICT), Costa Rica received 202,204 stopovers in June 2022, 14.7% more than the 176,237 stopovers received in May 2022.
Costa Rica closed its borders to international arrivals as of March 19th 2020 and reopened to international tourists arriving by air as of March 2021. It reopened its land borders in May 2021. Costa Rica consequently received 124,670 stopovers in June 2021.
The 202,204 stopovers received in June 2022 were 81.3% of the 248,696 stopovers received in June 2019.
Costa Rica received 136,693 stopovers from the USA in June 2022, 67.6% of the overall total, up from 53.5% share in June 2019, and 15,595 stopovers from Central America, whose share dropped from 21.7% in June 2019 to 8.2% in June 2022.
The volume of stopovers increased by 136.9% in the first six months of 2022, growing from 516,523 stopovers in the first six months of 2021 to 1,223,764 stopovers in the first six months of 2022. The 1,223,764 stopover visitors were 70.9% of the 1,725,963 stopovers received in the first six months of 2019.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 107.9% in the first six months of 2022, from 340,356 stopovers in 2021 to 707,597 in 2022 while the number from Central America increased by 265.9%, growing from 22,915 in the first six months of 2021 to 83,835 in the same six months of 2022.
The share of visitors from the USA fell from 65.9% in the first six months of 2021 to 57.8% in the first six months of 2022.

Jamaica received 204,011 stopover visitors in May 2022, 8.4% fewer than the 222,815 stopovers received in April.
According to the Jamaica Tourist Board, Jamaica received 204,011 stopover arrivals in May 2022, 8.4% fewer than the 222,815 stopovers received in April 2022 and 96.8% of the 210,664 stopovers received in May 2019.
Jamaica closed its borders to international arrivals as of March 21st 2020 and reopened again on June 15th 2020. Jamaica consequently had 122,522 arrivals in May 2021.
Stopover arrivals from the USA totaled 154,217 in May 2022, that is 3.8% more than the 148,519 stopovers received from the USA in May 2019. Stopover arrivals from the USA comprised 75.6% of all stopover arrivals received in May 2022.
Jamaica re-opened its ports to cruise ships in August 2021 and received 65,198 cruise passengers during May 2022.
Through the first five months of 2022 Jamaica saw a 155.7% increase in the volume of stopover arrivals, growing from 366,499 stopover arrivals in the first five months of 2021 to 937,227 arrivals in the same five months of 2022.
The 937,227 stopovers received in the first five months of 2022 were 71.4% of the 1,151,795 stopovers received in the first five months of 2019.
Arrivals from the USA increased by 99.7% in the first five months of 2022, growing from 350,659 arrivals in 2021 to 700,228 arrivals in the same five months of 2022.
The USA’s share of all stopover arrivals fell from 95.7% in the first five months of 2021 to 74.7% in the same five months of 2022.
Jamaica has received 211,909 cruise passengers through May 2022, 74.7% fewer than the 836,420 cruise visitors received in the same five months of 2019.
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Montego Bay Airport handled 430,300 total passenger movements in July 2022, 9.5% more than the 393,100 handled in June.
According to Aeroportuario del Pacifico, which manages many of Mexico’s airports and which also manages the airports in Montego Bay and Kingston, Jamaica, saw the total number of passenger movements, that is both enplanements and deplanements, at Montego Bay Airport increase by 9.5% in July 2022, growing from 393,100 total movements in June 2022 to 430,300 movements in July 2022.
The total number of passenger movements in July 2022 was 2.9% fewer than the 443,100 passengers handled in July 2019.
It should be noted that Jamaica closed its borders to international visitors as of March 21st, 2020 and re-opened to such visitors as of July 15th 2020. As a result, Montego Bay Airport handled 314,500 passenger movements in July 2021.
Through the first seven months of 2022 Montego Bay Airport saw total passenger movements increase by 97.4%, from 1,275,800 in 2021 to 2,518,000 in the first seven months of 2022. The 2022 total of 2,518,000 movements was 85.0% of the 2,963,700 passenger movements handled in the first seven months of 2019.
Thus far in 2022 international passenger movements made up 100.0% of all passenger movements.

Kingston, Jamaica Airport handled 176,300 total passenger movements in July 2022, an increase of 35.4% compared with June.
According to Aeroportuario del Pacifico, which manages many of Mexico’s airports and which also manages the airports in Montego Bay and Kingston, Jamaica, saw the total number of passenger movements, that is both enplanements and deplanements, at Kingston Jamaica’s Airport increase by 35.4% in July 2022, growing from 130,200 total movements in June 2022 to 176,300 total passenger movements in July 2022. Numbers for July 2019 are not available.
While Kingston Airport re-opened to international travelers as of July 15th, 2020, the total number of passenger movements in July 2021 was 96,100 passengers.
Through the first seven months of 2022 Kingston’s Airport saw total passenger movements grow by 103.4%, from 395,600 in 2021 to 804,800 in the first seven months of 2022.
Thus far, in 2022, international passenger movements made up 100.0% of all passenger movements.

Cancun saw a 10.8% increase in international air passenger movements in July 2022 compared with June.
According to ASUR, which manages many of Mexico’s airports, Cancun Airport saw a 10.8% increase in international passenger movements in July 2022, growing from 1,660,698 movements in June 2022 to 1,840,238 movements in July 2022. Domestic passenger movements increased by 24.9%, growing from 829,781 passenger movements in June 2022 to 1,036,208 movements in July 2022.
The 1,840,238 international passenger movements were 27.6% more than the 1,441,679 handled in July 2021 and were also 23.9% more than the 1,484,897 passengers handled in July 2019.
And while the 1,036,208 domestic passenger movements were 11.2% more than the 931,989 handled in July 2021 they were also 13.2% more than the 914,987 domestic passengers handled in July 2019.
In the first seven months of 2022, the volume of international air passenger movements increased by 71.4%, growing from 6,891,980 movements in 2021 to 11,814,379 movements in the first seven months of 2022, while the volume of domestic air passenger movements increased by 13.8%, from 4,989,716 movements in the first seven months of 2021 to 5,677,055 in the same seven months of 2022.
By comparison with the first seven months of 2019 the volume of international air passenger movements in 2022 was 12.7% more than the 2019 total, growing from 10,480,240 movements in 2019 to 11,814,379 movements in the first seven months of 2022, while the volume of 2022 domestic air passenger movements was 10.6% more than the 2019 total, growing from 5,134,037 movements in the first seven months of 2019 to 5,677,055 in the same seven months of 2022.
In the first seven months of 2022 international passenger movements accounted for 67.5% of all passenger movements, up from 58.0% in 2021, and up slightly from the 67.1% achieved in the first seven months of 2019.

San Juan, Puerto Rico (SJU) saw a 5.8% increase in total air passenger movements in July 2022 compared with June.
According to ASUR, which manages many airports in Mexico, Colombia and which also manages the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, SJU saw a 5.8% increase in total passenger movements in July 2022, growing from 951,600 movements in June 2022 to 1,006,722 movements in July 2022.
However, the 1,006,722 total passenger movements were 10.0% fewer than the 1,118,931 handled in July 2021 but were 4.0% more than the 968,319 passengers handled in July 2019.
In the first seven months of 2022 the overall volume of air passenger movements handled at San Juan’s airport increased by 11.3%, from 5,555,160 in 2021 to 6,180,936 in the same seven months of 2022.
The total for the first seven months of 2022 was 8.7% more than the 5,686,127 passengers handled in the same seven months of 2019.
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Tourism sector in Quintana Roo expects this summer will be best in 5 years
Hotel occupancy expected to exceed 85%
Mexico News Daily | Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Hoteliers in the Riviera Maya aren’t just counting on a return to pre-pandemic levels this August. Managers of high-rise resorts, boutique hotels, all-inclusives and other properties from Cancún to Tulum are predicting it will be the best Mexican summer vacation season in five years.
The Riviera Maya Hotel Association (AHRM) is forecasting occupancies in excess of 85% at its 140 properties comprising more than 40,000 rooms. And the season is officially on. For most public schools in Mexico, the last day of classes was July 28 and the first day back is Aug. 29.
“We are seeing clear signs of recovery with the sustained rise in hotel occupancy and the influx of thousands of visitors eager to visit the Mexican Caribbean after the confinement and restrictions caused by the health emergency,” said Toni Chaves, the president of the AHRM.
Another strong sign was the data from July, which showed hotel occupancy at 80% for the full month and 84% for the July 29-31 weekend, compared to 66% for the full month of July in 2021, according to AHRM.
In coming weeks, according to AHRM estimates, nearly 60% of the visitors will be Mexican nationals.
Chaves stressed that it will be a successful season despite ongoing challenges, such as the washing up of sargassum on the beaches, a shortage of hotel personnel, and highway access and traffic problems in some areas.
As for the sargassum issue, a report in the newspaper Novedades said the beaches of Cancún registered 1,080 tonnes of the brown macroalgae in July, an increase of 260 tonnes over June.
However, the report added, it is being removed daily by approximately 180 public workers and it “is not an impediment for tourists to enjoy the beaches.” Big crowds have been hanging out at the Delfines and Coral beaches, and those are the ones where the most sargassum washes up, pointed out one coastal official.
Sargassum on the shores is most plentiful in July and August, due to the increase in temperature of the waters of the Caribbean Sea, the official added. In addition to workers on the shore collecting the seaweed, boats under the direction of the navy collect it at sea.
 
The United States Virgin Islands received 81,035 air arrivals in June 2022, 10.3% more than the 73,447 air visitors received in May.
According to numbers published by the USVI Bureau of Economic Research, the USVI saw the volume of air arrivals increase by 10.3% in June 2022, growing from 73,447 air arrivals in May 2022 to 81,035 air arrivals in June of this year.
However, the 81,035 air arrivals received in June 2022 was 11.8% fewer than the 91,911 air visitors received in June 2021.
The 81,035 air arrivals received in June 2022 were 30.7% more than the 61,982 received in June 2019.
Through the first six months of 2022 the USVI saw the volume of air arrivals increase by 7.6%, from 425,574 air arrivals in the first six months of 2021 to 457,843 air arrivals in the first six months of 2022.
The 457,843 arrivals received in the first six months of 2022 were 29.0% higher than the 354,973 air arrivals received in the first six months of 2019.

International Tourism Consolidates Strong Recovery Amidst Growing Challenges
UNWTO: Tourism Barometer: 1st August 2022.
International tourism continues to show signs of a strong and steady recovery from the impact of the pandemic despite significant mounting economic and geopolitical challenges.
According to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, international tourism saw a strong rebound in the first five months of 2022, with almost 250 million international arrivals recorded. This compares to 77 million arrivals from January to May 2021 and means that the sector has recovered almost half (46%) of pre-pandemic 2019 levels.
“The recovery of tourism has gathered pace in many parts of the world, weathering the challenges standing in its way”, said UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili. At the same time, he also advises caution in view of the “economic headwinds and geopolitical challenges which could impact the sector in the remainder of 2022 and beyond”.
Europe and Americas lead recovery
Europe welcomed more than four times as many international arrivals as in the first five months of 2021 (+350%), boosted by strong intra-regional demand and the removal of all travel restrictions in a growing number of countries. The region saw particularly robust performance in April (+458%), reflecting a busy Easter period. In the Americas, arrivals more than doubled (+112%). However, the strong rebound is measured against weak results in 2021 and arrivals remain overall 36% and 40% below 2019 levels in both regions, respectively.
The recovery of tourism has gathered pace in many parts of the world, weathering the challenges standing in its way.
The strong growth in the Middle East (+157%) and Africa (+156%) remained 54% and 50% below 2019 levels respectively, and Asia and the Pacific almost doubled arrivals (+94%) compared with 2021 but remained 90% below 2019, as some borders remained closed to non-essential travel.
Looking at subregions, several have recovered between 70% and 80% of their 2019 pre-pandemic levels. The Caribbean for example through May 2022 is showing a recovery of stopover visitors of 81.4% of the total stopovers for the same five months of 2019 leading the world in its recovery rate.
Central America, followed by Southern Mediterranean, Western and Northern Europe have also shown good growth. It is noteworthy that some destinations surpassed YTD 2019 levels, including the US Virgin Islands, St. Maarten, the Republic of Moldova, Albania, Honduras and Puerto Rico.
Tourism spending also rising.
Rising tourism spending out of the major source markets is consistent with the observed recovery. International expenditure by tourists from France, Germany, Italy and the United States is now at 70% to 85% of pre-pandemic levels, while spending from India, Saudi Arabia and Qatar has already exceeded 2019 levels.
In terms of international tourism receipts earned in destinations, a growing number of countries - the Republic of Moldova, Serbia, Seychelles, Romania, North Macedonia, Saint Lucia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Albania, Pakistan, Sudan, Türkiye, Bangladesh, El Salvador, Mexico, Croatia and Portugal – have fully recovered their pre-pandemic levels.
Defying mounting challenges
Strong demand during the Northern Hemisphere summer season is expected to consolidate these positive results, particularly as more destinations ease or lift travel restrictions. As of 22 July, 62 destinations (of which 39 in Europe) had no COVID-19 related restrictions in place and an increasing number of destinations in Asia have started to ease theirs.
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the overall reduction in international air capacity in 2022 will be limited to 20% to 25% of seats offered by airlines as compared to 2019. Such resilience is also reflected in hotel occupancy rates. Based on data from the industry benchmarking firm STR, global occupancy rates climbed to 66% in June 2022, from 43% in January of this year.
However, it should be noted that stronger than expected demand has created significant operational and workforce challenges, while the war in Ukraine, rising inflation and interest rates, as well as fears of an economic slowdown continue to pose a risk to recovery.
The International Monetary Fund points to a global economic slowdown from 6.1% in 2021 to 3.2% in 2022 and then to 2.9% in 2023. At the same time, UNWTO continues to work closely with the World Health Organisation (WHO) to monitor the pandemic as well as emerging public health emergencies and their potential impact on travel.
Regional Scenarios for 2022
UNWTO’s forward-looking scenarios published in May 2022 point to international arrivals reaching 55% to 70% of pre-pandemic levels in 2022. Results depend on evolving circumstances, mostly changing travel restrictions, ongoing inflation, including high energy prices, and overall economic conditions, the evolution of the war in Ukraine, as well as the health situation related to the pandemic. More recent challenges such as staff shortages, severe airport congestion and flight delays and cancellations could also impact international tourism numbers.
Scenarios by region show Europe and Americas recording the best tourism results in 2022, while Asia and the Pacific is expected to lag behind due to more restrictive travel policies. International tourist arrivals in Europe could climb to 65% or 80% of 2019 levels in 2022, depending on various conditions, while in the Americas they could reach 63% to 76% of those levels.
In Africa and the Middle East arrivals could reach about 50% to 70% of pre-pandemic levels, while in Asia and the Pacific they would remain at 30% of 2019 levels in the best-case scenario, due to stricter policies and restrictions.

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Punta Cana received 362,732 tourists in June 2022, 7.3% more than the 337,956 tourists who visited in May.
According to the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic, received 362,732 stopovers in June 2022, 7.3% more than the 337,956 stopovers received in May 2022 and 9.4% more than the 331,503  stopovers received in June 2019.
The Dominican Republic closed its borders to international tourist arrivals as of March 19th 2020 and re-opened to tourists as of July 1st 2020. Consequently, Punta Cana received 192,416 visitors in June 2021.
Punta Cana received 182,327 stopover arrivals from the USA in June 2022, 50.3% of all tourist arrivals and 19.6% more than the 152,396 stopovers received in May 2022.
Punta Cana saw its traffic from the USA grow by 21.2% in June 2022 from the 150,391 arrivals received from the USA in June 2021  Traffic from Canada increased from 375 arrivals in June 2021 to 31,598 arrivals in June 2022. Traffic from Russia collapsed from 17,104 arrivals in February 2022 to just 124 arrivals in June 2022.
Also, in June traffic from France grew from 1,039 stopovers in June 2021 to 7,412 in June this year while traffic from Germany grew from 3,905 arrivals in June 2021 to 10,457 in June 2022. Arrivals from the UK grew from 340 in June 2021 to 16,540 in June 2022. Colombia generated 19,525 stopovers in June 2022 while Argentina generated 13,920
In June 2022, stopover arrivals to Punta Cana made up 56.3% of all non-resident arrivals to the Dominican Republic compared with 41.6% in June 2021.
During the first six months of 2022 Punta Cana saw a 183.0% increase in the volume of stopover arrivals, growing from 728,404 arrivals in the first six months of 2021 to 2,061,237 non-resident arrivals in the first six months of 2022. However, the total for 2022 was 98.6% of the 2,089,992 stopovers received in the first six months of 2019.
Arrivals from the USA increased by 70.9% in the first six months of 2022, growing from 507,486 arrivals in the first six months of 2021 to 867,410 arrivals in the same six months of 2022. Traffic from Canada grew from 5,034 arrivals in the first six months of 2021 to 281,106 arrivals in the first six months of 2021. Traffic also increased from the UK, growing from 713 arrivals in the first six months of 2021 to 91,650 stopovers in the same six months of 2022.
Traffic increased by 228.2% from Colombia, was up 456.5% from Germany, up 202.7% from Spain and up 901.4% from France.
In the first six months of 2022, stopover arrivals to Punta Cana made up 58.1% of all non-resident arrivals to the Dominican Republic compared with 38.4% in the same six months of 2021.

The Dominican Republic received 644,863 tourists in June 2022, 14.9% more than the 561,323 tourists who visited in May.
According to the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic, received 644,863 stopovers in June 2022, 14.9% more than the 561,323 stopovers received in May 2022 and 9.8% more than the 587,143 stopovers received in June 2019.
The Dominican Republic received 462,536 stopover visitors in June 2021.
The Dominican Republic received 290,660 stopover arrivals from the USA in June 2022, 45.1% of all tourist arrivals and 27.7% more than the 227,630 stopovers received in May 2022. The Dominican Republic received 268,140 arrivals from the USA in June 2021.
Traffic from Canada grew from 694 arrivals in June 2021 to 37,981 arrivals in June 2022. Traffic from Russia fell from 42,705 arrivals in February 2022 to 234 arrivals in June 2022.
As well, traffic from France grew from 1,650 stopovers in June 2021 to 8,452 in June this year while traffic from Germany grew from 5,283 arrivals in June 2021 to 11,618 in June 2022. Arrivals from the UK grew from 483 in June 2021 to 17,042 in June 2022. Colombia generated 24,184 stopovers in June 2022 while Argentina generated 15,985.
In June 2022 20.3% of all non-resident tourists arriving in the Dominican Republic were non-resident Dominicans returning home, down from 28.0% of all arrivals in June 2021.
In the first six months of 2022 the Dominican Republic saw an 86.9% increase in the volume of stopover arrivals, growing from 1,897,643 arrivals in the first six months of 2021 to 3,547,143 non-resident arrivals in the same six months of 2022.
Non-resident arrivals from the USA increased by 46.0% in the first six months of 2022, growing from 918,119 arrivals in 2021 to 1,340,832 arrivals from the USA in the first six months of 2022. Stopover arrivals from Canada grew from 8,002 in the first six months of 2021 to 336,901 in the same six months of 2022.
The 3,547,143 stopovers received in the first six months of 2022 were 99.2% of the 3,575,298 stopovers received in the first six months of 2019.
In the first six months of 2022 17.9% of all non-resident tourists arriving in the Dominican Republic were non-resident Dominicans returning home, down from 31.6% in the same six months of 2021.

Mexico received 1,818,342 international air arrivals in June 2022, up 6.0% compared with May.
According to the Government of Mexico’s SECTUR (Department of Tourism) Mexico received 1,818,342 international air arrivals in June 2022, up 6.0% compared with the 1,716,160 arrivals received in May 2022.
Mexico’s border with the USA was closed as of March 20, 2020 and Mexico received 1,465,359 international visitors in June 2021.
The 1,818,342 international air arrivals received in June 2022 were 6.5% more than the 1,706,927 international air visitors received in June 2019.
Mexico received 1,296,017 air visitors from the USA in June 2022, 71.3% of the total. Colombia was the second biggest market (82,780 visitors) with Canada third largest (71,039 visitors).
Cancun Airport received 813,688 international air visitor arrivals in June 2022, 44.7% of the overall total. Los Cabos received 194,672 international air arrivals with Puerto Vallarta receiving 130,280  international air visitors.
In the first six months of 2022 the volume of international air arrivals to Mexico increased by 83.0%, from 5,610,243 arrivals in 2021 to 10,266,004 arrivals in the same six months of 2022. The 10,266,004 arrivals received in the first six months of 2022 were 1.5% higher than the 10,116,740 international arrivals received in the first six months of 2019.
The volume of air arrivals from the USA increased by 50.5% in the first six months of 2022, from 4,424,529 air arrivals in 2021 to 6,659,657 air arrivals in the first six months of 2022 while the volume from Canada grew from 55,694 in 2021 to 859,580 in the first six months of 2022.
Cancun Airport saw an 83.8% increase in international air arrivals in the first six months of 2022, growing from 2,624,383 arrivals in 2021 to 4,823,418 arrivals in the first six months of 2022 while Los Cabos saw a 51.6% increase growing from 741,857 international air arrivals in 2021 to 1,124,660 air arrivals in the first six months of 2022. Puerto Vallarta saw a 109.3% increase, growing from 432,801 international arrivals in 2021 to 905,710 international arrivals in the same six months of 2022.
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Las Vegas received 3,324,800 visitors in June 2022, 3.5% fewer than the 3,446,900 received in May 2022.
According to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, Las Vegas saw the volume of visitors decrease by 3.5% in June 2022, falling from 3,446,900 arrivals in May 2022 to 3,324,800 in June of 2022.
Las Vegas received 2,971,000 visitors in June 2021.
The 3,324,800 arrivals received in June 2022 were 92.2% of the 3,607,400 arrivals received in June 2019.
Las Vegas had a weighted average of 151,523 open hotel rooms in June 2022 (up 2.5% compared with June 2021) and achieved an average city-wide room occupancy of 82.7% (75.9% in June 2021), an ADR of $156.92 and a RevPar of $129.77.
Gaming revenue decreased by 1.6% in June 2022, falling from $1.127 billion in May 2022 to $1.109 billion in June 2022. Gaming revenue in June 2022 was 22.3% higher than the $906.68 million in gaming revenue generated in June 2019.
Through the first six months of 2022 Las Vegas saw a 37.8% increase in the volume of visitors, growing from 13,487,300 arrivals in the first six months of 2021 to 18,580,000 visitors in the same six months of 2022. The total number of visitors for the first six months of 2022 was 87.9% of the 21,139,600 received in the same six months of 2019.
Las Vegas achieved an average city-wide room occupancy of 76.3% in the first six months of 2022 (up 19.4 percentage points compared with the first six months of 2021), an ADR of $162.60 (up 44.4% compared with the same six months of 2021) and a RevPar of $124.39 up 93.5%, also compared with the same six months of 2021.
Gaming revenue increased by 23.5% in the first six months of 2022, from $5.065 billion in 2021 to $6.254 billion in the same six months of 2022. Gaming revenue in the first six months of 2022 was 20.6% higher than the $5.188 billion in gaming revenue generated in the first six months of 2019.

Hawaii reports the state received 841,809 out-of-state tourists in June 2022, 8.7% more than the 774,144 received in May.
According to the Hawaii Tourism Authority, Hawaii saw the volume of air arrivals increase by 8.7% in June 2022, growing from 774,144 air arrivals received in May 2022 to 841,809 arrivals in June 2022.
And, according to preliminary visitor statistics released by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), total spending for visitors arriving in June 2022 was $1.832 billion, up 17.1% compared with May 2022 and 12.3% higher than in June 2019.
June also saw 1,118 cruise passengers visit the state.
Hawaii received 791,053 out of state visitors in June 2021.
The 841,809 arrivals received in June 2022 were 11.0% fewer than the 946,373 arrivals received in June 2019.
Hawaii received 748,042 air arrivals from the mainland USA in June 2022, 88.9% of the overall total, 15,634 arrivals from Canada, 11,940 arrivals from Japan and 66,193 air arrivals from other markets.
Overall person per trip expenditures grew by 26.2% from $1,721.90 in June 2019 to $2,173.50 in June 2022.
Through the first six months of 2022 Hawaii saw a 60.0% increase in the volume of air arrivals, growing from 2,751,849 air arrivals in the first six months of 2021 to 4,402,151 air arrivals in the same six months of 2022.
Air arrivals in the first six months of 2022 were 86.4% of the 5,094,146 received in the first six months of 2019.
For the first six months of 2022, total visitor spending was estimated to be $9.225 billion, 4.2% more than the $8.858 billion spent in the first six months of 2019. Person per trip spending grew by 22.2% from $1,712.90 per person per trip in the first six months of 2019 to $2,093.40 per person per trip in the first six months of 2022.
Air arrivals from the USA increased by 45.4% in the first six months of 2022, growing from 2,637,818 air arrivals in 2021 to 3,887,939 air arrivals in the same six months of 2022, from Japan grew from 7,448 stopovers in 2021 to 34,925 in the first six months of 2022 and grew from 5,434 stopovers from Canada in 2021 to 191,133 in the same six months of 2022.
Hawaii received 29,181 cruise visitors in the first six months of 2022.
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Hawaii’s hotels report a 1.9 percentage point increase in average room occupancy in June 2022 compared with May 2022, growing from 73.9% to 75.8%
According to the Hawai‘i Hotel Performance Report published by the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority (HTA), statewide hotel room occupancy increased by 1.9 percentage points from 73.9% in May 2022 to 75.8% in June of this year. ADR increased by 15.2% from $340.20 in May to $391.73 in June, while revpar grew by 18.1%, from $251.36 in May 2022 to $296.85 in June of this year.
The hotel sector posted an average room occupancy of 76.9% in June 2021.
Hawai‘i hotel room revenues statewide increased by 14.0%, growing from $433.5 million in May 2022 to $494.2 million in June 2022. Room demand decreased by 1.0%, falling from 1,274,200 room nights in May 2022 to 1,261,500 room nights in June 2022 while room supply decreased by 3.5%, falling from 1,724,600 available room nights in May 2022 to 1,664,700 available room nights in June.
For the first six months of 2022 statewide hotel room occupancy increased by 25.0 percentage points from 48.0% in 2021 to 73.0% in the first six months of 2022. ADR increased by 23.5% from $295.45 in 2021 to $364.75 in 2022 while revpar grew by 87.6%, from $141.86 in the first six months of 2021 to $266.16 in the first six months of this year.
By comparison with the first six months of 2019, average room occupancy fell from 80.5% in 2019 to 73.0% in 2022. ADR however improved by 30.3% from $279.99 in the first six months of 2019 to $364.75 in the same six months of 2022, while RevPar grew by 18.2%, from $225.27 in 2019 to $266.16 in the same six months of 2022.
In the first six months of 2022, Hawai‘i hotel room revenues statewide increased by 99.1% from $1.34 billion in 2021 to $2.67 billion in the first six months of this year. Total rooms revenues for the first six months of 2022 were 21.3% higher than for the same six months of 2019.
Room demand increased by 92.8%, from 3,805,400 room nights in 2021 to 7,335,300 in the same six months of 2022. Room supply grew by 6.1% to 10,052,300 available room nights also in the first six months.
Room demand in 2022 was 6.9% lower than for the same six months of 2019 while room supply was 2.6% higher.
The Hawai‘i Hotel Performance Report is produced using hotel survey data compiled by STR, Inc., the largest survey of its kind in Hawai‘i. The survey generally excludes properties with under 20 lodging units, such as small bed and breakfasts, youth hostels, single-family vacation rentals, cottages, individually rented vacation condominiums and sold timeshare units no longer available for hotel use. The data has been weighted both geographically and by class of property to compensate for any over and/or under representation of hotel survey participants by location and type.
For June, the survey included 153 properties representing 46,564 rooms, or 83.9 percent of all lodging properties with 20 rooms or more in the Hawaiian Islands, including those offering full service, limited service, and condominium hotels. Vacation rental and timeshare properties were not included in this survey. The June survey included 77 properties on O‘ahu representing 28,382 rooms (92.6%); 41 properties in the County of Maui, representing 9,828 rooms (74.5%); 16 properties on the island of Hawai‘i, representing 4,889 rooms (69.5%); and 19 properties on Kaua‘i, representing 3,465 rooms (75.0%).
 
Puerto Rico saw average hotel room occupancy drop to 63.1% in May 2022 falling by 3.4 percentage points from the 66.5% achieved in April.
According to the Puerto Rico Tourism Company (PRTC), the hotels and resorts endorsed by the PRTC saw the number of non-resident hotel registrations decrease by 8.6% in May 2022, falling from 174,862 non-resident registrations in April 2022 to 159,784 registrations in May 2022. Registrations by local residents decreased by 1.6%, falling from 61,772 in April 2022 to 60,814 in May 2022.
The 159,784 non-resident hotel registrations achieved in May 2022 were 15.7% more than the 138,100 non-resident registrations achieved in May 2019.
The PRTC reports that the number of hotel/resort available room nights increased by 0.6%, growing from 411,788 in April 2022 to 426,603 in May 2022. The number of available room nights in May 2022 was 9.0% higher than in May 2019.
The number of occupied room nights decreased by 3.9%, falling from 313,208 in April 2022 to 300,745 in May 2022. The number of occupied room nights achieved in May 2022 was 19.9% more than the total achieved in May 2019.
Average room occupancy fell by 3.4 percentage points from the 66.5% achieved in April 2022 to 63.1% in May 2022. Average room occupancy in May 2019 was 64.1%.
ADR decreased by 10.4% falling from $287.05 in April 2022 to $257.23 in May 2022 and was 63.4% higher than the $157.46 achieved in May 2019.
In the first five months of 2022 the number of non-resident hotel registrations increased by 19.9%, growing from 634,637 non-resident registrations in the first five months of 2021 to 761,083 registrations in the first five months of 2022. Registrations by local residents increased by 0.3% growing from 254,491 in 2021 to 255,249 in the same five months of 2022.
The number of hotel/resort available room nights increased by 5.9% in the first five months of 2022, growing from 1,924,531 in 2021 to 2,038,625 in 2022. The number of occupied room nights increased by 22.3%, growing from 1,122,268 in 2021 to 1,372,063 in 2022.
The overall average room occupancy grew by 6.4 percentage points from 54.2% in the first five months of 2021 to 60.6% in the same five months of 2022. ADR grew by 22.2% from $232.72 in 2021 to $284.34 in the same five months of 2022. ADR is the first five months of 2022 was 63.2% higher than for the same five months of 2019.
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Barbados received 27,528 stopovers in June 2022, 4.5% fewer than the 28,829 stopovers received in May.
According to the Barbados Statistical Service, Barbados saw a 4.5% drop in stopover visitor arrivals in June 2022, falling from the 28,829 stopover arrivals in May 2022 to 27,528 stopover arrivals in June 2022.
Barbados received no cruise visitors in June 2022.
Barbados imposed a mandatory 14-day quarantine on all visitor arrivals as of March 22nd  2020 which remained in place until November 24th 2021. Barbados consequently received 6,448 stopover arrivals in June 2021.
The 27,528 stopovers received in June 2022 were 54.9% of the 50,160 stopovers received in June 2019.
Barbados received 8,662 stopover arrivals from the United Kingdom in June 2022, 31.5% of all arrivals, and 12,117 stopovers from the USA 44.0% of all stopovers for June.
Through the first six months of 2022, Barbados saw stopover arrivals increase from 18,871 in the first six months of 2021 to 208,812 in the first six months of 2022.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased from 7,664 stopovers in the first six months of 2021 to 58,142 in the same six months of 2022 while the number of stopover visitors from the U.K. increased from 3,033 in the first six months of 2021 to 91,822 stopovers in the same six months of 2022.
The 208,812 stopovers received in the first six months of 2022 were 56.0% of the 373,015 stopovers received in the first six months of 2019.
Barbados received 175,889 cruise visitors in the first six months of 2022 compared with 491,547 received in the same six months of 2019.

The Maldives reports it received 110,889 stopover visitor arrivals in June 2022, 11.7% fewer than the 125,522 received in May.
The Maldives Government’s Ministry of Tourism recently announced that The Maldives received 110,889 stopover visitors in June 2022, down 11.7% from the 125,522 stopovers received in May 2022.
The Maldives closed its borders to tourist arrivals on March 27th 2020 and re-opened to all tourists as of July 15th 2020. Consequently, the Maldives received 56,166 stopover visitors in June 2021.
The 110,889 stopovers received in June 2022 were 2.3% fewer than the 113,475 stopovers received in June 2019.
In June 2022 India was the number one source market and generated 22,101 stopovers (19.9% share of total) while Russia was number two with 15,327 stopovers (13.8% share). The United Kingdom was number three with 8,728 stopovers.
The Maldives saw the overall number of operating accommodation establishments grow by 57.9% from 738 in June 2021 to 1,165 establishments in June 2022.
The number of beds in operation grew by 19.1% from 48,396 in June 2021 to 57,654 in June 2022.
During June 2022 overall average room occupancy grew by 11.8 percentage points from 32.1% in June 2021 to 43.9% for June 2022.
Of the 1,165 establishments in operation 164 were resorts which offered 39,481 beds. These resorts achieved a 54.8% average room occupancy during June 2022 up from 38.2% for June 2021.
The Maldives saw a 59.3% increase in total arrivals in the first six months of 2022, growing from 510,549 stopovers in the first six months of 2021 to 813,211 stopovers in the same six months of 2022 with India (120,604 visitors) and the United Kingdom (96,470 visitors) being the two largest source markets in these six months.
The 813,211 visitors received in the first six months of 2022 was 94.3% of the 862,589 visitors received in the first six months of 2019.
The Maldives saw the overall number of operating accommodation establishments grow by 48.8% from an average of 691 in the first six months of 2021 to an average of 1,028 establishments in the same six months of 2022.
The number of beds in operation grew by 18.8% from 46,699 in the first six months of 2021 to 55,470 in the same six months of this year.
Through the end of June 2022 overall average room occupancy had grown by 10.3 percentage points from 51.0% in 2021 to 61.3% for the first six months of this year.
Of the 1,028 establishments in operation 163 were resorts which offered 39,141 beds. These resorts achieved a 73.2% average room occupancy through the first six months of 2022 up from 58.7% for the first six months of 2021. Through the first six months of 2021 there was an average of 150 resorts in operation offering 35,369 beds.
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Aruba Airport Authority reports it handled 105,788 departing passengers in June 2022, 4.2% more than the 101,570 departing passengers handled in May.
The Aruba Airport Authority (AAA) reports that in June 2022 105,788 Revenue Generating Passengers (RGPs) departed Queen Beatrix International Airport (AUA Airport) to its various markets. This was 4.2% more than the 101,570 RGPs who departed in May 2022.
A revenue generating passenger is an outbound traveler leaving Aruba and includes tourists returning to their homes as well as Arubans departing for trips overseas.
While Aruba reopened to travel to and from Bonaire and Curacao as of June 15th, 2020, the country did not reopen to travel from Europe, Canada, and the Caribbean until July 1st, 2020, and from the USA until July 10th, 2020. Consequently, the airport had just 84,754 RGPs in June 2021.
The airport also handled 8,793 passengers in transit in June 2022 as well as 53 transferring passengers.
In June 2022 81,196 passengers (pax) travelled to the USA, 1,284 pax to Canada, 8,372 pax to Europe, 10,669 pax to Latin America and 1,284 pax to the Dutch Caribbean.
The airlines provided 134,286 outbound seats in June 2022, 6.0% fewer than the 142,857 seats provided in June 2019.
Airlines flying to the USA in June experienced an average load factor of 90.0%, 91.9% to Canada, while flights to Europe averaged an 84.1% load factor. The overall average load factor for all flights for June was 86.0%.
In the first six months of 2022 the airport handled a total of 577,143 RGPs, up 65.4% compared with the 348,943 handled in the first six months of 2021. Traffic to the USA increased by 49.0%, from 298,644 RGPs in the first six months of 2021 to 444,981 in the same six months of 2022. Traffic to Canada grew from 901 RGPs in 2021 to 12,037 RGPs, while traffic to Europe increased by 103.2%, from 22,186 RGPS in the first six months of 2021 to 45,072 RGPs this year.
Seat capacity increased by 34.2% through the first six months of 2022 from 598,740 available seats in the first six months of 2021 to 803,439 seats in the same six months of 2022. The 803,349 seats available in 2022 were 89.0% of the 902,264 seats available in the first six months of 2019.
The overall average load factor of outbound flights grew from 62.5% in the first six months of 2021 to 79.6% in the same six months of 2022. The average load factor of flights to the USA grew from 63.1% in the first six months of 2021 to 80.1% in the same six months of 2022.
On July 4th 2022, the airport issued a revised forecast for the number of available seats for CY 2022 and projects a total of 1,580,355 available seats for CY 2022, 5.4% fewer than the 1,701,062 seats provided in 2019. They forecast that the airport will handle 1,081,141 seats from the USA, 1.5% more than the 1,065,147 seats handled from the USA in 2019.
The AAA also forecast that the airport will handle a total of 1,202,930 RGPs in CY 2022 and 1,237,272 RGPs in CY 2023. The 2022 total is 95.0% of the 1,265,965 RGPs handled in CY 2019.
The AAA stated that these projections are preliminary and subject to change.

​United Airlines Again Scales Back Growth Plans
Chicago-based carrier is remaining cautious on capacity, citing global trends that present potential headwinds.
By Aaron Karp | Routes Online | 21 July 2022
United Airlines said it will operate capacity in 2023 “no more than” 8% above 2019 levels, a significant draw down from earlier expectations of capacity growth of as much as 20% next year versus 2019.
At the start of this year, the Star Alliance member had expected to operate 5% more capacity in 2022 versus 2021—similarly, the carrier’s capacity plans for 2023 were much more aggressive at the beginning of 2021. But those plans were quickly nixed as the omicron variant of COVID-19 hit the US, and United has remained cautious about growth throughout 2022.
Now the carrier estimates it will operate 13% less capacity for the full-year 2022 compared to 2019. As recently as March, United forecast full-year 2022 capacity to be down 7% to 9% compared to 2019–the lower expectations come after months of US airlines facing serious operational issues.
United’s second-quarter capacity was down 15% versus the 2019 June quarter. Third-quarter capacity is expected to be down 11% compared to the 2019 September quarter and down 10% in the fourth quarter versus the same period in 2019.
The latest United capacity forecast came as the carrier released its second-quarter results July 20, reporting net income of $329 million, reversing a $434 million net loss in the 2021 June quarter. United is not alone in revising capacity plans. Rival Delta Air Lines said earlier this month it was lowering its capacity forecast for 2022. 
United CEO Scott Kirby said in a statement that the operational challenges affecting the US industry were mostly avoided by the airline in the second quarter: “United performed well and, with the exception of Newark (EWR), had operating results largely in line with 2019.”
EWR, located in New Jersey just outside of New York City, is a major hub in United’s network. 
Kirby cited “three risks that could grow over the next 6-18 months” and potentially affect United’s performance and rate of capacity growth. 
“Industry-wide operational challenges that limit the system's capacity, record fuel prices and the increasing possibility of a global recession are each real challenges that we are already addressing,” he said. “These fundamental challenges have already led to higher costs, higher fuel prices, but also higher revenue” as demand soars and tight capacity leads to higher fares. 
Third-quarter revenue of $12.1 billion was up 6% over the 2019 June quarter.

Belize received 34,078 stopover visitors in June 2022, 3.7% more than the 32,877 visitors received in May.
According to the Belize Tourism Board, Belize received 34,078 stopover visitors in June 2022, up 3.7% from the 32,877 stopover visitors received in May 2022.
Belize closed its borders as of April 5th 2020 and received 26,362 stopover visitors in June 2021. The country reopened to visitors arriving by air as of October 1st 2020 and to visitors arriving by land and sea on June 31st 2021.
The 34,078 stopover visitors received in June 2022 were 79.4% of the 42,938 stopover visitors received in June 2019.
Belize received 28,045 stopover arrivals from the USA in June 2022, 2,053 from Europe, 621 from Canada and 370 from Mexico.
Belize received 12 cruise ship calls in June 2022 with 44,333 cruise visitors. Belize re-opened to cruise visitors as of July 2021.
In the first six months of 2022 Belize saw the number of stopovers increase by 121.6%, from 92,075 stopover visitors in the first six months of 2021 to 204,000 in the first six months of 2022. The 204,000 visitors received in the first half of 2022 were 71.7% of the 284,566 received in the first six months of 2019.
Stopovers from the USA increased by 105.1% in the first six months of 2022, from 78,336 in 2021 to 160,639 in the same six months of 2022. Stopovers from Canada grew from 944 stopover visitors in the first six months of 2021 to 8,637 visitors in the same six months of 2022, while stopovers from Europe grew from 1,962 stopovers in the first six months of 2021 to 15,580 visitors in the same six months of 2022.
Belize received 324,168 cruise visitors in the first six months of 2022, down 53.5% compared with the 697,767 cruise visitors received in the first six months of 2019.
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North America Hotel Guest Satisfaction Declines as Travel Volume, Room Rates Rise, J.D. Power Finds
J.D. Power | July 13, 2022
Rise in Demand and Room Rates Puts Pressure on Guest Satisfaction as Hotels Manage Delicate Balance Between Recovery and Guest Experience
Hotel occupancy rates are on track to approach pre-pandemic levels this year as travelers get back on the road and in the air to make up for two-plus years of deferred vacation plans. However, according to the J.D. Power 2022 North America Hotel Guest Satisfaction Index (NAGSI) Study, released today, the surge in demand and steadily climbing prices have not been met with a corresponding improvement in amenities or services. As a result, overall hotel guest satisfaction declines 8 points (on a 1,000-point scale) from 2021, driven primarily by dissatisfaction with cost and fees and guest rooms.
“The phenomenon we’re seeing this year tracks closely with the rise in average daily room rates since late 2021, putting hotel property owners squarely in recovery mode,” said Andrea Stokes, hospitality practice lead at J.D. Power. “During the fielding period of the study—June 2021 through May 2022—the average daily rate for branded hotels has risen 34.8%. Many hotel owners and operators are using this post-pandemic surge in travel to get back on a steady financial footing, yet they held back on investing in upgrades and improvements during the pandemic. Hotel operators must carefully balance a focus on recovery with the heightened guest expectations that come with higher room rates.”
Following are additional key findings of the 2022 study:
•  Pricing up across all segments but many travelers not perceiving good value for money: The single biggest factor driving this year’s 8-point decline in overall satisfaction is hotel cost and fees. Another factor driving the decline is satisfaction with guest rooms, which suggests that hotel guests are feeling like they are paying more, but not getting more in return.
•  Satisfaction with guest rooms decreases: While hotels still get relatively high satisfaction scores for guest room cleanliness, scores for décor and furnishings, in-room amenities and quality of bathrooms decline from a year ago.
•  More guests paying for internet access: The one hotel amenity that guests can’t live without is Wi-Fi. A large majority (81%) of guests accessed the internet in their hotel rooms. The percentage of guests who paid extra for that privilege has increased four percentage points from pre-pandemic 2019.
•  Fewer staff interactions: After emerging as the heroes of the pandemic by helping to keep hotels up and running through one of the most challenging periods in history, frontline hotel staff are spread thinner this year due to the industry labor shortage. However, while fewer guests are interacting with front desk staff and breakfast attendants this year compared with pre-pandemic 2019, they still give staff high ratings for courtesy.
The 2022 North America Hotel Guest Satisfaction Index (NAGSI) Study, now in its 26th year, analyzes guest responses to more than 150 questions regarding branded hotel stay experiences and benchmarks the performance of 101 brands across eight market segments. This year’s study is based on responses from 34,407 hotel guests for stays between May 2021 and May 2022.
For more information about the North America Hotel Guest Satisfaction Index (NAGSI) Study, visit
https://www.jdpower.com/resource/jd-power-north-america-hotel-guest-satisfaction-index-study.

​Hotel occupancy in Dubai and Abu Dhabi above 70% in first five months as tourism rebounds.
The National News | July 18th 2022
Hotels in Dubai and Abu Dhabi reported strong occupancy rates for the first five months of this year as the tourism sector in the UAE continues to rebound from the coronavirus-related slowdown.
The occupancy rate at Dubai hotels reached 75 per cent in the first five months of this year, up from 58 per cent in the same period of last year, a report by consultancy JLL said.
The average daily rate (ADR) during the period also jumped to $213, which had a “notable impact” on revenue per available room (RevPar), a key measure of hotel performance, which nearly doubled to $160.
In the capital, the occupancy rate rose to 71 per cent during the January-May period, up by 10 percentage points annually, JLL said.
ADR climbed by 27 per cent year-on-year to $112, with RevPar posting a double-digit increase to $79 in the first five months of 2022.
“So far this year, the UAE’s hotel sector has benefited from higher visitor numbers from a range of source markets. Luxury resorts and waterfront destinations remain the preferred choice for guests and as such have outperformed other segments,” the report said.
Dubai welcomed about 6.17 million international visitors from January to May, three times more than in the same period last year, the emirate's Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) said last month.
The surge in visitor numbers followed government initiatives that helped the tourism sector bounce back quickly from the pandemic and the momentum generated by Expo 2020 Dubai, the DET said.
Looking ahead, hotels in Dubai expect to be close to full capacity in the final months of the year as tens of thousands of football fans plan to use it as a base for the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
Dubai saw the completion of about 500 keys in the hospitality sector in the second quarter of 2022, which led to the city’s total hotel stock reaching 144,000, JLL said.
An additional 10,000 keys are scheduled to be handed over in the second half of this year.
In Abu Dhabi, while no new stock was added in the second quarter, about 700 keys are expected to be delivered by the end of 2022.
“While we did see an uptick in positive sentiment towards the sector, hotel operators will need to be competitive in their offerings evolving from traditional models to get an edge, as the market matures further,” said Amr El Nady, head of hotels and hospitality, Middle East and Africa, and executive vice president of the global hotel desk at JLL.
Traditional operators are likely to evolve to offer a variety of food and beverage options to attract more visitors, the report said.
“This becomes pertinent, especially in light of managing the overall impact of inflation and the growing strength of the UAE dirham on the purchasing power of tourists. The key will lie in adopting a balanced approach to achieving revenue targets,” Mr El Nady said.

The Bahamas reports the islands received 122,094 stopovers in May 2022, 17.5% fewer than the 147,945 stopovers received in April 2022.
According to the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, The Islands of The Bahamas received 122,094 stopover visitors in May 2022, 17.5% fewer than the 147,945 stopovers received in April 2022,
The 122,094 stopovers received in May 2022 were 69.9% of the 174,704 stopovers received in May 2019.
The Bahamas closed its borders to foreign visitors as of March 24th 2020 and re-opened its borders as of July 1st 2020. Consequently, The Bahamas received 89,060 stopover visitors in May 2021.
Of the 122,094 stopover visitors who arrived in May, 110,724 (90.7%) were from the USA with 3,264 coming from Canada and 3,557 from Europe.
During May 2022 88,646 stopovers stayed in Nassau/Paradise Island, (72.6% of all stopovers), with 5,640 stopovers (4.6%) staying in Grand Bahama, and 27,808 stopovers (22.8%) staying in The Out Islands.
The Bahamas received 361,837 cruise visitors in May, 87.4% of the 413,944 cruise visitors received in May 2019.
During the first five months of 2022 The Bahamas saw a 115.1% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 261,159 stopover visitors in the first five months of 2021 to 561,651 stopovers in the same five months of 2022.
The 561,651 stopovers received in the first five months of 2022 were 63.6% of the 883,398 stopovers received in the same five months of 2019.
The number of visitors from the USA increased by 100.9% in the first five months of 2022, growing from 248,749 stopovers in 2021 to 499,742 stopovers in the same five months of 2022. The number from Canada grew from 1,387 in 2021 to 22,399 in the first five months of 2022, while the number from Europe grew from 4,031 in the first five months of 2021 to 21,364 in the same five months of 2022.
Traffic from the USA in the first five months of 2022 was 89.0% of all stopover visitors compared to 80.4% of total stopover visits in the same five months of 2019.
Nassau/Paradise Island saw a 148.9% increase in stopover arrivals in the first five months of 2022, growing from 163,052 stopovers in 2021 to 405,839 stopovers in the same five months of 2022, while Grand Bahama Island saw a 105.5% increase in stopover traffic, growing from 12,162 stopovers in 2021 to 24,991 in the same five months of 2022. Stopover traffic to the Out Islands increased by 52.2%, growing from 85,945 stopover visitors in 2021 to 130,821 in the same five months of 2022.
Traffic to Nassau/Paradise Island in the first five months of 2022 was 62.4% of the total for the same five months of 2019, while traffic to Grand Bahama was 45.2% of the total for the same five months of 2019, and traffic to the Out Islands was 73.6% of the total for the same five months of 2019.
The Bahamas received  1,796,687 cruise visitors in the first five months of 2022, 76.1% of the 2,359,616 received in the first five months of 2019.
Please note these numbers are preliminary and may be subject to change.

​Curacao reports it received 37,541 stopover arrivals in June 2022, 4.8% more than the 35,813 received in May.
According to the Curaçao Tourist Board, Curaçao saw a 4.8% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in June, growing from 35,813 stopovers received in May 2022 to 37,541 stopovers received in June 2022.
The 37,541 stopovers received in June 2022 were 10.7% more than the 33,924 stopovers received in June 2019.
Curaçao closed its borders to international visitors as of March 17th, 2020 and reopened its borders to visitors from Europe and the Caribbean as of July 1st 2020. Consequently, Curaçao received 21,223 stopover visitors in June 2021.
Curacao received 14,796 stopover visitors from the Netherlands in June 2022 and 9,584 stopovers from the USA, 39.4% and 25.5% of all stopovers, respectively. The 351 room Sandals Royal Curacao opened June 1st 2022 after being closed for renovation.
Curacao received 9 cruise ship calls with 29,808 cruise visitors in June 2022. The island re-opened to cruise traffic in June 2021 and received 3 calls with 1,586 passengers in that month. The 29,808 cruise visitors were 83.4% of the 35,756 received in June 2019.
In the first six months of 2022 Curaçao saw a 294.8% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 57,641 visitors in 2021 to 227,553 visitors in the same six months of this year.
The number of stopovers from the Netherlands increased by 294.3%, growing from 31,083 visitors during the first six months of 2021, to 122,549 in the same six months of 2022. The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 208.0% during the first six months, growing from 12,123 in 2021 to 37,338 in the same six months of 2022.
The 227,553 stopovers received in the first six months of 2022 was 95.7% of the 237,753 stopovers received in the same six months of 2019. The 122,549 stopovers received from the Netherlands in the first six months of 2022 was 26.7% more than the 96,689 received from the Netherlands in the first six months of 2019.
In the first six months of 2022 Curacao received 156 cruise ship calls which brought 229,869 cruise passengers, 54.8% of the 419,832 cruise visitors brought in the same six months of 2019.
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Aruba received 101,526 stopover visitors in June 2022, 11.1% more than the 91,403 stopovers received in May.
According to Aruba Tourism Authority, Aruba received 101,526 stopover arrivals in June 2022, 11.1% more than the 91,403 stopovers it received in May 2022 and 2.6% more than the 98,970 stopover visitors received in June 2019.
Compared with 2019, stopover arrivals from the USA increased by 5.9%, growing from 77,493 arrivals in June 2019 to 82,070 arrivals in June 2022. Arrivals from the USA comprised 80.8% of all arrivals in June 2022 up from 78.3% in June 2019.
Arrivals from Canada decreased by 16.5%,falling from 2,243 in June 2019 to 1,873 stopovers in June 2022. Arrivals from the Netherlands increased by 8.5%, growing from 2,951 in June 2019 to 3,203 in June of this year.
Aruba re-opened its ports to visitors in June 2021 and during June 2022 received 9 cruise ship calls and a total of 35,693 cruise passengers.
The number of visitors staying in hotels in June 2022 declined by 7.5% compared with June 2019, falling from 51,876 visitors in 2019 to 48,009 in June 2022. The share of visitors staying in hotels fell from 52.4% in June 2019 to 47.3% in June 2022.
29,823 visitors used timeshare accommodation in June 2022, 1.2% more than the 29,478 visitors who used such accommodation in June 2019, with the sector’s share falling from 29.8% in June 2019 to 29.4% in June 2022.
Visitors using other accommodation – private homes, condominiums, short term rental accommodation and apartments – increased by 34.5% when comparing June 2019 with June 2022, growing from 17,616 visitors in 2019 to 23,694 in June 2022, with the share growing from 17.8% in 2019 to 23.3% in 2022.
In June 2022, the primary carrier was JetBlue which brought in 29,017 non-resident visitors, 28.6% of all stopover arrivals, while American Airlines brought in 24,548 non-resident visitors, 24.2% of all visitors. United Airlines brought in 14,214 visitors with Delta bringing in 10,118 visitors. These four carriers brought in 76.7% of all visitors in June of this year.
The percentage of visitors 20 years old through 49 years old grew from 48.5% in June 2019 to 49.6% in June 2022. The percentage 60 years old or older fell from 16.1% in June 2019 to 15.8% in June 2022.
In the first six months of 2022 Aruba saw a 61.9% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 326,387 visitors in the first six months of 2021 to 528,325 visitors in the first six months of this year. The number of stopovers from the USA grew by 46.4% during the first six months, from 289,501 in the first six months of 2021 to 423,790 in the same six months of 2022.
The 528,325 stopover visitors received in the first six months of 2022 was 91.8% of the 575,652 stopovers received in the first six months of 2019.
The 423,790 stopovers received from the USA in the first six months of 2022, was 97.3% of the 435,343 stopovers received from the USA in the first six months of 2019. The share of stopovers from the USA grew from 75.6% in the first six months of 2019 to 80.2% in the same six months of 2022.
The number of visitors staying in hotels in the first six months of 2022 declined by 19.0% compared with the same six months of 2019, falling from 294,976 visitors in 2019 to 238,688 in the same six months of 2022. The share of visitors staying in hotels fell from 51.2% in the first six months of 2019 to 45.2% in the same six months of 2022.
In the first six months of 2022 155,792 visitors used timeshare accommodation, 2.3% more than the 152,254 visitors who used such accommodation in the first six months of 2019, with the sector’s share growing from 26.4% in 2019 to 29.5% in 2022.
Visitors using other accommodation – private homes, condominiums, short term rental accommodation and apartments – grew by 4.2% when comparing the first six months of 2019 with the same six months of 2022, growing from 128,419 visitors in 2019 to 133,845 in 2022, with the share growing from 22.3% in 2019 to 25.3% in 2022.
In the first six months of 2022 the primary carrier was JetBlue which brought in 156,963 non-resident visitors, 29.7% of all stopover arrivals, while American Airlines brought in 109,234 non-resident visitors, 20.7% of all visitors. United Airlines brought in 75,081 visitors with Delta bringing in 60,645 visitors. These four carriers brought in 76.1% of all visitors in the first six months of 2022.
The percentage of visitors 20 years old through 49 years old grew from 43.9% in the first six months of 2019 to 47.2% in the same six months of 2022. The percentage 60 years old or older fell from 22.3% in 2019 to 20.0% in 2022.
Aruba received 162 cruise ship calls in the first six months of 2022 with 263,472 cruise passengers compared with the 167 calls cruise ships made in the same six months of 2019 with 435,112 passengers. The average number of passengers per call fell by 37.6%, from 2,605 visitors  in 2019 to 1,626 visitors in 2022.
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The USVI saw a 3.6% increase in the number of cruise visitors in June 2022.
According to the USVI Bureau of Economic Research, the USVI saw the volume of cruise visitor arrivals increase by 3.6% in June 2022, growing from 58,482 cruise visitors from 18 calls in May 2022 to 60,603 cruise visitors from 15 calls in June 2022. The USVI reopened to cruise ships in July 2021.
The USVI received 436,946 cruise passengers from 211 calls during the first six months of 2022. While there were no cruise ship calls in the first six months of 2021 this total is 57.4% of the 761,833 cruise visitors received in the first six months of 2019.

The United States Virgin Islands received 73,447 air arrivals in May 2022, 7.8% fewer than the 79,665 air visitors received in April.
According to numbers published by the USVI Bureau of Economic Research, the USVI saw the volume of air arrivals decrease by 7.8% in May 2022, falling from 79,665 air arrivals in April 2022 to 73,447 air arrivals in May of this year.
The 73,447 air arrivals received in May 2022 were 30.7% more than the 56,220 received in May 2019.
The USVI closed its borders to air arrivals as of March 21st 2020 and re-opened as of July 1st 2020. The USVI received 82,388 air arrivals in May 2021 12.1% more than the 73,447 received in May 2022.
Through the first five months of 2022 the USVI saw the volume of air arrivals increase by 12.9%, from 333,663 air arrivals in the first five months of 2021 to 376,808 air arrivals in the first five months of 2022.
The 376,808 arrivals received in the first five months of 2022 were 28.6% higher than the 292,991 air arrivals received in the first five months of 2019.
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Cuba announces it received 117,564 international stopover visitors in June 2022,  0.5% more than the 117,000 received in May.
The Cuban Government’s Office of National Statistics and Information (ONEI) recently announced that total international tourist arrivals increased by 0.5% in June 2022, growing from 117,000 international stopover arrivals in May 2022 to 117,564 arrivals in June 2022. This number includes both stopover visitors and cruise visitors.
Cuba closed its borders to international tourist arrivals on March 20th 2020 re-opening in November 2021 and consequently received just 26,229 international stopovers in June 2021.
The 117,564 stopovers received in June 2022 were 42.8% of the 274,837 international visitors received in June 2019.
Cuba received 31,389 stopovers from Canada in June 2022, 26.7% of all stopovers received for the month. The number of stopovers from Russia fell from 16,437 in the month of February 2022 to just 321 in June.
In the first six months of 2022 Cuba saw a 496.3% increase in total international arrivals, growing from 114,439 arrivals in 2021 to 682,411 stopovers this year. The 682,411 arrivals were 26.6% of the 2,561,719 international visitors received in the first six months of 2019.
Total tourist arrivals from Canada grew from 2,296 stopovers in the first six months of 2021, to 214,122 in the same six months of 2022 and was the number one source market with a 31.4% share. Stopovers from Russia fell from 72,304 in the first six months of 2021 to 37,654 in the same six months of 2022. Cubans living abroad accounted for 151,008 of all international visitors arriving in the first six months of 2022, up from 12,201 in the same six months of 2021.
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Puerto Rico saw average hotel room occupancy drop slightly to 66.5% in April 2022 falling by 1.4 percentage points from the 67.9% achieved in March.
According to the Puerto Rico Tourism Company (PRTC), the hotels and resorts endorsed by the PRTC saw the number of non-resident hotel registrations decrease by 1.6% in April 2022, falling from 177,690 non-resident registrations in March 2022 to 174,862 registrations in April 2022. Registrations by local residents increased by 26.3%, growing from 48,925 in March 2022 to 61,772 in April 2022.
The 174,862 non-resident hotel registrations achieved in April 2022 were 27.0% more than the 137,734 non-resident registrations achieved in April 2019.
The PRTC reports that the number of hotel/resort available room nights decreased by 0.8%, falling from 415,092 in March 2022 to 411,788 in April 2022. The number of available room nights in April 2022 was 13.1% higher than in April 2019.
The number of occupied room nights decreased by 1.1%, falling from 316,364 in March 2022 to 313,028 in April 2022. The number of occupied room nights achieved in April 2022 was 23.3% more than the total achieved in April 2019.
Average room occupancy fell by 1.4 percentage points from the 67.9% achieved in March 2022 to 66.5% in April 2022. Average room occupancy in April 2019 was 77.5%.
ADR decreased by 5.7% falling from $304.50 in March 2022 to $287.05 in April 2022 and was 61.2% higher than the $178.06 achieved in April 2019.
In the first four months of 2022 the number of non-resident hotel registrations increased by 27.7%, growing from 470,794 non-resident registrations in the first four months of 2021 to 601,299 registrations in the first four months of 2022. Registrations by local residents increased by 1.3% growing from 191,875 in 2021 to 194,435 in the same four months of 2022.
The number of hotel/resort available room nights increased by 6.9% in the first four months of 2022, growing from 1,508,328 in 2021 to 1,612,022 in 2022. The number of occupied room nights increased by 28.5%, growing from 833,725 in 2021 to 1,071,318 in 2022.
The overall average room occupancy grew by 8.6 percentage points from 51.4% in the first four months of 2021 to 60.0% in the same four months of 2022. ADR grew by 27.8% from $228.51 in 2021 to $291.95 in the same four months of 2022.
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WTTC launches new report on best practices for short-term rentals.
London, UK: The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has launched a new ground-breaking report that outlines recommendations and best practices for jurisdictions to manage short-term rentals – a fast growing and important segment of the Travel & Tourism sector.
The report, ’Best practices for short-term rentals’, developed by WTTC with the support of Airbnb, leading global platform for short-term rentals, draws from the experiences of cities around the world to offer easy-to-implement best practices for this type of accommodation, which has become a popular choice amongst travellers.
According to the global tourism body, the Travel & Tourism sector’s ability to welcome travellers has increased due in part to the rising popularity of short-term rentals.
The paper suggests short-term rentals have increased the number of accommodations available and helps the spread of visitors in a destination, expanding local community participation in tourism and offers a different and sometimes unique option to travellers.
To help address the increased popularity of these accommodations, the report offers case studies from destinations such as Cape Town, Sydney, and Seattle, amongst others. It includes simple policy recommendations such as data sharing, registration, smart taxation, and long-term community investment approaches to benefit all Travel & Tourism stakeholders and can inform regulation.
Julia Simpson, WTTC President & CEO, said: “As we begin to recover from the ravages of the pandemic, we must focus on building back better in each of our industries.
“The best practices offered in this report will provide governments with key policy recommendations that will both promote tourism in their destinations while supporting those local communities.
“We know travellers are ready to explore the world once again and their return will also help power the world’s much-needed economic recovery.”
Guests are often drawn to short-term rentals for their flexibility and amenities they offer, such as kitchens, office spaces and gardens, and the ability to stay in locations outside of traditional tourist zones.
According to a survey of guests who stayed in Airbnb listings in 2021, 20% indicated that if their choice of property were not an option, they would have changed their length of stay to ensure they were able to book their preferred property.
Theo Yedinsky, Airbnb Global Policy Director, said: “Short-term rentals allows everyday people to take part in the tourism economy, and the income earned through hosting is helping many people navigate the impacts of inflation.
“In fact, approximately 35% of Airbnb hosts globally say they host to help cover the rising cost of living. Additionally, short-term rentals help spread visitor spending through communities.
“As travel returns, governments and tourism officials can partner with short-term rental platforms like Airbnb to develop fair, reasonable rules that strengthen destinations, and preserve these economic benefits for communities and local residents.”
Carlos Mercado, Executive Director Puerto Rico Tourism Company, which commissioned the report said, “Throughout the pandemic, short term rentals provided a much-needed boost not only to our Travel & Tourism sector, but to our economy.
“The revenue short term rentals generate is used to fund our marketing efforts which is critical to driving international visitors back to Puerto Rico.”
According to the report, governments can consider adopting data sharing, registration, smart taxation, and long-term community investment plans to help ensure short-term rentals continue to benefit and support the destination’s community.
The report analyzed a number of popular destinations which have benefitted from implementing balanced rules to address short-term rentals.
Furthermore, partnering with short term rentals platforms on digital registration and data-sharing agreements, supports compliance by short-term rental operators, while providing governments with insights to make decisions on how to manage the industry.
Sydney, Australia has taken steps to regulate short-term rentals, including a digital registration system to achieve consistency across all stakeholders.
Data sharing allows governments to keep track and manage short-term rental activities and helps inform data-driven policy decisions. To support this, Airbnb built its City Portal as a one-stop shop for relevant data governments might require.
Cape Town, South Africa benefitted from this data to form decisions on tourism and housing policy during an affordable housing crisis in 2017.
Governments can also benefit from the economic activity and tax short-term rentals generate for their destinations. In Puerto Rico, the increase in tax revenue has facilitated the funding of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company’s activities.
Lastly, residents can benefit from the extra income earned through hosting. French authorities collaborated with Airbnb to ensure the regulatory framework for short-term rentals was simple and proportionate for casual hosts.
To read the report in full, please click here.
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Mauritius reports it received 63,008 stopover visitors in June 2022, 10.6% fewer than the 70,462 stopovers received in May 2022.
The Mauritius Government’s Ministry of Finance and Economic Development recently reported that the country received 63,008 total stopover arrivals in June 2022, 10.6% fewer than the 70,462 stopovers received in May 2022. This number includes both air and sea stopover visitors.
Mauritius reopened its borders to international travel as of October 1st 2021.
Mauritius received 9,508 visitors from France in June 2022, 15.1% of the overall total for the month, and the number one producing market. The number two source market was South Africa which generated 8,421 visitors, 13.4% of the total for the month. The United Kingdom generated 8,316 visitors.
Mauritius closed its borders to all international arrivals as of March 19th, 2020, and consequently received just 280 stopovers in June 2021.
The 63,008 arrivals received in June 2022 were 68.2% of the 92,398 stopovers received in June 2019.
Mauritius saw its stopover arrivals grow from 3,225 in the first six months of 2021 to 376,556 in the first six months of this year. The number one source market in the first six months of 2022 was France with 93,446 stopover visitors followed by the United Kingdom with 55,717 stopovers, and South Africa 42,022 stopovers. These three markets together generated 50.8% of all stopovers in 2022.
Mauritius received 650,082 stopovers through the first six months of 2019 with the total received during the first six months of 2022 being 57.9% of this total.
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Los Cabos handled 397,200 international passenger movements in June 2022, 6.5% more than the 372,900 handled in May.
According to Aeroportuario del Pacifico, which manages many of Mexico’s airports, Los Cabos Airport saw a 6.5% increase in international passenger traffic in June 2022, that is enplanements and deplanements, growing from 372,900 international passenger movements in May 2022 to 397,200 international passenger movements in June 2022.
Mexico re-opened to international tourist arrivals as of June 8th, 2020, and Los Cabos handled 382,800 international passenger movements in June 2021.
The 397,200 international passenger movements seen in June 2022 were 25.2% more than the 317,300 international movements handled in June 2019.
Domestic traffic declined by 4.0%, falling from 213,000 passenger movements in May 2022 to 204,500 passenger movements in June 2022. Los Cabos handled 174,700 domestic passenger movements in June 2021.
The 204,500 domestic passenger movements seen in June 2022 were 21.7% more than the 168,000 domestic passenger movements handled in June 2019.
Through the first six months of 2022 Los Cabos Airport saw international passenger movements increase by 52.2%, from 1,517,800 in 2021 to 2,309,400 in the first six months of 2022. Domestic passenger movements increased by 29.0% in the first six months of 2022, growing from 887,400 passengers in 2021 to 1,144,400 passengers in the first six months of 2022.
By comparison with the first six months of 2019 international passenger movements were up by 14.4%, while domestic movements increased by 29.2%.

Montego Bay Airport handled 393,100 total passenger movements in June 2022, 7.5% more than the 365,600 handled in May.
According to Aeroportuario del Pacifico, which manages many of Mexico’s airports and which also manages the airports in Montego Bay and Kingston, Jamaica, saw the total number of passenger movements, that is both enplanements and deplanements, at Montego Bay Airport increase by 7.5% in June 2022, growing from 365,600 total movements in May 2022 to 393,100 movements in June 2022.
The total number of passenger movements in June 2022 was 0.3% more than the 392,000 passengers handled in June 2019.
It should be noted that Jamaica closed its borders to international visitors as of March 21st, 2020 and re-opened to such visitors as of June 15th 2020. As a result, Montego Bay Airport handled 284,200 passenger movements in June 2021.
Through the first six months of 2022 Montego Bay Airport saw total passenger movements increase by 117.3%, from 961,400 in 2021 to 2,089,000 in the first six months of 2022. The 2022 total of 2,089,000 movements was 82.9% of the 2,520,700 passenger movements handled in the first six months of 2019.
Thus far in 2022 international passenger movements made up 100.0% of all passenger movements.

Kingston, Jamaica Airport handled 130,200 total passenger movements in June 2022, an increase of 12.9% compared with May.
According to Aeroportuario del Pacifico, which manages many of Mexico’s airports and which also manages the airports in Montego Bay and Kingston, Jamaica, saw the total number of passenger movements, that is both enplanements and deplanements, at Kingston Jamaica’s Airport increase by 12.9% in June 2022, growing from 115,300 total movements in May 2022 to 130,200 total passenger movements in June 2022. Numbers for June 2019 are not available.
While Kingston Airport re-opened to international travelers as of June 15th, 2020, the total number of passenger movements in June 2021 was 79,600 passengers.
Through the first six months of 2022 Kingston’s Airport saw total passenger movements grow by 110.5%, from 299,500 in 2021 to 630,500 in the first six months of 2022.
Thus far, in 2022, international passenger movements made up 100.0% of all passenger movements.

Antigua and Barbuda received 18,841 stopovers in June 2022, 5.7% fewer than the 19,973  received in May.
According to the Ministry of Tourism and Investment, Antigua and Barbuda saw a 5.7% decline in stopover visitor arrivals in June 2022, falling from 19,973 stopovers received in May 2022 to 18,841 stopovers this June.
Antigua and Barbuda re-opened its borders to international travel as of June 4th, 2020 and received 14,562 visitors in June 2021.
The 18,841 stopovers received In June 2022 were 89.0% of the 21,174 stopovers Antigua received in June 2019.
Antigua and Barbuda received 11,063 stopover visitors from the USA in June 2022 which  comprised 58.7% of all stopovers received in June. Antigua also received 4,174 stopover visitors from the U.K. in June, 22.2% of all stopovers received during that month.
Through the first six months of 2022, Antigua and Barbuda saw a 126.6% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 57,104 stopovers in the first six months of 2021 to 129,426 stopovers in the same six months of 2022.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 37.9%, from 45,731 stopovers in the first six months of 2021 to 63,080 stopovers in the same six months of 2022 while the number of stopover visitors from the U.K. increased from 5,785 in the first six months of 2021 to 43,719 stopovers in the same six months of 2022.
The number of stopovers received in the first six months of 2022 was 80.2% of the 161,420 stopovers received in the same six months of 2019.
While Antigua and Barbuda received no cruise visitors in June 2022 the destination received 189,587 cruise visitors through the first six months of 2022, 58.9% fewer than the 461,573 cruise visitors received in the first six months of 2019.

AHATA reports Aruba’s hotels achieved an 80.7% average room occupancy in June 2022, up 2.3 percentage points from the 78.4% achieved in May.
The Aruba Hotel and Tourism Association (AHATA) reports that average hotel room occupancy in Aruba’s hotels in June 2022 was 80.7%, 2.3 percentage points higher than the 78.4% achieved in May 2022.
Aruba closed its orders to international travel as of March 17, 2020, and while the borders re-opened as of July 2020, Aruba’s hotels achieved a 69.3% average room occupancy in June 2021.
Average occupancy in June 2022 was 2.3 percentage points lower than the 83.0% average room occupancy achieved in June 2019.
ADR was $277.52 in June 2022, 12.9% higher than in June 2021, and 22.1% higher than in June 2019.
RevPar was $223.97 in June 2022, 31.6% higher than in June 2021 and 18.7% higher than in June 2019.
Through the first six months of 2022 AHATA reports that Aruba’s hotels achieved an average room occupancy of 71.1% compared with 44.7% for the first six months of 2021. Again, compared with the first six months of 2021, ADR grew by 23.8% from $255.83 in 2021 to $316.68 in the first six months of 2022. RevPar grew by 96.8% from $114.39 in 2021 to $225.16 in the first six months of 2022.
By comparison with the first six months of 2019 average room occupancy was 14.8 percentage points lower in 2022, while ADR was 5.4%, higher and revpar was 12.7% lower.
AHATA receives data from a sample of 21 hotels with 5,271 rooms, about 93% of all hotel rooms.
Aruba’s timeshare resorts reported an average occupancy of 85% in June 2022.
AHATA forecasts an average hotel room occupancy of 86% for July, 78% for August, 71% for September and 74% for 2022 overall.
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The majority of Canadians have no interest in international travel this summer: Nanos survey
Spencer Van Dyk CTVNews.ca July 9, 2022
OTTAWA -- A new survey by Nanos Research shows three in five Canadians are not interested in travelling internationally this summer.
According to the survey, commissioned by CTV News, 61 per cent aren’t making any international travel plans at all, while six per cent of Canadians said they had international travel plans this summer and cancelled them. Another three per cent said they had booked international travel but may still cancel their trips.
Twelve per cent of travellers remain undeterred with their travel plans and have no intention to cancel them.
The survey comes as travellers have been plagued by long wait times at both airports and passport offices, and with inflation at a 40-year record of 7.7 per cent.
The Canadian Press reported this week that Air Canada and Toronto's Pearson airport rank number one worldwide for flight delays. The massive wait times and flight cancellations have led Air Canada to temporarily ban pets from baggage holds.
Meanwhile, at passport offices, Service Canada is struggling to catch up with the wave of requests following a lull during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Canadians aged 55 plus are most likely to say they have no interest in travelling internationally this summer (69 per cent) compared to younger Canadians (18-34: 53 per cent; 35-54: 58 per cent),” the survey states. “Those aged 18 to 34 are more than twice as likely to say they want to travel internationally but have no plans (22 per cent) than those aged 55 plus (9 per cent).”
The Nanos Research survey also sought to gauge Canadians’ level of concern about another wave of COVID-19. The numbers show the majority of those surveyed have some level of concern another wave of COVID-19 this fall could prompt governments to bring back certain restrictions.
“A majority of Canadians are worried (16 per cent) or somewhat worried (39 per cent) that this fall there will be another pandemic wave which will be serious enough to bring back restrictions such as mandatory mask wearing, social distancing and the limiting of gatherings, while about two in five are not worried (23 per cent) or somewhat not worried (19 per cent),” the Nanos survey states.
Though the provinces have dropped most restrictions, there’s been a recent surge in cases in many parts of the country.
METHODOLOGY:
Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land-and cell-lines) hybrid telephone and online random survey of 1,002 Canadians, 18 years of age or older, between June 30thand July 4th, 2022 as part of an omnibus survey. Participants were randomly recruited by telephone using live agents and administered a survey online. The sample included both land-and cell-lines across Canada. The results were statistically checked and weighted by age and gender using the latest Census information and the sample is geographically stratified to be representative of Canada.
Individuals randomly called using random digit dialing with a maximum of five call backs.
The margin of error for this survey is ±3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
This study was commissioned by CTV News and the research was conducted by Nanos Research.
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Trinidad and Tobago received 20,119 stopover visitors in June 2022, 10.2% more than the 18,254 stopover visitors received in May.
According to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago’s Central Statistical Office Trinidad and Tobago received 20,119 stopover visitors in June 2022, an increase of 10.2% compared with the 18,254 stopovers received in May 2022.
Trinidad received 19,334 stopover visitors in June 2022 with Tobago receiving 785.
Trinidad and Tobago closed its borders as of March 23rd 2020, and consequently just received a total of 472 stopover visitors in June 2021. The country reopened its borders to visitors as of July 17th 2021.