The Maldives reports it received 154,854 stopover visitor arrivals in August 2023, 17.4% more than the 131,863 received in August 2022.
The Maldives Government’s Ministry of Tourism recently announced that The Maldives received 154,854 stopover visitors in August 2023, 17.4% more than the 131,863 stopovers received in August 2022.
In August 2023 China was the number one source market and generated 28,530 stopovers (18.4% share of the overall total) while Russia was number two with 17,526 stopovers (11.3% share). India was number three with 12,912 stopovers.
The number of visitors from China grew from 1,605 in August 2022 to 28,530 in August 2023.
The Maldives saw the overall number of operating accommodation establishments grow by 6.1% from 1,187 in August 2022 to 1,260 establishments in August 2023.
The number of beds in operation grew by 6.9% from 58,233 in August 2022 to 62,222 in August 2023.
During August 2023 overall average room occupancy decreased by 1.2 percentage points from 58.8% in August 2022 to 57.6% for August 2023.
Of the 1,260 establishments in operation 172 were resorts which offered 42,151 beds. These resorts achieved a 66.5% average room occupancy during August 2023 down from 72.1% in August 2022.
The Maldives saw a 14.0% increase in total arrivals in the first eight months of 2023, growing from 1,078,643 stopovers in the first eight months of 2022 to 1,230,081 stopovers in the same eight months of 2023 with Russia (144,530 visitors), India (135,495 visitors), and China (120,921 visitors), being the three largest source markets in these eight months.
The Maldives saw the overall number of operating accommodation establishments grow by 16.1% from an average of 1,070 in the first eight months of 2022 to an average of 1,242 establishments in the same eight months of 2023.
The number of beds in operation grew by 8.5% from 56,182 in the first eight months of 2022 to 60,965 in the same eight months of this year.
Through the end of August 2023 overall average room occupancy had fallen by 0.5 percentage points from 60.1% in 2022 to 59.6% for the first eight months of this year.
Of the 1,240 establishments in operation 170 were resorts which offered 41,415 beds. These resorts achieved a 68.6% average room occupancy through the first eight months of 2023 down from 73.1% for the first eight months of 2022. Through the first eight months of 2022 there was an average of 164 resorts in operation offering 39,369 beds. 
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Aruba received 106,185 stopover visitors in August 2023, 5.4% more than the 100,770 stopovers received in August 2022.
According to the Aruba Tourism Authority, Aruba received 106,185 stopover arrivals in August 2023, 5.4% more than the 100,770 stopover visitors it received in August 2022.
Compared with August 2022, stopover arrivals from the USA increased by 2.8%, growing from 78,307 arrivals in August 2022 to 80,468 arrivals in August 2023. Arrivals from the USA comprised 75.8% of all arrivals in August 2023 down from 77.7% in August 2022.
The number of stopover visitors from New York State fell by 7.4% in August 2023 compared with the same month last year, while the number from New Jersey fell by 6.2%. The number of stopovers from Massachusetts grew by 17.2% in August 2023 compared with August 2022.
Arrivals from Canada increased by 15.3%, growing from 2,555 visitors in August 2022 to 2,946 stopovers in August 2023. Arrivals from the Netherlands declined by 19.8%, falling from 3,236 in August 2022 to 2,596 in August of this year.
Aruba received 8 cruise ship calls in August 2023 and a total of 25,132 cruise passengers, with the volume of cruise visitors down 21.6% compared with the 32,063 received in August 2022. The average number of passengers per call fell from 3,206 visitors in August 2022 to 3,142 cruise visitors in August 2023.
In the first eight months of 2023 Aruba saw a 12.3% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 738,101 visitors in the first eight months of 2022 to 828,629 visitors in the first eight months of this year.
The number of stopovers from the USA grew by 9.4% during the first eight months, from 588,932 in the first eight months of 2022 to 644,151 in the same eight months of 2023. The share of stopovers from the USA fell from 79.8% in the first eight months of 2022 to 77.7% in the same eight months of 2023.
The number of visitors staying in hotel accommodation grew by 12.0% in the first eight months of 2023, from 336,970 in 2022 to 377,542 with the share falling slightly from 45.7% in 2022 to 45.6% in 2023. Visitors staying in “other accommodation,” that is not a hotel or timeshare resort, grew by 23.5% from 182,231 visitors in 2022 to 225,078 visitors in 2023 with the share growing from 24.7% in 2022 to 27.2% in 2023.
Aruba received 206 cruise ship calls in the first eight months of 2023 with 548,454 cruise passengers compared with the 184 calls cruise ships made in the same eight months of 2022 with 329,645 passengers. The average number of passengers per call grew from 1,792 visitors in 2022 to 2,662 visitors in 2023.

Punta Cana received 370,406 tourists in August 2023, 3.4% more than the 358,399 tourists who visited in August 2022.
According to the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic, received 370,406 stopovers in August 2023, 3.4% more than the 358,399 stopovers received in August 2022.
Punta Cana saw its traffic from the USA grow by 19.3% in August 2023 to 173,651 visitors up from the 145,591 arrivals received from the USA in August 2022. Traffic from Canada increased from 37,654 arrivals in August 2022 to 42,225 arrivals in August 2023.
In August 2023, stopover arrivals to Punta Cana made up 55.7% of all non-resident arrivals to the Dominican Republic compared with 57.6% in August 2022.
According to the Dominican Republic’s Hotel Association Asonahores  the hotels in Punta Cana achieved an average room occupancy of 78.9% in August 2023 down from the 82.2% achieved in August 2022.
During the first eight months of 2023 Punta Cana saw a 14.1% increase in the volume of stopover arrivals, growing from 2,837,931 arrivals in the first eight months of 2022 to 3,238,508 non-resident arrivals in the first eight months of 2023.
Arrivals from the USA increased by 23.8% in the first eight months of 2023, growing from 1,204,537 arrivals in the first eight months of 2022 to 1,490,740 arrivals in the same eight months of 2023. Traffic from Canada grew from 358,038 arrivals in the first eight months of 2022 to 577,421 arrivals in the first eight months of 2023. Traffic also increased from Argentina, growing from 106,304 arrivals in the first eight months of 2022 to 124,486 stopovers in the same eight months of 2023.
Traffic from Russia decreased from 39,997 arrivals in the first eight months of 2022 to just 700 in the same eight months of 2023.
In the first eight months of 2023, stopover arrivals to Punta Cana made up 58.4% of all non-resident arrivals to the Dominican Republic compared with 57.9% in the same eight months of 2022.
According to the Dominican Republic’s Hotel Association Asonahores  the hotels in Punta Cana achieved an average room occupancy of 83.4% in the first eight months of 2023 up from 79.0% achieved in the same eight months of 2022.

The Dominican Republic received 665,084 tourists in August 2023, 6.9% more than the 621,953 tourists who visited in August 2022.
According to the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, the Dominican Republic, received 665,084 stopovers in August 2023, 6.9% more than the 621,953 stopovers received in August 2022.
The Dominican Republic received 281,267 stopover arrivals from the USA in August 2023, 42.3% of all arrivals, and 51,558 visitors from Canada, 7.7% of all arrivals during August.
In August 2023 16.5% of all non-resident tourists arriving in the Dominican Republic were non-resident Dominicans returning home.
According to the Dominican Republic’s Hotel Association Asonahores  the hotels in the Dominican Republic achieved an average room occupancy of 74.0% in August 2023 down from 76.4% achieved in August 2022.
In the first eight months of 2023 the Dominican Republic saw a 13.1% increase in the volume of stopover arrivals, growing from 4,904,162 arrivals in the first eight months of 2022 to 5,544,780 non-resident arrivals in the same eight months of 2023.
Non-resident arrivals from the USA increased by 21.0% in the first eight months of 2023, growing from 1,878,178 arrivals in 2022 to 2,273,435 arrivals from the USA in the first eight months of 2023. Stopover arrivals from Canada grew from 430,423 in the first eight months of 2022 to 745,679 in the same eight months of 2023.
In the first eight months of 2022 15.7% of all non-resident tourists arriving in the Dominican Republic were non-resident Dominicans returning home, down from 18.3% in the same eight months of 2022.
According to the Dominican Republic’s Hotel Association Asonahores  the hotels in the Dominican Republic achieved an average room occupancy of 77.0% in the first eight months of 2023 up from 73.0% achieved in the same eight months of 2022.
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Trinidad and Tobago received 25,777 stopover visitors in August 2023, 20.0% more than the 21,483 stopover visitors received in August 2022.
According to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago’s Central Statistical Office, Trinidad and Tobago received 25,777 stopover visitors in August 2023, an increase of 20.0% compared with the 21,483 stopovers received in August 2022.
Of the 25,777 stopovers, 25,675 arrived by air and 102 by sea.
Trinidad received 24,551 stopover visitors in August 2023 with Tobago receiving 1,226.
Trinidad and Tobago received 11,487 stopover arrivals from the USA in August 2023, 3,849 from Europe, 2,251 from Canada and 8,190 from the rest of the world.
In the first eight months of 2023 Trinidad and Tobago saw the number of stopovers increase by 53.1% from 136,717 in the first eight months of 2022 to 209,306 in the same eight months of 2023.
Stopovers from the USA grew from 69,020 in the first eight months of 2022 to 102,296 in the same eight months of 2023. Stopovers from Canada increased from 15,238 stopovers in the first eight months of 2022, to 23,965 in the same eight months of 2023 while stopovers from Europe grew from 19,150 in 2022 to 31,130 in the same eight months of 2023.
Trinidad received 198,483 stopovers in the first eight months of 2023, 94.9% of the overall total, with Tobago receiving 10,823 stopovers.

The Aruba Airport Authority reports it handled 122,152 departing passengers in August 2023, 4.9% more than the 116,409 departing passengers handled in August 2022.
The Aruba Airport Authority (AAA) reports that in August 2023 122,152 Revenue Generating Passengers (RGPs) departed Queen Beatrix International Airport (AUA Airport) to its various markets. This was 4.9% more than the 116,409 RGPs who departed in August 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 also handled 6,523 passengers in transit in August 2023 as well as eleven  transferring passengers.
In August 2023 88,889 passengers (pax) travelled to the USA, 2,241 pax to Canada, 7,015 pax to Europe, 18,734 pax to Latin America and 5,273 pax to the Dutch Caribbean.
The airlines provided 144,242 outbound seats in August 2023, 1.0% more than the 142,763 seats provided in August 2022.
Airlines flying to the USA in August experienced an average load factor of 97.6%, 97.3% to Canada, while flights to Europe averaged a 79.2% load factor. The overall average load factor for all flights for August was 90.1%.
In the first eight months of 2023 the airport handled a total of 923,903 RGPs, up 13.1% compared with the 816,965 handled in the first eight months of 2022. Traffic to the USA increased by 7.7%, from 626,461 RGPs in the first eight months of 2022 to 674,969 in the same eight months of 2023. Traffic to Canada grew from 15,065 RGPs in 2022 to 34,795 RGPs in 2023, while traffic to Europe fell by 17.9%, from 65,097 RGPS in the first eight months of 2022 to 53,441 RGPs this year.
Seat capacity increased by 2.3% through the first eight months of 2023 from 1,091,937 available seats in the first eight months of 2022 to 1,117,236 seats in the same eight months of 2023.
The overall average load factor of outbound flights grew from 82.8% in the first eight months of 2022 to 88.9% in the same eight months of 2023. The average load factor of flights to the USA grew from 83.9% in the first eight months of 2022 to 94.1% in the same eight months of 2023.
On August 30th 2023, the airport issued a revised forecast for the number of available seats for CY 2023 and projects a total of 1,681,902 available seats for CY 2023, 1.1% fewer than the 1,701,062 seats provided in 2019 but 5.2% more than for CY 2022.
The AAA also forecast that the airport will handle a total of 1,358,879 RGPs in CY 2023, 7.3% more than1,265,965 RGPs handled in CY 2019 and 12.5% more than the 1,207,587 handled in CY 2022.
The AAA projects the airport will handle 1,864,783 available air seats in 2024, 10.9% more than the 1,681,902 handled in 2023 and also projects the airport will have 1,409,123 RGPs in 2024, 3.7% more than the 1,358,879 RGPs forecast to be handled in 2023.
The AAA stated that these projections are preliminary and subject to change.
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Hawaii’s hotels report a 2.8 percentage point decrease in average room occupancy in August 2023 compared with August 2022, falling from 77.0% to 74.2%
According to the Hawai‘i Hotel Performance Report published by the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority (HTA), statewide hotel room occupancy declined by 2.8 percentage points from 77.0% in August 2022 to 74.2% in August 2023.
ADR also fell from $385.99 in August 2022 to $370.05 in August 2023, a decline of 4.1%, while revpar decreased by 7.7%, falling from $297.37 in August 2022 to $274.60 in August 2023.
Hawai‘i hotel room revenues statewide dropped by 7.3%, falling from $515.3 million in August 2022 to $477.9 million in August 2023. Room demand decreased by 3.3%, falling from 1,335,000 room nights in August 2022 to 1,291,500 room nights in August 2023 while room supply grew by 0.4% from 1,732,900 available room nights to 1,740,500 available room nights in August 2023.
During the first eight months of 2023 statewide hotel room occupancy increased by 0.8 percentage points from 74.4% in 2022 to 75.2% in the same eight months of 2023. ADR increased by 1.8% from $375.41 in 2022 to $382.09 in 2023 while revpar grew by 2.9%, from $279.19 in 2022 to $287.27 in 2023.
In the first eight months of 2023, Hawai‘i hotel room revenues statewide increased by 2.7% from $3,803.9 million in 2022 to $3,906.4 million in 2023.
Room demand increased by 0.9%, from 10,132,800 room nights in the first eight months of 2022 to 10,223,600 in the same eight months of 2023. Room supply fell by 0.2% to 13,598,300 available room nights in 2023.
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 2023, the survey included 154 properties representing 47,091 rooms, or 83.9 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 28,601 rooms (94.2%); 40 properties in the County of Maui, representing 9,642 rooms (69.3%); 18 properties on the island of Hawai‘i, representing 5,140 rooms (73.4%); and 20 properties on Kaua‘i, representing 3,708 rooms (76.3%).
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International Tourism Swiftly Overcoming Pandemic Downturn.
UNWTO | 19 September 2023
International tourism has continued to recover from the worst crisis in its history as arrival numbers reached 84% of pre-pandemic levels between January and July 2023, according to the latest data from UNWTO. The Middle East, Europe and Africa lead the global sector's rebound.
Tourism on Track for Full Recovery
Tourism demand continues to show remarkable resilience and sustained recovery, even in the face of economic and geopolitical challenges. The new issue of the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer tracks the sector's recovery over the course of 2023 up to the end of July. The UNWTO Barometer shows:

• By the end of July, international tourist arrivals reached 84% of pre-pandemic levels.
• 700 million tourists travelled internationally between January and July 2023, 43% more than in the same months of 2022.
• July was the busiest month with 145 million international travellers recorded, about 20% of the seven-month total.

UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili said: "UNWTO data once again shows how tourism is recovering strongly in every part of the world. But as our sector recovers, it also needs to adapt. The extreme weather events we have witnessed over recent months as well as the critical challenges of managing increasing tourism flows underline the need to build a more inclusive, sustainable and resilient sector and ensure recovery goes hand-in-hand with rethinking of our sector."
Results by Region
All world regions enjoyed strong rates of tourism recovery over the first seven months of 2023, driven by demand for international travel from several large source markets:
The Middle East reported the best results in January - July 2023, with arrivals 20.3% above pre-pandemic levels. The region continues to be the only one to exceed 2019 levels so far.
The Caribbean reached 95.4% of its pre-pandemic arrival total.
Europe, the world's largest destination region, reached 91.2% of pre-pandemic levels, supported by robust intra-regional demand and travel from the United States.
Africa recovered 91.6% of pre-crisis visitors in this seven-month period and the Americas 87.3% according to available data.
In Asia and the Pacific, recovery accelerated to 60.7% of pre-pandemic arrival levels after the opening of many destinations and source markets at the end of 2022 and earlier this year.
Looking ahead
These results show international tourism remains well on track to reach 80% to 95% of pre-pandemic levels in 2023. Prospects for September-December 2023 point to continued recovery, according to the latest UNWTO Confidence Index, though at a more moderate pace following the peak travel season of June-August. These results will be driven by the still pent-up demand and increased air connectivity particularly in Asia and the Pacific where recovery is still subdued.
The reopening of China and other Asian markets and destinations is expected to continue boosting travel both within the region and to other parts of the world.
The challenging economic environment continues to be a critical factor in the effective recovery of international tourism in 2023, according to UNWTO's Panel of Experts.
Persisting inflation and rising oil prices have translated into higher transport and accommodations costs. This could weigh on spending patterns over the remainder of the year, with tourists increasingly seeking value for money, travelling closer to home and  making shorter trips.
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Cuba reports it received 177,306 international stopover visitors in August 2023, 29.8% more than the 136,571 received in August 2022.
The Cuban Government’s Office of National Statistics and Information (ONEI) recently announced that total international tourist arrivals increased by 29.8% in August 2023, growing from 136,571 international stopover arrivals in August 2022 to 177,306 arrivals in August 2023. This number includes both stopover visitors and cruise visitors.
Cuba received 45,955 stopovers from Canada in August 2023, 25.9% of all stopovers received for the month. The number of visitors from Russia grew from 447 in August 2022 to 19,020 in August 2023.
In the first eight months of 2023 Cuba saw a 71.6% increase in total international arrivals, growing from 971,428 arrivals in 2022 to 1,666,592 stopovers this year.
Total tourist arrivals from Canada grew from 298,412 stopovers in the first eight months of 2022, to 675,996 in the same eight months of 2023 and was the number one source market with a 40.6% share.
Cubans living abroad accounted for 241,115 of all international visitors arriving in the first eight months of 2023, up from 212,447 in the same eight months of 2022.

​CHATA reports Curaçao’s hotels achieved a 76.7% average room occupancy in August 2023, up 4.9 percentage points from the 71.8% achieved in August 2022.
According to STR, the leading provider of hotel performance data and analytics worldwide, Curaçao’s hotels achieved a 76.7% average room occupancy in August 2023, 4.9  percentage points more than the 71.8% achieved in August 2022.
The hotels achieved an ADR of $219.18 in August 2023, 7.0% higher than in August 2022, while RevPar was $168.11, 14.3% more than in August 2022.
STR received data from a sample of 15 hotels with 2,646 rooms in August of 2023, with the sample representing 54% of all hotel rooms in Curaçao.
By comparison, STR reported that the average room occupancy for all hotels in the Caribbean reached 65.5% in August 2023, with an overall ADR of US$274.12 and a RevPar of US$179.56.
According to the CTB, Curaçao received 49,258 stopover visitors in August 2023, 15.5% more than the 42,633 stopover visitors received in August 2022. These stopovers generated 417,712 visitor nights in August, up 7.8% compared with the 387,523 nights spent in August 2022. The average length of stay of these stopover visitors fell from 9.09 nights in August 2022 to 8.48 nights in August of this year.
Jim Hepple, the Interim Managing Director for CHATA, said CHATA was pleased at the strong performance of Curaçao’s hotel sector this August and noted the continued strong growth of the US market and also welcomed the substantial increase in visitors from Brazil.
Through the first eight months of 2023 CHATA reports that Curaçao’s hotels achieved an average room occupancy of 71.5% compared with 70.6% for the first eight months of 2022. Again, compared with the first eight months of 2022, ADR grew by 8.1% from $211.50 in 2022 to $228.56 in the first eight months of 2023. RevPar grew by 9.5% from $149.21 in 2022 to $163.43 in the first eight months of 2023.
STR reports that throughout the Caribbean as a whole average room occupancy grew from 62.5% in the first eight months of 2022 to 68.6% in the same eight months of this year with the region’s ADR growing by 13.5% to US$351.88 and its RevPar growing by 20.6% to US$276.63.

Costa Rica received 196,233 stopover arrivals in August 2023, 9.9% more than the 178,515 stopovers received in August 2022.
According to the Costa Rica Institute of Tourism (ICT), Costa Rica received 196,233 stopovers in August 2023, 9.9% more than the 178,515 stopovers received in August 2022.
Costa Rica received 103,959 stopovers from the USA in August 2023, 53.0% of the overall total. Costa Rica also received 8,945 stopovers from Canada in August and 19,537 stopovers from Central America.
The volume of stopovers increased by 18.8% in the first eight months of 2023, growing from 1,625,261 stopovers in the first eight months of 2022 to 1,930,657 stopovers in the first eight months of 2023.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 13.7% in the first eight months of 2023, from 935,990 stopovers in 2022 to 1,064,209 in 2023 while the number from Canada grew by 53.0%, from 117,496 in 2022 to 179,814 in 2023. The volume of visitors from Central America increased by 30.0%, growing from 114,306 in the first eight months of 2022 to 148,585 in the same eight months of 2023.
The share of visitors from the USA fell from 57.6% in the first eight months of 2022 to 55.1% in the first eight months of 2023.

​Cancun saw its hotels achieve an average hotel room occupancy of 75.4% in July 2023, a drop of 8.9 percentage points from the 84.3% reported for July 2022.
According to Datatur, the hotels in Cancun saw an 8.9 percentage point decline in average hotel room occupancy from 84.3% in July 2022 to 75.4% in July 2023.
The hotels in Riviera Maya saw a 2.6 percentage point decrease in average hotel room occupancy falling from 78.0% in July 2022 to 75.4% in July 2023.
Through the first seven months of 2023 the hotels in Cancun achieved a 76.4% average room occupancy, down 0.6 percentage points from the 77.0% achieved in the same seven months of 2022.
For the first seven months of 2023 the hotels in Riviera Maya achieved an average room occupancy of 77.3%, up 2.9 percentage points from the 74.4% achieved in the same seven months of 2022.
As of July 2023, Riviera Maya/Tulum had 50,361 hotel rooms while the Cancun area had 35,094 hotel rooms.

AHATA reports Aruba’s hotels achieved a 75.4% average room occupancy in August 2023, down 7.0 percentage points from the 82.4% achieved in August 2022.
The Aruba Hotel and Tourism Association (AHATA) reports that average hotel room occupancy in Aruba’s hotels in August 2023 was 75.4%, 7.0 percentage points lower than the 82.4% achieved in August 2022.
It should be noted that the 330 room Embassy Suites was added to the overall hotel room inventory early in 2023.
ADR was $307.83 in August 2023, 6.3% higher than in August 2022, while RevPar was $231.95, 2.8% lower than in August 2022.
AHATA received data from a sample of 23 hotels with 5,589 rooms in August of 2023, about 94% of all hotel rooms in Aruba, with the overall sample having 6.7% more rooms than in August 2022.
Aruba’s timeshare resorts reported an average occupancy of 80.8% in August 2023.
Through the first eight months of 2023 AHATA reports that Aruba’s hotels achieved an average room occupancy of 78.6% compared with 74.0% for the first eight months of 2022. Again, compared with the first eight months of 2022, ADR grew by 13.5% from $310.05 in 2022 to $351.88 in the first eight months of 2023. RevPar grew by 20.6% from $229.31 in 2022 to $276.63 in the first eight months of 2023.
AHATA forecasts that the overall average hotel room occupancy will be 68.0% in September, 69.9% in October and 73.1% in November.

Antigua and Barbuda reports it received 20,038 stopover arrivals in August 2023, 0.4% fewer than the 20,125 received in August 2022.
According to the Antigua Government’s Ministry of Tourism, Economic Development, Investment and Energy, Antigua saw a 0.4% decrease in stopover visitor arrivals in August, falling from 20,125 stopovers received in August 2022 to 20,038 stopovers received in August 2023.
Antigua and Barbuda received 9,529 stopover visitors from the USA in August 2023 4.8% fewer than the 10,013 received in August 2022 and 3,729 stopovers from the United Kingdom, 27.7% fewer than the 5,155 visitors received in the same month of 2022.
In the first eight months of 2023 Antigua and Barbuda saw a 12.7% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 174,224 visitors in 2022 to 196,393 visitors in the same eight months of this year.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 13.3%, growing from 86,398 visitors during the first eight months of 2022, to 97,850 in the same eight months of 2023. The number of stopovers from the UK declined by 15.2% during the first eight months, falling from 54,524 in 2022 to 46,261 in the same eight months of 2023.
In the first six months of 2023 Antigua and Barbuda received 409,209 cruise passengers, 115.8% more than the 189,587 cruise visitors brought in the same six months of 2022.
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Curaçao reports it received 49,258 stopover arrivals in August 2023, 15.5% more than the 42,633 received in August 2022.
According to the Curaçao Tourist Board, Curaçao saw a 15.5% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in August, growing from 42,633 stopovers received in August 2022 to 49,258 stopovers received in August 2023.
Curaçao received 17,146 stopover visitors from the Netherlands in August 2023 9.2% fewer than the 18,877 received in August 2022 and 11,834 stopovers from the USA, 32.6% more than the 8,927 received in the same month of 2022. Brazil generated 2,297 visitors in August 2023 up from the 1,057 who visited in August 2022. Canada also saw a substantial gain with the number of visitors growing from 453 in August 2022 to 1,690 this August.
Curaçao saw 417,712 visitor nights in August 2023, up 8.6% from the 387,523 seen in August 2022 as the average length of stay fell 6.7% from 9.09 nights in August 2022 to 8.48 nights in August 2023.
Curaçao received 5 cruise ship calls with 14,124 cruise visitors in August 2023, 46.4% fewer cruise passengers than in August 2022.
In the first eight months of 2023 Curaçao saw a 17.2% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 318,432 visitors in 2022 to 373,068 visitors in the same eight months of this year.
The number of stopovers from the Netherlands declined by 17.9%, falling from 164,916 visitors during the first eight months of 2022, to 135,431 in the same eight months of 2023 consequent upon a reduction in the number of air seats from Europe. The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 66.9% during the first eight months, growing from 56,471 in 2022 to 94,275 in the same eight months of 2023.
Stopover visitors stayed, on average, 8.87 nights in the first eight months of 2023, down 8.9% from the 9.73 nights average stay achieved in the first eight months of 2022.
In the first eight months of 2023 Curaçao received 181 cruise ship calls which brought in 459,590 cruise passengers, 60.5% more than the 286,263 cruise visitors handled in the same eight months of 2022.

​Barbados received 36,670 stopovers in June 2023, 11.9% more than the 32,763 stopovers received in June 2022.
According to the Central Bank of Barbados, Barbados saw an 11.9% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in June 2023, growing from the 32,763 stopover arrivals seen in June 2022 to 36,670 stopover arrivals received in June 2023.
Barbados received no cruise visitors in June 2023.
Barbados received 8,922 stopover arrivals from the United Kingdom in June 2023, down 10.9% from the 10,012 received from the UK in June 2022, and 15,326 stopovers from the USA, up 4.1% from the 14,717 received in June 2022.
Through the first six months of 2023, Barbados saw stopover arrivals increase by 12.0% from 277,954 in the first six months of 2022 to 311,379 in the first six months of 2023.
The number of stopovers from the U.K. declined by 2.7% from 131,202 stopovers in the first six months of 2022 to 127,708 in the same six months of 2023 while the number of stopover visitors from the USA increased by 8.8%, from 72,522 in the first six months of 2022 to 78,912 stopovers in the same six months of 2023.
Barbados received 434,565 cruise visitors in the first six months of 2023.
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Grenada received 15,877 stopovers in July 2023, 26.7% more than the 12,533 stopovers received in July 2022.
According to the Grenada Tourism Authority, Grenada saw a 26.7% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in July 2023, growing from the 12,533 stopover arrivals received in July 2022 to 15,877 stopover arrivals in July 2023.
Grenada received no cruise visitors in July 2023 but 1,388 visitors who arrived by yacht.
Grenada received 9,143 stopover arrivals from the USA in July 2023, 57.6% of all arrivals, and 2,271 stopovers from the UK, 14.3% of all stopovers for July.
Through the first seven months of 2023, Grenada saw a 47.5% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 69,510 stopovers in the first seven months of 2022 to 102,519 stopovers in the same seven months of 2023.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 30.8%, from 42,473 in the first seven months of 2022 to 55,567 in the same seven months of 2023 while the number of stopover visitors from the U.K. increased by 17.3%, from 13,340 in the first seven months of 2022 to 15,648 stopovers in the same seven months of 2023.
Grenada has received 198,896 cruise visitors in the first seven months of 2023 compared with 107,937 received in the first seven months of 2022 and received 14,680 visitors who arrived by yacht compared with 8,973 who arrived by yacht in the first seven months of 2022.
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Dubai received 1,280,000 international visitors in July 2023, a 30.6% increase in visitors compared with July 2022.
According to the Government of Dubai’s Statistics Center, Dubai saw a 30.6% increase in the number of international visitors in July 2023, growing from 980,000 visitors in July 2022 to 1,280,000 visitors in July 2023.
The number one source market in July was India with 192,000 visitors, followed by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with 127,000 visitors, and the United Kingdom with 82,000 visitors.
In the first seven months of 2023 Dubai received 9,830,000 international visitors, 21.4% more than the 8,100,000 visitors received in the first seven months of 2022.
The number one source market in the first seven months of 2023 was India which generated 1,415,000 visitors, 14.4% of the overall total, followed by Russia which generated 673,000 visitors, and Saudi Arabia which generated 665,000 visitors.
As of July 2023, Dubai had 620 hotels offering 123,145 hotel rooms and 193 apartment hotels offering 25,566 units. The hotel sector achieved an average room occupancy of 75.0% in the first seven months of 2023 with an ADR of US$138.42 and a RevPar of US$105.72. The apartment sector achieved an average occupancy of 80.0%.

Mexico received 1,907,588 international air arrivals in July 2023, 0.8% fewer than the 1,923,279 received in July 2022.
According to the Government of Mexico’s SECTUR (Department of Tourism) Mexico received 1,907,588 international air arrivals in July 2023, down 0.8% compared with the 1,923,279 arrivals received in July 2022.
Mexico received 1,318,583 air visitors from the USA in July 2023, 69.1% of the total and 0.8% more than the 1,308,590 received in July 2022. Canada was the second biggest market (88,417 visitors) with Colombia third largest (53,943 visitors).
Cancun Airport received 892,194 international air visitor arrivals in July 2023, 46.8% of the overall total. Los Cabos received 202,339 international air arrivals with Puerto Vallarta receiving 116,574 international air visitors.
In the first seven months of 2023 the volume of international air arrivals to Mexico increased by 9.6%, from 12,185,591 arrivals in 2022 to 13,351,071 arrivals in the same seven months of 2023.
The volume of air arrivals from the USA increased by 5.8% in the first seven months of 2023, falling from 7,968,251 air arrivals in 2022 to 8,429,916 air arrivals in the first seven months of 2023 while the volume from Canada grew from 945,575 in 2022 to 1,544,979 in the first seven months of 2023.
Cancun Airport saw an 8.2% increase in international air arrivals in the first seven months of 2023, growing from 5,714,249 arrivals in 2022 to 6,185,355 arrivals in the first seven months of 2023 while Los Cabos saw a 10.2% increase growing from 1,323,313 international air arrivals in 2022 to 1,458,895 air arrivals in the first seven months of 2023. Puerto Vallarta saw a 12.2% increase, growing from 1,033,742 international arrivals in 2022 to 1,159,625 international arrivals in the same seven months of 2023.

Seychelles received 28,177 tourist arrivals in August 2023, 4.0% fewer than the 29,366 arrivals received in August 2022.
According to The Seychelles Government’s National Bureau of Statistics, The Seychelles saw a 4.0% decline in visitor arrivals in August 2023, falling from 29,366 arrivals received in August 2022 to 28,177 arrivals in August 2023. This number includes both air and sea stopover visitors, and transit visitors. Of the 28,177 arrivals, 28,163 were stopover visitors and 14 were transit visitors.
The number one source market in August 2023 was Germany, which generated 3,947 visitors (14.0% of the total for the month) followed by France with 3,813 visitors (13.5%) and Russia 2,945 (10.5%).
Seychelles received no cruise visitors in August 2023.
In the first eight months of 2023 Seychelles saw a 5.7% increase in total visitor arrivals, growing from 216,777 arrivals in the first eight months of 2022 to 229,205 arrivals in the first eight months of 2023.
The number one source market in the first eight months of 2023 was Germany which generated 30,487 visitors, 13.3% of all visitor arrivals for those first eight months, followed by France, which generated 29,219 visitors, 12.7% of the overall total. Russia generated 26,274 visitors in the same eight months.
During the first eight months of 2023 Seychelles also received 13,514 cruise passengers who visited the country for the day, with a further 2,715 who disembarked and 2,854 who embarked upon a cruise vessel.

Mauritius received 98,990 stopover visitors in August 2023, 14.3% more than the 86,605 stopovers received in August 2022.
The Mauritius Government’s Ministry of Finance and Economic Development recently reported that the country received 98,990 total stopover arrivals in August 2023, 14.3% more than the 86,605 stopovers received in August 2022. This number includes both air and sea stopover visitors.
Mauritius received 22,132 visitors from France in August 2023, 22.4% of the overall total for the month, and the number one producing market. The number two source market was the United Kingdom which generated 12,781 visitors, 12.9% of the total for the month. Reunion Island generated 9,595 visitors.
Mauritius saw its stopover arrivals grow by 44.2% in the first eight months of 2023 from 557,245 stopovers in 2022 to 803,288 in the first eight months of this year. The number one source market in the first eight months of 2023 was France with 193,060 stopover visitors (24.0% share), followed by Reunion Island with 88,419 stopovers, and the United Kingdom with 88,287 stopovers. These three markets together generated 46.0% of all stopovers in 2023.

​San Juan International Airport handled 998,100 domestic passenger movements in August 2023, 21.8% more than the 819,719 handled in August 2022.
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 a 21.8% increase in domestic passenger traffic in August 2023, that is enplanements and deplanements from flights to and from the continental United States, growing from 819,719 domestic passenger movements in August 2022 to 998,100 domestic passenger movements in August 2023.
International traffic, that is passengers using flights to and from airports outside the continental United States, increased by 37.4%, growing from 85,959 passenger movements in August 2022 to 118,116 passenger movements in August 2023.
Through the first eight months of 2023 San Juan International Airport saw domestic passenger movements increase by 17.6%, from 6,467,266 in 2022 to 7,604,175 in the first eight months of 2023. International passenger movements increased by 44.2% in the first eight months of 2023, growing from 619,348 passenger movements in 2022 to 893,154 passengers in the first eight months of 2023.

Cancun saw a 1.0% decline in international air passenger movements in August 2023 compared with August 2022.
According to ASUR, which manages many of Mexico’s airports, Cancun Airport saw a 1.0% decrease in international passenger movements in August 2023, falling from 1,653,404 movements in August 2022 to 1,636,287 movements in August 2023. Domestic passenger movements increased by 7.6%, growing from 1,072,363 passenger movements in August 2022 to 1,153,621 movements in August 2023.
In the first eight months of 2023, the volume of international air passenger movements increased by 8.2%, growing from 13,467,783 movements in 2022 to 14,570,431 movements in the first eight months of 2023, while the volume of domestic air passenger movements increased by 16.7%, growing from 6,749,418 movements in the first eight months of 2022 to 7,875,338 in the same eight months of 2023.
In the first eight months of 2023 international passenger movements accounted for 64.9% of all passenger movements, down from 66.6% in the same eight months of 2022.

Montego Bay Airport handled 468,700 total passenger movements in August 2023, 15.5% more than the 405,800 handled in August 2022.
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 15.5% in August 2023, growing from 405,800 total movements in August 2022 to 468,700 movements in August 2023.
Through the first eight months of 2023 Montego Bay Airport saw total passenger movements increase by 24.4%, from 2,925,100 in the first eight months of 2022 to 3,639,200 in the same eight months of 2023.
Thus far in 2023 international passenger movements made up 100.0% of all passenger movements.

Kingston, Jamaica Airport handled 196,100 total passenger movements in August 2023, 6.2% more than the 184,700 handled in August 2022.
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 6.2% in August 2023, growing from 184,700 total movements in August 2022 to 196,100 total passenger movements in August 2023.
Through the first eight months of 2023, Kingston’s Airport saw total passenger movements grow by 21.7%, from 992,400 in 2022 to 1,208,100 in the first eight months of 2023.
Thus far, in 2023, international passenger movements made up 100.0% of all passenger movements.

Los Cabos handled 325,900 international passenger movements in August 2023, 3.7% fewer than the 338,300 handled in August 2022.
According to Aeroportuario del Pacifico, which manages many of Mexico’s airports, Los Cabos Airport saw a 3.7% decrease in international passenger traffic in August 2023, that is enplanements and deplanements, falling from 338,300 international passenger movements in August 2022 to 325,900 international passenger movements in August 2023.
Domestic traffic increased by 16.7% however, growing from 260,200 passenger movements in August 2022 to 303,700 passenger movements in August 2023.
Through the first eight months of 2023, Los Cabos Airport saw international passenger movements increase by 9.8%, from 3,058,500 in the first eight months of 2022 to 3,356,900 in the same eight months of 2023. Domestic passenger movements increased by 21.4% in the first eight months of 2023, growing from 1,661,200 passengers in 2022 to 2,017,100 passengers in the first eight months of 2023.
International passenger movements comprised 62.5% of all passengers movements in the first eight months of 2023, down from 64.8% in the first eight months of 2022.

​The Aruba Airport Authority reports it handled 128,764 departing passengers in July 2023, 4.3% more than the 123,413 departing passengers handled in July 2022.
The Aruba Airport Authority (AAA) reports that in July 2023 128,764 Revenue Generating Passengers (RGPs) departed Queen Beatrix International Airport (AUA Airport) to its various markets. This was 4.3% more 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 also handled 7,725 passengers in transit in July 2023 as well as three  transferring passengers.
In July 2023 91,349 passengers (pax) travelled to the USA, 2,173 pax to Canada, 7,313 pax to Europe, 22,453 pax to Latin America and 5,476 pax to the Dutch Caribbean.
The airlines provided 147,777 outbound seats in July 2023, 1.4% more than the 145,735 seats provided in July 2022.
Airlines flying to the USA in July experienced an average load factor of 96.8%, 91.1% to Canada, while flights to Europe averaged an 83.4% load factor. The overall average load factor for all flights for July was 93.3%.
In the first seven months of 2023 the airport handled a total of 801,751 RGPs, up 14.4% compared with the 700,556 handled in the first seven months of 2022. Traffic to the USA increased by 8.9%, from 537,977 RGPs in the first seven months of 2022 to 586,080 in the same seven months of 2023. Traffic to Canada grew from 13,480 RGPs in 2022 to 32,554 RGPs in 2023, while traffic to Europe fell by 15.5%, from 54,953 RGPS in the first seven months of 2022 to 46,426 RGPs this year.
Seat capacity increased by 2.5% through the first seven months of 2023 from 949,174 available seats in the first seven months of 2022 to 972,994 seats in the same seven months of 2023.
The overall average load factor of outbound flights grew from 81.7% in the first seven months of 2022 to 88.7% in the same seven months of 2023. The average load factor of flights to the USA grew from 82.3% in the first seven months of 2022 to 93.6% in the same seven months of 2023.
On August 30th 2023, the airport issued a revised forecast for the number of available seats for CY 2023 and projects a total of 1,679,799 available seats for CY 2023, 1.2% fewer than the 1,701,062 seats provided in 2019 but 5.1% more than for CY 2022.
The AAA also forecast that the airport will handle a total of 1,374,746 RGPs in CY 2023, 8.6% more than1,265,965 RGPs handled in CY 2019 and 13.8% more than the 1,207,587 handled in CY 2022.
The AAA stated that these projections are preliminary and subject to change.

The Bahamas reports the islands received 176,624 stopovers in July 2023, 3.2% more than the 171,087 stopovers received in July 2022.
According to the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, The Islands of The Bahamas received 176,624 stopover visitors in July 2023, 3.2% more than the 171,087 stopovers received in July 2022.
Of the 176,624 stopover visitors who arrived in July, 156,766 (88.8%) were from the USA with 4,543 coming from Canada,  6,788 from Europe and 8,527 from the rest of the world.
During July 2023 133,337 stopovers stayed in Nassau/Paradise Island, (75.5% of all stopovers), with 9,978 stopovers (5.6%) staying in Grand Bahama, and 33,309 stopovers (18.9%) staying in The Out Islands.
The Bahamas received 659,473 cruise visitors in July 2023, 31.7% more than the 500,679 received in July 2022.
During the first seven months of 2023 The Bahamas saw a 30.7% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 901,864 stopover visitors in the first seven months of 2022 to 1,179,085 stopovers in the same seven months of 2023.
The number of visitors from the USA increased by 29.4% in the first seven months of 2023, growing from 813,579 stopovers in 2022 to 1,052,616 stopovers in the same seven months of 2023. The number from Canada grew from 27,202 in 2022 to 44,701 in the first seven months of 2023, while the number from Europe grew from 31,098 in the first seven months of 2022 to 45,357 in the same seven months of 2023.
Nassau/Paradise Island saw a 35.0% increase in stopover arrivals in the first seven months of 2023, growing from 651,149 stopovers in 2022 to 879,366 stopovers in the same seven months of 2023, while Grand Bahama Island saw a 38.3% increase in stopover traffic, growing from 41,894 stopovers in 2022 to 57,948 in the same seven months of 2023. Stopover traffic to the Out Islands increased by 15.8%, growing from 208,821 stopover visitors in 2022 to 241,771 in the same seven months of 2023.
The Bahamas received 4,647,790 cruise visitors in the first seven months of 2023, 72.1% more than the 2,700,075 received in the first seven months of 2022.
Please note these numbers are preliminary and are subject to change.
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Hawaii reports the state received 929,386 out-of-state air arrivals in July 2023, 1.1% more than the 919,154 received in July 2022.
According to the Hawaii Tourism Authority, Hawaii saw the volume of air arrivals increase by 1.1% in July 2023, growing from 919,154 air arrivals received in July 2022 to 929,386 arrivals in July 2023.
And, according to preliminary visitor statistics released by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), total spending for visitors arriving in July 2023 increased by 2.1%, growing from $1.99 billion in July 2022 to $2.05 billion in July 2023.
Hawaii received 748,532 air arrivals from the mainland USA in July 2023, 80.5% of the overall total, 27,056 arrivals from Canada, 52,885 arrivals from Japan and 100,912 air arrivals from other markets.
Hawaii also received 3,327 cruise visitors in July 2023.
Overall person per trip expenditures increased by 1.2% from $2,167.50 in July 2022 to $2,193.80 in July 2023.
Through the first seven months of 2022 Hawaii saw a 9.4% increase in the volume of air arrivals, growing from 5,312,005 air arrivals in the first seven months of 2022 to 5,813,138 air arrivals in the same seven months of 2023.
For the first seven months of 2022, total visitor spending was estimated to be $12,828.8 million, 13.0% more than the $11,351.3 million spent in the first seven months of 2022. Person per trip spending grew by 2.4% from $2,125.20 per person per trip in the first seven months of 2022 to $2,175.30 per person per trip in the first seven months of 2023.
Air arrivals from the USA increased by 0.3% in the first seven months of 2023, growing from 4,657,568 air arrivals in 2022 to 4,673,438 air arrivals in the same seven months of 2023, from Japan grew from 48,799 stopovers in 2022 to 267,131 in the first seven months of 2023 and grew from 221,718 stopovers from Canada in 2022 to 284,544 in the same seven months of 2023.
Hawaii received 84,286 cruise visitors in the first seven months of 2023.

Las Vegas received 3,527,800 visitors in July 2023, 1.0% more 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 increase by 1.0% in July 2023, growing from 3,491,600 arrivals in July 2022 to 3,527,800 in July of 2023.
Las Vegas had a weighted average of 151,718 open hotel rooms in July 2023 (up 0.2% compared with July 2022) and achieved an average city-wide room occupancy of 85.2% (83.4% in July 2022), an ADR of $163.14 (up 1.7%) and a RevPar of $139.00 (up 3.9%).
Gaming revenue increased by 7.5% in July 2023, growing from $1.123 billion in July 2022 to $1.208 billion in July 2023.
Through the first seven months of 2023 Las Vegas saw an 8.1% increase in the volume of visitors, growing from 22,071,600 arrivals in the first seven months of 2022 to 23,852,700 visitors in the same seven months of 2023.
Las Vegas achieved an average city-wide room occupancy of 84.2% in the first seven months of 2023 (up 6.7 percentage points compared with the first seven months of 2022), an ADR of $180.87 (up 11.5% compared with the same seven months of 2022) and a RevPar of $152.29 up 21.1%, also compared with the same seven months of 2022.
Gaming revenue increased by 5.0% in the first seven months of 2023, from $7.38 billion in 2022 to $7.75 billion in the same seven months of 2023.

Punta Cana received 441,030 tourists in July 2023, 5.4% more than the 418,295 tourists who visited in July 2022.
According to the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic, received 441,030 stopovers in July 2023, 5.4% more than the 418,295 stopovers received in July 2022.
Punta Cana saw its traffic from the USA grow by 17.8% in July 2023 to 225,652 visitors up from the 191,535 arrivals received from the USA in July 2022. Traffic from Canada increased from 39,278 arrivals in July 2022 to 43,470 arrivals in July 2023.
In July 2023, stopover arrivals to Punta Cana made up 55.6% of all non-resident arrivals to the Dominican Republic compared with 56.9% in July 2022.
According to the Dominican Republic’s Hotel Association Asonahores  the hotels in Punta Cana achieved an average room occupancy of 84.1% in July 2023 down from the 84.7% achieved in July 2022.
During the first seven months of 2023 Punta Cana saw a 15.7% increase in the volume of stopover arrivals, growing from 2,479,532 arrivals in the first seven months of 2022 to 2,868,102 non-resident arrivals in the first seven months of 2023.
Arrivals from the USA increased by 24.4% in the first seven months of 2023, growing from 1,058,946 arrivals in the first seven months of 2022 to 1,317,088 arrivals in the same seven months of 2023. Traffic from Canada grew from 320,384 arrivals in the first seven months of 2022 to 535,196 arrivals in the first seven months of 2023. Traffic also increased from Argentina, growing from 92,320 arrivals in the first seven months of 2022 to 112,479 stopovers in the same seven months of 2023.
Traffic from Russia decreased from 39,911 arrivals in the first seven months of 2022 to just 655 in the same seven months of 2023.
In the first seven months of 2023, stopover arrivals to Punta Cana made up 58.8% of all non-resident arrivals to the Dominican Republic compared with 57.9% in the same seven months of 2022.
According to the Dominican Republic’s Hotel Association Asonahores  the hotels in Punta Cana achieved an average room occupancy of 84.0% in the first seven months of 2023 up from 78.5% achieved in the same seven months of 2022.

The Dominican Republic received 793,000 tourists in July 2023, 7.9% more than the 735,064 tourists who visited in July 2022.
According to the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, the Dominican Republic, received 793,000 stopovers in July 2023, 7.9% more than the 735,064 stopovers received in July 2022.
The Dominican Republic received 358,002 stopover arrivals from the USA in July 2023, 45.1% of all arrivals, and 52,010 visitors from Canada, 6.6% of all arrivals during July.
In July 2023 17.7% of all non-resident tourists arriving in the Dominican Republic were non-resident Dominicans returning home.
According to the Dominican Republic’s Hotel Association Asonahores  the hotels in the Dominican Republic achieved an average room occupancy of 78.3% in July 2023 up from 77.4% achieved in July 2022.
In the first seven months of 2023 the Dominican Republic saw a 14.0% increase in the volume of stopover arrivals, growing from 4,282,209 arrivals in the first seven months of 2022 to 4,879,696 non-resident arrivals in the same seven months of 2023.
Non-resident arrivals from the USA increased by 21.0% in the first seven months of 2023, growing from 1,645,899 arrivals in 2022 to 1,992,175 arrivals from the USA in the first seven months of 2023. Stopover arrivals from Canada grew from 384,751 in the first seven months of 2022 to 694,121 in the same seven months of 2023.
In the first seven months of 2022 15.6% of all non-resident tourists arriving in the Dominican Republic were non-resident Dominicans returning home, down from 18.2% in the same seven months of 2022.
According to the Dominican Republic’s Hotel Association Asonahores  the hotels in the Dominican Republic achieved an average room occupancy of 77.4% in the first seven months of 2023 up from 72.5% achieved in the same seven months of 2022.

The Cayman Islands received 40,469 stopovers in June 2023, 55.0% more than the 26,116 stopovers received in June 2022.
According to the Cayman Islands Tourism Authority, The Cayman Islands saw a 55.0% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in June 2023, growing from 26,116 stopovers received in June 2022 to 40,469 stopovers received in June 2023.
The Cayman Islands also received 71,471 cruise visitors in June, 20.5% fewer than the 89,868 cruise visitors received in June 2022.
The Cayman Islands received 36,129 stopover arrivals from the USA in June 2023, which comprised 89.3% of all stopover arrivals during the month. The Cayman Islands also received 1,067 visitors from Canada and 630 visitors from the United Kingdom during that month.
The Cayman Islands saw the number of visitors grow by 107.2% from 113,594 in the first six months of 2022 to 235,370 stopovers in the same six months of 2023.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased from 92,313 in the first six months of 2022 to 196,883 in the same six months of 2023. The number of stopovers from Canada grew from 8,361 in the first six months of 2022 to 17,723 in the same six months of 2023  while the number of stopover visitors from the U.K. increased from 5,200 in the first six months of 2022 to 6,774 stopovers in the same six months of 2023.
The Cayman Islands received 738,456 cruise visitors in the first six months of 2023, up from the 213,401 received in the first six months of 2022.

Costa Rica received 244,967 stopover arrivals in July 2023, 9.9% more than the 222,982 stopovers received in July 2022.
According to the Costa Rica Institute of Tourism (ICT), Costa Rica received 244,967 stopovers in July 2023, 9.9% more than the 222,982 stopovers received in July 2022.
Costa Rica received 143,963 stopovers from the USA in July 2023, 58.8% of the overall total. Costa Rica also received 10,478 stopovers from Canada in July and 19,171 stopovers from Central America.
The volume of stopovers increased by 19.9% in the first seven months of 2023, growing from 1,446,746 stopovers in the first seven months of 2022 to 1,734,424 stopovers in the first seven months of 2023.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 14.2% in the first seven months of 2023, from 840,644 stopovers in 2022 to 960,250 in 2023 while the number from Canada grew by 56.5%, from 109,196 in 2022 to 170,869 in 2023. The volume of visitors from Central America increased by 29.7%, growing from 99,532 in the first seven months of 2022 to 129,048 in the same seven months of 2023.
The share of visitors from the USA fell from 58.1% in the first seven months of 2022 to 55.4% in the first seven months of 2023.

The Maldives reports it received 145,620 stopover visitor arrivals in July 2023, 9.0% more than the 133,561 received in July 2022.
The Maldives Government’s Ministry of Tourism recently announced that The Maldives received 145,620 stopover visitors in July 2023, 9.0% more than the 133,561 stopovers received in July 2022.
In July 2023 China was the number one source market and generated 28,964 stopovers (19.9% share of the overall total) while Russia was number two with 18,183 stopovers (12.5% share). India was number three with 12,168 stopovers.
The number of visitors from China grew from 1,787 in July 2022 to 28,964 in July 2023.
The Maldives saw the overall number of operating accommodation establishments grow by 6.6% from 1,179 in July 2022 to 1,257 establishments in July 2023.
The number of beds in operation grew by 6.0% from 58,103 in July 2022 to 61,604 in July 2023.
During July 2023 overall average room occupancy decreased by 7.6 percentage points from 55.2% in July 2022 to 47.6% for July 2023.
Of the 1,257 establishments in operation 172 were resorts which offered 41,913 beds. These resorts achieved a 52.4% average room occupancy during July 2023 down from 67.7% in July 2022.
The Maldives saw a 13.6% increase in total arrivals in the first seven months of 2023, growing from 946,780 stopovers in the first seven months of 2022 to 1,075,227 stopovers in the same seven months of 2023 with Russia (127,004 visitors), India (122,583 visitors) and China (92,391 visitors) being the three largest source markets in these seven months.
The Maldives saw the overall number of operating accommodation establishments grow by 17.8% from an average of 1,053 in the first seven months of 2022 to an average of 1,240 establishments in the same seven months of 2023.
The number of beds in operation grew by 8.7% from 55,888 in the first seven months of 2022 to 60,777 in the same seven months of this year.
Through the end of July 2023 overall average room occupancy had fallen by 0.7 percentage points from 60.3% in 2022 to 59.6% for the first seven months of this year.
Of the 1,240 establishments in operation 170 were resorts which offered 41,309 beds. These resorts achieved a 68.6% average room occupancy through the first seven months of 2023 down from 73.2% for the first seven months of 2022. Through the first seven months of 2022 there was an average of 163 resorts in operation offering 39,272 beds.

​Belize received 43,059 stopover visitors in July 2023, 15.9% more than the 37,138 visitors received in July 2022.
According to the Belize Tourism Board, Belize received 43,059 stopover visitors in July 2023, up 15.9% from the 37,138 stopover visitors received in July 2022.
Belize received 31,872 stopover arrivals from the USA in July 2023, 4,180 from Europe, 1,016 from Canada and 616 from Mexico. The 31,872 stopovers from the USA were 74.0% of all stopover visits and were up 11.8% compared with US visits in July 2022.
Belize received 48,032 cruise visitors in July 2023, 58.2% more than the 30,360 received in July 2022.
In the first seven months of 2023 Belize saw the number of stopovers increase by 24.7%, from 241,269 stopover visitors in the first seven months of 2022 to 300,901 in the first seven months of 2023.
Stopovers from the USA increased by 12.5% in the first seven months of 2023, from 189,165 in 2022 to 212,863 in the same seven months of 2023. Stopovers from Canada grew from 9,413 stopover visitors in the first seven months of 2022 to 17,478 visitors in the same seven months of 2023, while stopovers from Europe grew from 19,397 stopovers in the first seven months of 2022 to 32,833 visitors in the same seven months of 2023.
Belize received 576,555 cruise visitors in the first seven months of 2023, up 62.6% compared with the 354,543 cruise visitors received in the first seven months of 2022.

U.S. citizens’ outbound travel from the USA to international destinations increased by 20.2% in June 2023 compared to June 2022.
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 2023.
The overall number of trips taken by US citizens to international destinations increased by 20.2% in June 2023, growing from 8,633,239 trips in June 2022 to 10,377,992 trips in June 2023.
The number of trips taken to the Caribbean increased by 11.3%, growing from 955,953 trips in June 2022 to 1,063,888 trips in June 2023. The Caribbean’s share of all international trips fell from 11.1% in June 2022 to 10.3% in June 2023.
Trips to Europe increased by 19.3% in June, growing from 2,258,863 trips in June 2022 to 2,694,228 trips in June 2023. Trips to Europe were 26.0% of trips taken by US citizens in June 2023 down from 26.2% in June 2022.
The number of trips taken to Mexico by air increased by 0.6%, growing from 1,285,927 trips in June 2022 to 1,293,434 trips in June 2023.
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 2023:
The overall number of trips taken by US citizens to international destinations increased by 31.5% in the first six months of 2023, growing from 35.5 million trips in the first six months of 2022 to 46.6 million trips in the same six months of 2023.
The number of trips taken to the Caribbean increased by 22.5% in the first six months of 2023, growing from 4,556,767 trips in 2022, to 5,582,126 trips in the first six months of 2023. The share of trips taken to the Caribbean fell from 12.8% for the first six months of 2022 to 12.0% in 2023.
Trips to Europe grew by 43.3%, from 6,522,955 trips in the first six months of 2022 to 9,349,459 trips in the same six months of 2023 with their share growing from 18.4% in 2022 to 20.0% in 2023.
The number of trips taken to Mexico by air grew by 7.1%, from 6,547,367 trips in the first six months of 2022 to 7,101,249 in the same six months of 2023.
This segment’s share of all trips fell from 18.5% in the first six months of 2022 to 15.0% in the same six months of 2023.
 
Jamaica received 227,858 stopover visitors in May 2023, 11.7% more than the 204,011 stopovers received in May 2022.
According to the Jamaica Tourist Board, Jamaica received 227,858 stopover arrivals in May 2023, 11.7% more than the 204,011 stopovers received in May 2022.
Stopover visitors from the USA grew by 12.3%, from 154,257 in May 2022 to 173,261 in May 2023 and comprised 76.0% of all stopover arrivals in May of this year down from 75.6% in May 2022.
Jamaica received 72,026 cruise passengers during May 2023, 10.5% more than the 65,198 received in May 2022.
Through the first five months of 2023 Jamaica saw a 29.7% increase in the volume of stopover arrivals, growing from 937,227 stopover arrivals in the first five months of 2022 to 1,215,530 arrivals in the same five months of 2023.
Arrivals from the USA increased by 24.7% in the first five months of 2023, growing from 700,228 arrivals in 2022 to 872,866 arrivals in the same five months of 2023.
The USA’s share of all stopover arrivals fell from 74.7% in the first five months of 2022 to 71.8% in the same five months of 2023.
Jamaica received 638,274 cruise passengers through May 2023, 23.7% fewer than the 836,420 cruise visitors received in the same five months of 2019.
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Saint Lucia received 31,496 stopovers in July 2023, 19.5% fewer than the 39,145 stopovers received in July 2022.
According to the Saint Lucia Tourism Authority, Saint Lucia saw a 19.5% decrease in stopover visitor arrivals in July 2023, falling from 39,145 stopovers in July 2022 to 31,496 stopovers in July 2023.
Saint Lucia also received 2,682 visitors in July 2023 who arrived by yacht but no visitors from cruise ships.
Saint Lucia received 16,921 stopover arrivals from the USA in July 2023, 34.0% fewer than the 25,632 US stopovers it received in July 2022 and also received 4,880 visitors from the United Kingdom in July 2023, 20.0% fewer than the 6,101 stopovers received from the UK in July 2022. Saint Lucia also received 1,652 stopover visitors from Canada in July of this year.
Through the first seven months of 2023, Saint Lucia saw an 11.7% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 209,929 stopovers in the first seven months of 2022 to 234,424 stopovers in the same seven months of 2023.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 1.6%, from 128,946 in the first seven months of 2022 to 130,986 in the same seven months of 2023 while the number of stopover visitors from the U.K. decreased by 6.4%, from 50,415 in the first seven months of 2022 to 47,205 stopovers in the same seven months of 2023.
Saint Lucia has received 434,343 cruise visitors in the first seven months of 2023 compared with 165,266 received in the first seven months of 2022 and received 27,277 visitors who arrived by yacht compared with 9,804 who arrived by yacht in the first seven months of 2022.

Hawaii’s hotels report a 3.8 percentage point decrease in average room occupancy in July 2023 compared with July 2022, falling from 81.2% to 77.4%
According to the Hawai‘i Hotel Performance Report published by the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority (HTA), statewide hotel room occupancy declined by 3.8 percentage points from 81.2% in July 2022 to 77.4% in July 2023.
ADR also fell from $412.67 in July 2022 to $409.24 in July 2023, a decline of 0.8%, while revpar decreased by 6.8%, falling from $339.80 in July 2022 to $316.66 in July 2023.
Hawai‘i hotel room revenues statewide dropped by 6.2%, falling from $587.6 million in July 2022 to $551.2 million in July 2023. Room demand decreased by 4.3%, falling from 1,406,900 room nights in July 2022 to 1,346,800 room nights in July 2023 while room supply grew by 0.4% from 1,733,000 available room nights to 1,740,600 available room nights in July 2023.
During the first seven months of 2023 statewide hotel room occupancy increased by 1.3 percentage points from 74.0% in 2022 to 75.3% in the same seven months of 2023. ADR increased by 3.7% from $373.78 in 2022 to $383.96 in 2023 while revpar grew by 4.6%, from $276.51 in 2022 to $289.23 in 2023.
In the first seven months of 2023, Hawai‘i hotel room revenues statewide increased by 4.4% from $3,286.2 million in 2022 to $3,479.7 million in 2023.
Room demand increased by 1.5%, from 8,797,200 room nights in the first seven months of 2022 to 8,932,300 in the same seven months of 2023. Room supply fell by 0.3% to 11,857,800 available room nights in 2023.
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 2023, the survey included 155 properties representing 47,489 rooms, or 84.6 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 77 properties on O‘ahu, representing 28,940 rooms (95.2%); 40 properties in the County of Maui, representing 9,705 rooms (69.8%); 18 properties on the island of Hawai‘i, representing 5,140 rooms (73.4%); and 20 properties on Kaua‘i, representing 3,704 rooms (76.3%).

The Turks and Caicos Islands saw a 9.6% increase in the number of cruise visitors in June 2023.
According to the Turks and Caicos Islands Ministry of Tourism, The Turks and Caicos Islands saw the volume of cruise visitor arrivals increase by 9.6% in June 2023, growing from 55,177 cruise visitors in June 2022 to 60,501 cruise visitors in June 2023.
The Turks and Caicos Islands received 483,431 cruise passengers during the first six months of 2023, 49.1% more than the 324,161 cruise visitors received in the first six months of 2022. 
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Antigua and Barbuda reports it received 22,022 stopover arrivals in July 2023, 10.7% fewer than the 24,673 received in July 2022.
According to the Antigua Government’s Ministry of Tourism, Economic Development, Investment and Energy, Antigua saw a 10.7% decrease in stopover visitor arrivals in July, falling from 24,673 stopovers received in July 2022 to 22,022 stopovers received in July 2023.
Antigua and Barbuda received 12,143 stopover visitors from the USA in July 2023 8.7% fewer than the 13,305 received in July 2022 and 4,068 stopovers from the United Kingdom, 28.0% fewer than the 5,650 visitors received in the same month of 2022.
In the first seven months of 2023 Antigua and Barbuda saw a 14.4% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 154,099 visitors in 2022 to 176,355 visitors in the same seven months of this year.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 15.6%, growing from 76,385 visitors during the first seven months of 2022, to 88,321 in the same seven months of 2023. The number of stopovers from the UK declined by 13.8% during the first seven months, falling from 49,369 in 2022 to 42,532 in the same seven months of 2023.
In the first six months of 2023 Antigua and Barbuda received 409,209 cruise passengers, 115.8% more than the 189,587 cruise visitors brought in the same six months of 2022.
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Florida received a total of 33,092,000 tourist arrivals in the second quarter of 2023, 1.2% fewer than the 33,484,000 received in the second quarter of 2022.
Visit Florida’s Research Department recently announced that the state of Florida saw a 1.2% decrease in the number of tourist arrivals in the second quarter of 2023, with total arrivals falling from 33,484,000 in the second quarter of 2022 to 33,092,000 arrivals in the second quarter of 2023.
Domestic arrivals fell by 2.4%, falling from 31,036,000 arrivals in the second quarter of 2022 to 30,305,000 in the second quarter of 2023, while arrivals from Canada grew by 20.9%, from 700,000 visitors in the second quarter of 2022 to 846,000 in the same quarter of 2023. Arrivals from overseas grew by 11.0%, from 1,748,000 arrivals in the second quarter of 2022 to 1,941,000 in the same three months of 2023.
Florida saw a 1.3% increase in the number of tourist arrivals in the first six months of 2023, with total arrivals growing from 69,910,000 in the first six months of 2022 to 70,842,000 arrivals in the first six months of 2023.
Domestic arrivals were down by 1.1%, falling from 65,651,000 arrivals in the first six months of 2022 to 64,951,000 in the first six months of 2023, while arrivals from Canada grew from 1,188,000 visitors in the first six months of 2022 to 2,151,000 in the same six months of 2023. Arrivals from overseas grew by 21.8%, from 3,071,000 arrivals in the first six months of 2022 to 3,740,000 in the same six months of 2023.
All of the above numbers are preliminary and subject to change.
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Cuba reports it received 190,747 international stopover visitors in July 2023, 25.1% more than the 152,430 received in July 2022.
The Cuban Government’s Office of National Statistics and Information (ONEI) recently announced that total international tourist arrivals increased by 25.1% in July 2023, growing from 152,430 international stopover arrivals in July 2022 to 190,747 arrivals in July 2023. This number includes both stopover visitors and cruise visitors.
Cuba received 47,017 stopovers from Canada in July 2023, 24.6% of all stopovers received for the month. The number of visitors from Russia grew from 386 in July 2022 to 19,894 in July 2023.
In the first seven months of 2023 Cuba saw a 78.4% increase in total international arrivals, growing from 834,857 arrivals in 2022 to 1,489,286 stopovers this year.
Total tourist arrivals from Canada grew from 258,896 stopovers in the first seven months of 2022, to 630,041 in the same seven months of 2023 and was the number one source market with a 42.3% share.
Cubans living abroad accounted for 210,019 of all international visitors arriving in the first seven months of 2023, up from 183,826 in the same seven months of 2022.

​Expedia: Fall Travel Forecast Reveals Searches Are Up For Autumn Escapes.
Expedia Group | 17 Aug, 2023
Average ticket prices are down 10% for domestic flights and 5% for international flights compared to summer, according to Expedia.
Based on Expedia flight searches, trending destinations for fall include Hong Kong, Savannah, Yellowstone National Park and Curacao
SEATTLE, Aug. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the Fall Travel Forecast released today by Expedia®, Hotels.com® and Vrbo®, the surge in travel demand seen over the summer is projected to continue into the cooler months, with the travel brands showing year-over-year search increases for fall getaways. 
According to Expedia, flight searches for fall are up 15%, and hotel searches increased 20% compared to fall 2022.
As a non-peak season, fall is consistently one of the best times of the year to get away for less, with average ticket prices (ATPs) for domestic flights 10% lower than they were during the peak summer months, and international ATPs around 5% cheaper.
Expedia Trending Fall Destinations:
Based on Expedia flight searches, the fastest-growing destinations for fall 2023 run the gamut from Asia to the Caribbean, while domestic travelers are largely eyeing midsize cities:
International Destinations:  Hong Kong (+1,500%), Frankfurt (+280%), Taipei (+260%), Osaka (+ 210%), Curaçao (+175%).

Trinidad and Tobago received 29,573 stopover visitors in July 2023, 19.8% more than the 24,690 stopover visitors received in July 2022.
According to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago’s Central Statistical Office, Trinidad and Tobago received 29,573 stopover visitors in July 2023, an increase of 19.8% compared with the 24,690 stopovers received in July 2022.
Of the 29,573 stopovers, 29,476 arrived by air and 97 by sea.
Trinidad received 28,442 stopover visitors in July 2023 with Tobago receiving 1,131.
Trinidad and Tobago received 15,138 stopover arrivals from the USA in July 2023, 4,148 from Europe, 2,701 from Canada and 7,586 from the rest of the world.
In the first seven months of 2023 Trinidad and Tobago saw the number of stopovers increase by 59.3% from 115,234 in the first seven months of 2022 to 183,529 in the same seven months of 2023.
Stopovers from the USA grew from 58,694 in the first seven months of 2022 to 90,809 in the same seven months of 2023. Stopovers from Canada increased from 12,981 stopovers in the first seven months of 2022, to 21,714 in the same seven months of 2023 while stopovers from Europe grew from 16,138 in 2022 to 27,281 in the same seven months of 2023.
Trinidad received 173,932 stopovers in the first seven months of 2023, 94.8% of the overall total, with Tobago receiving 9,597 stopovers.

CHATA reports Curaçao’s hotels achieved a 71.9% average room occupancy in July 2023, up 1.9 percentage points from the 70.0% achieved in July 2022.
According to STR, the leading provider of hotel performance data and analytics worldwide, Curacao’s hotels achieved a 71.9% average room occupancy in July 2023, 1.9 percentage points more than the 70.0% achieved in July 2022.
ADR was $231.97 in July 2023, 9.8% higher than in July 2022, while RevPar was $166.68 12.7% more than in July 2022.
STR received data from a sample of 15 hotels with 2,646 rooms in July of 2023, with the sample representing 54% of all hotel rooms in Curaçao.
Jim Hepple, the Interim Managing Director for CHATA, said CHATA was pleased at the continued strong performance of Curacao’s hotel sector which reflected the positive growth in overall arrivals to the island.
Through the first seven months of 2023 CHATA reports that Curaçao’s hotels achieved an average room occupancy of 70.7% compared with 70.4% for the first seven months of 2022. Again, compared with the first seven months of 2022, ADR grew by 8.5% from $212.54 in 2022 to $230.69 in the first seven months of 2023. RevPar grew by 9.0% from $149.53 in 2022 to $163.04 in the first seven months of 2023.
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Dubai received 1,160,000 international visitors in June 2023, a 22.1% increase in visitors compared with June 2022.
According to the Government of Dubai’s Statistics Center, Dubai saw a 22.1% increase in the number of international visitors in June 2023, growing from 950,000 visitors in June 2022 to 1,160,000 in June 2023.
The number one source market in June was India with 185,000 visitors, followed by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with 96,000 visitors, and the United Kingdom with 67,000 visitors.
In the first six months of 2023 Dubai received 8,550,000 international visitors, 20.1% more than the 7,120,000 visitors received in the first six months of 2022.
The number one source market in the first six months of 2023 was India which generated 1,223,000 visitors, 14.3% of the overall total, followed by Russia which generated 616,000 visitors, and the United Kingdom which generated 555,000 visitors.
As of June 2023, Dubai had 617 hotels offering 123,176 hotel rooms and 193 apartment hotels offering 25,513 units. The hotel sector achieved an average room occupancy of 76.0% in the first six months of 2023 with an ADR of US$145.50 and a RevPar of US$113.08. The apartment sector achieved an average occupancy of 81.0%.

Aruba received 111,862 stopover visitors in July 2023, 2.6% more than the 109,006 stopovers received in July 2022.
According to the Aruba Tourism Authority, Aruba received 111,862 stopover arrivals in July 2023, 2.6% more than the 109,006 stopover visitors it received in July 2022.
Compared with July 2022, stopover arrivals from the USA increased by 0.2%, growing from 86,835 arrivals in July 2022 to 87,018 arrivals in July 2023. Arrivals from the USA comprised 77.8% of all arrivals in July 2023 down from 79.7% in July 2022.
The number of stopover visitors from New York State fell by 5.7% in July 2023 compared with the same month last year, while the number from New Jersey fell by 11.7%. The number of stopovers from Massachusetts grew by 6.6% in July 2023 compared with July 2022.
Arrivals from Canada increased by 15.8%, growing from 2,561 visitors in July 2022 to 2,966 stopovers in July 2023. Arrivals from the Netherlands declined by 26.5%, falling from 4,555 in July 2022 to 3,350 in July of this year.
Aruba received 8 cruise ship calls in July 2023 and a total of 23,880 cruise passengers, with the volume of cruise visitors down 30.0% compared with the 34,110 received in July 2022. The average number of passengers per call grew from 2,843 visitors in July 2022 to 2,985 cruise visitors in July 2023.
In the first seven months of 2023 Aruba saw a 13.4% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 637,331 visitors in the first seven months of 2022 to 722,444 visitors in the first seven months of this year.
The number of stopovers from the USA grew by 10.4% during the first seven months, from 510,625 in the first seven months of 2022 to 563,683 in the same seven months of 2023. The share of stopovers from the USA fell from 80.1% in the first seven months of 2022 to 78.0% in the same seven months of 2023.
The number of visitors staying in hotel accommodation grew by 14.0% in the first seven months of 2023, from 287,967 in 2022 to 328,262 with the share growing slightly from 45.2% in 2022 to 45.4% in 2023. Visitors staying in “other accommodation”, that is not a hotel or timeshare resort, grew by 23.6% from 159,598 visitors in 2022 to 197,261 visitors in 2023 with the share growing from 25.0% in 2022 to 27.3% in 2023.
Aruba received 198 cruise ship calls in the first seven months of 2023 with 523,322 cruise passengers compared with the 174 calls cruise ships made in the same seven months of 2022 with 297,582 passengers. The average number of passengers per call grew from 1,710 visitors in 2022 to 2,643 visitors in 2023.
 
Jamaica received 253,690 stopover visitors in April 2023, 13.9% more than the 222,815 stopovers received in April 2022.
According to the Jamaica Tourist Board, Jamaica received 253,690 stopover arrivals in April 2023, 13.9% more than the 222,815 stopovers received in April 2022.
Stopover visitors from the USA grew by 11.2%, from 165,074 in April 2022 to 183,578 in April 2023 and comprised 72.4% of all stopover arrivals in April of this year down from 74.1% in April 2022.
Jamaica received 88,746 cruise passengers during April 2023.
Through the first four months of 2023 Jamaica saw a 34.7% increase in the volume of stopover arrivals, growing from 733,216 stopover arrivals in the first four months of 2022 to 987,672 arrivals in the same four months of 2023.
Arrivals from the USA increased by 28.1% in the first four months of 2023, growing from 545,971 arrivals in 2022 to 699,605 arrivals in the same four months of 2023.
The USA’s share of all stopover arrivals fell from 74.5% in the first four months of 2022 to 70.8% in the same four months of 2023.
Jamaica received 566,248 cruise passengers through April 2023, 25.8% fewer than the 762,740 cruise visitors received in the same four months of 2019.
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Abu Dhabi reduces hotel fees to boost hospitality and tourism sector.
ARAB NEWS | August 12, 2023
Amendments include lowering and removing tourism and municipality fees.
DUBAI: The Department of Culture and Tourism — Abu Dhabi has reduced government fees imposed on hotels in the emirate in a bid to boost the growth of the hospitality and tourism sector, Emirates News Agency reported on Saturday. 
The government fee amendments include lowering the tourism fee for guests from 6 percent to 4 percent, removing a municipality fee of AED15 ($4.09) per room per night, and removing a 6 percent tourism fee and 4 percent municipality fee applied to hotel restaurants. 
The municipality fee for 4 percent of the value of the invoice issued to the customer, on the other hand, will remain.
The change will come into effect on Sept. 1 and follows directives from the Abu Dhabi Executive Council to further encourage tourists and residents to enjoy hospitality offerings in the emirate.
The Department has set a target of welcoming more than 24 million visitors into the Emirate this year. Abu Dhabi achieved 18 million visitors in 2022, a 17 per cent increase in visitor numbers from the previous year.
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Cancun saw its hotels achieve an average hotel room occupancy of 72.1% in June 2023, a drop of 7.2 percentage points from the 79.3% reported for June 2022.
According to Datatur, the hotels in Cancun saw a 7.2 percentage point decline in average hotel room occupancy from 79.3% in June 2022 to 72.1% in June 2023.
The hotels in Riviera Maya saw a 5.0 percentage point decrease in average hotel room occupancy falling from 76.6% in June 2022 to 71.6% in June 2023.
Through the first six months of 2023 the hotels in Cancun achieved a 76.6% average room occupancy, up 0.8 percentage points from the 75.8% achieved in the same six months of 2022.
For the first six months of 2023 the hotels in Riviera Maya achieved an average room occupancy of 77.6%, up 3.8 percentage points from the 73.8% achieved in the same six months of 2022.
As of June 2023, Riviera Maya/Tulum has 50,474 hotel rooms while the Cancun area has 35,068 hotel rooms. 
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U.S. citizens’ outbound travel from the USA to international destinations increased by 24.0% in May 2023 compared to May 2022.
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 2023.
The overall number of trips taken by US citizens to international destinations increased by 24.0% in May 2023, growing from 6,811,866 trips in May 2022 to 8,447,652 trips in May 2023.
The number of trips taken to the Caribbean increased by 14.2%, growing from 787,895 trips in May 2022 to 899,901 trips in May 2023. The Caribbean’s share of all international trips fell from 11.6% in May 2022 to 10.7% in May 2023.
Trips to Europe increased by 29.1% in May, growing from 1,663,664 trips in May 2022 to 2,148,083 trips in May 2023. Trips to Europe were 25.4% of trips taken by US citizens in May 2023 up from 24.4% in May 2022.
The number of trips taken to Mexico by air decreased by 0.8%, falling from 1,074,409 trips in May 2022 to 1,065,659 trips in May 2023.
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 2023:

• The overall number of trips taken by US citizens to international destinations increased by 35.1% in the first five months of 2023, growing from 26.8 million trips in the first five months of 2022 to 36.3 million trips in the same five months of 2023.
• The number of trips taken to the Caribbean increased by 25.5% in the first five months of 2023, growing from 3,600,814 trips in 2022, to 4,518,238 trips in the first five months of 2023. The share of trips taken to the Caribbean fell from 13.4% for the first five months of 2022 to 12.5% in 2023.
• Trips to Europe grew from 4,264,092 trips in the first five months of 2022 to 6,655,231 trips in the same five months of 2023 with their share growing from 15.9% in 2022 to 18.3% in 2023.
• The number of trips taken to Mexico by air grew by 8.7%, from 5,261,440 trips in the first five months of 2022 to 5,716,815 in the same five months of 2023.
• This segment’s share of all trips fell from 19.6% in the first five months of 2022 to 15.8% in the same five months of 2023.

Mexico received 1,808,973 international air arrivals in June 2023, 0.5% fewer than the 1,818,264 received in June 2022.
According to the Government of Mexico’s SECTUR (Department of Tourism) Mexico received 1,808,973 international air arrivals in June 2023, down 0.5% compared with the 1,818,264 arrivals received in June 2022.
Mexico received 1,303,232 air visitors from the USA in June 2023, 72.0% of the total. Canada was the second biggest market (78,851 visitors) with Colombia third largest (62,401 visitors).
Cancun Airport received 830,245 international air visitor arrivals in June 2023, 45.9% of the overall total. Los Cabos received 200,045 international air arrivals with Puerto Vallarta receiving 113,776 international air visitors.
In the first six months of 2023 the volume of international air arrivals to Mexico increased by 5.7%, from 10,262,312 arrivals in 2022 to 10,843,486 arrivals in the same six months of 2023.
The volume of air arrivals from the USA declined by 1.1% in the first six months of 2023, falling from 6,659,661 air arrivals in 2022 to 6,583,274 air arrivals in the first six months of 2023 while the volume from Canada grew from 859,580 in 2022 to 1,384,879 in the first six months of 2023.
Cancun Airport saw a 0.2% increase in international air arrivals in the first six months of 2023, growing from 4,823,418 arrivals in 2022 to 4,835,067 arrivals in the first six months of 2023 while Los Cabos saw an 11.7% increase growing from 1,124,660 international air arrivals in 2022 to 1,256,556 air arrivals in the first six months of 2023. Puerto Vallarta saw a 15.2% increase, growing from 905,710 international arrivals in 2022 to 1,043,051 international arrivals in the same six months of 2023.
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Curacao reports it received 50,936 stopover arrivals in July 2023, 5.6% more than the 48,246 received in July 2022.
According to the Curaçao Tourist Board, Curaçao saw a 5.6% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in July, growing from 48,246 stopovers received in July 2022 to 50,936 stopovers received in July 2023.
Curacao received 19,378 stopover visitors from the Netherlands in July 2023 17.5% fewer than the 23,489 received in July 2022 and 12,457 stopovers from the USA, 22.0% more than the 10,207 received in the same month of 2022. Brazil generated 2,956 visitors in July 2023 up from the 922 who visited in July 2022. Canada also saw a substantial gain with the number of visitors growing from 407 in July 2022 to 1,649 this July.
Curacao saw 490,524 visitor nights in July 2023, down 2.2% from the 501,382 seen in July 2022 as the average length of stay fell 7.3% from 10.39 nights in July 2022 to 9.63 nights in July 2023.
Curacao received 6 cruise ship calls with 15,452 cruise visitors in July 2023, 47.7% fewer cruise passengers than in July 2022.
In the first seven months of 2023 Curaçao saw a 17.4% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 275,799 visitors in 2022 to 323,808 visitors in the same seven months of this year.
The number of stopovers from the Netherlands declined by 19.0%, falling from 146,039 visitors during the first seven months of 2022, to 118,285 in the same seven months of 2023 consequent upon a reduction in the number of air seats from Europe. The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 73.4% during the first seven months, growing from 47,544 in 2022 to 82,441 in the same seven months of 2023.
Stopover visitors stayed, on average, 8.93 nights in the first seven months of 2023, down 9.2% from the 9.83 nights average stay achieved in the first seven months of 2022.
In the first seven months of 2023 Curacao received 176 cruise ship calls which brought in 445,466 cruise passengers, 71.4% more than the 259,902 cruise visitors handled in the same seven months of 2022.
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San Juan International Airport handled 1,113,320 domestic passenger movements in July 2023, 24.7% more than the 892,509 handled in July 2022.
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 a 24.7% increase in domestic passenger traffic in July 2023, that is enplanements and deplanements from flights to and from the continental United States, growing from 892,509 domestic passenger movements in July 2022 to 1,113,320 domestic passenger movements in July 2023.
International traffic, that is passengers using flights to and from airports outside the continental United States, increased by 41.7%, growing from 114,213 passenger movements in July 2022 to 161,896 passenger movements in July 2023.
Through the first seven months of 2023 San Juan International Airport saw domestic passenger movements increase by 17.0%, from 5,647,547 in 2022 to 6,606,075 in the first seven months of 2023. International passenger movements increased by 45.3% in the first seven months of 2023, growing from 533,389 passenger movements in 2022 to 775,038 passengers in the first seven months of 2023.

Cancun saw a 3.2% increase in international air passenger movements in July 2023 compared with July 2022.
According to ASUR, which manages many of Mexico’s airports, Cancun Airport saw a 3.4% increase in international passenger movements in July 2023, growing from 1,840,238 movements in July 2022 to 1,898,642 movements in July 2023. Domestic passenger movements increased by 8.0%, growing from 1,036,208 passenger movements in July 2022 to 1,118,655 movements in July 2023.
In the first seven months of 2023, the volume of international air passenger movements increased by 9.5%, growing from 11,814,379 movements in 2022 to 12,934,144 movements in the first seven months of 2023, while the volume of domestic air passenger movements increased by 18.4%, growing from 5,677,055 movements in the first seven months of 2022 to 6,721,717 in the same seven months of 2023.
In the first seven months of 2023 international passenger movements accounted for 65.8% of all passenger movements, down from 67.5% in the same seven months of 2022.
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Seychelles received 28,983 tourist arrivals in July 2023, 6.9% fewer than the 31,124 arrivals received in July 2022.
According to The Seychelles Government’s National Bureau of Statistics, The Seychelles saw a 6.9% decline in visitor arrivals in July 2023, falling from 31,124 arrivals received in July 2022 to 28,983 arrivals in July 2023. This number includes both air and sea stopover visitors, and transit visitors. Of the 28,983 arrivals, 28,940 were stopover visitors and 43 were transit visitors.
The number one source market in July 2023 was Germany, which generated 3,855 visitors (13.3% of the total for the month) followed by Russia with 3,411 visitors (11.8%) and France 3,309 (11.4%).
Traffic from France was down 15.8% in July 2023 compared to July 2022, while traffic from Germany was down 9.1% with traffic from the UK down 23.5%. Traffic from Russia did increase by 101.4% however comparing July 2023 with July 2022.
Seychelles received no cruise visitors in July 2023.
In the first seven months of 2023 Seychelles saw a 7.3% increase in total visitor arrivals, growing from 187,411 arrivals in the first seven months of 2022 to 201,028 arrivals in the first seven months of 2023.
The number one source market in the first seven months of 2023 was Germany which generated 26,540 visitors, 13.2% of all visitor arrivals for those first seven months, followed by France, which generated 25,406 visitors, 12.6% of the overall total. Russia generated 23,329 visitors in the same seven months.
During the first seven months of 2023 Seychelles also received 13,514 cruise passengers who visited the country for the day, with a further 2,715 who disembarked and 2,854 who embarked upon a cruise vessel. 

​Mauritius received 107,832 stopover visitors in July 2023, 14.6% more 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 107,832 total stopover arrivals in July 2023, 14.6% more than the 94,084 stopovers received in July 2022. This number includes both air and sea stopover visitors.
Mauritius received 23,603 visitors from France in July 2023, 21.9% of the overall total for the month, and the number one producing market. The number two source market was Reunion Island which generated 16,384 visitors, 15.2% of the total for the month. The United Kingdom generated 12,082 visitors.
Mauritius saw its stopover arrivals grow by 49.6% in the first seven months of 2023 from 470,640 stopovers in 2022 to 704,298 in the first seven months of this year. The number one source market in the first seven months of 2023 was France with 170,928 stopover visitors (24.3% share), followed by Reunion Island with 78,824 stopovers, and the United Kingdom with 75,506 stopovers. These three markets together generated 46.2% of all stopovers in 2023.
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Montego Bay Airport handled 513,700 total passenger movements in July 2023, 19.4% more than the 430,400 handled in July 2022.
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 19.4% in July 2023, growing from 430,400 total movements in July 2022 to 513,700 movements in July 2023.
Through the first seven months of 2023 Montego Bay Airport saw total passenger movements increase by 25.8%, from 2,519,300 in the first seven months of 2022 to 3,170,500 in the same seven months of 2023.
Thus far in 2023 international passenger movements made up 100.0% of all passenger movements.

Kingston, Jamaica Airport handled 181,900 total passenger movements in July 2023, 3.0% more than the 176,600 handled in July 2022.
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 3.0% in July 2023, growing from 176,600 total movements in July 2022 to 181,900 total passenger movements in July 2023.
Through the first seven months of 2023, Kingston’s Airport saw total passenger movements grow by 25.3%, from 807,700 in 2022 to 1,012,000 in the first seven months of 2023.
Thus far, in 2023, international passenger movements made up 100.0% of all passenger movements.

Los Cabos handled 427,500 international passenger movements in July 2023, 4.1% more than the 410,700 handled in July 2022.
According to Aeroportuario del Pacifico, which manages many of Mexico’s airports, Los Cabos Airport saw a 4.1% increase in international passenger traffic in July 2023, that is enplanements and deplanements, growing from 410,700 international passenger movements in July 2022 to 427,500 international passenger movements in July 2023.
Domestic traffic increased by 17.5%, growing from 256,700 passenger movements in July 2022 to 301,700 passenger movements in July 2023.
Through the first seven months of 2023, Los Cabos Airport saw international passenger movements increase by 11.4%, from 2,720,200 in the first seven months of 2022 to 3,031,000 in the same seven months of 2023. Domestic passenger movements increased by 22.3% in the first seven months of 2023, growing from 1,401,000 passengers in 2022 to 1,713,400 passengers in the first seven months of 2023.
International passenger movements comprised 63.9% of all passengers movements in the first seven months of 2023, down from 66.0% in the first seven months of 2022.
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The Bahamas reports the islands received 168,420 stopovers in June 2023, 18.8% more than the 141,745 stopovers received in June 2022.
According to the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, The Islands of The Bahamas received 168,420 stopover visitors in June 2023, 18.8% more than the 141,745 stopovers received in June 2022.
Of the 168,420 stopover visitors who arrived in June, 157,812 (93.7%) were from the USA with 3,173 coming from Canada and 3,623 from Europe.
During June 2023 126,203 stopovers stayed in Nassau/Paradise Island, (74.9% of all stopovers), with 5,378 stopovers (3.2%) staying in Grand Bahama, and 36,839 stopovers (21.9%) staying in The Out Islands.
The Bahamas received 603,016 cruise visitors in June 2023, 49.7% more than the 402,709 received in June 2022.
During the first six months of 2023 The Bahamas saw a 33.3% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 730,777 stopover visitors in the first six months of 2022 to 974,387 stopovers in the same six months of 2023.
The number of visitors from the USA increased by 32.7% in the first six months of 2023, growing from 656,225 stopovers in 2022 to 870,815 stopovers in the same six months of 2023. The number from Canada grew from 25,081 in 2022 to 39,868 in the first six months of 2023, while the number from Europe grew from 25,839 in the first six months of 2022 to 37,582 in the same six months of 2023.
Nassau/Paradise Island saw a 38.7% increase in stopover arrivals in the first six months of 2023, growing from 527,024 stopovers in 2022 to 730,795 stopovers in the same six months of 2023, while Grand Bahama Island saw a 23.2% increase in stopover traffic, growing from 33,291 stopovers in 2022 to 41,002 in the same six months of 2023. Stopover traffic to the Out Islands increased by 18.8%, growing from 170,462 stopover visitors in 2022 to 202,590 in the same six months of 2023.
The Bahamas received 3,988,317 cruise visitors in the first six months of 2023, 81.3% more than the 2,199,396 received in the first six months of 2022.
Please note these numbers are preliminary and are subject to change.

Belize received 38,819 stopover visitors in June 2023, 13.9% more than the 34,080 visitors received in June 2022.
According to the Belize Tourism Board, Belize received 38,819 stopover visitors in June 2023, up 13.9% from the 34,080 stopover visitors received in June 2022.
Belize received 30,785 stopover arrivals from the USA in June 2023, 2,416 from Europe, 691 from Canada and 386 from Mexico. The 30,785 stopovers from the USA were 79.3% of all stopover visits and were up 9.8% compared with US visits in June 2022.
Belize received 57,360 cruise visitors in June 2023, 29.4% more than the 44,333 received in June 2022.
In the first six months of 2023 Belize saw the number of stopovers increase by 26.3%, from 204,131 stopover visitors in the first six months of 2022 to 257,842 in the first six months of 2023.
Stopovers from the USA increased by 12.7% in the first six months of 2023, from 160,659 in 2022 to 180,991 in the same six months of 2023. Stopovers from Canada grew from 8,638 stopover visitors in the first six months of 2022 to 16,462 visitors in the same six months of 2023, while stopovers from Europe grew from 15,593 stopovers in the first six months of 2022 to 28,653 visitors in the same six months of 2023.
Belize received 528,523 cruise visitors in the first six months of 2023, up 63.0% compared with the 324,183 cruise visitors received in the first six months of 2022.
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U.S. citizens’ outbound travel from the USA to international destinations increased by 45.0% in Q1 2023 compared to Q1 2022.
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 the first quarter of 2023.
The overall number of trips taken by US citizens to international destinations increased by 45.0% in Q1 2023, growing from 14,041,219 trips in Q1 2022 to 20,359,126 trips in Q1 2023.
The number of trips taken to the Caribbean increased by 35.2%, growing from 1,972,485 trips in Q1 2022 to 2,666,453 trips in Q1 2023.
The Caribbean’s share of all international trips declined from 14.0% in Q1 2022 to 13.1% in Q1 2023.
Trips to Europe increased by 89.4% in Q1, growing from 1,556,447 trips in Q1 2022 to 2,947,720 trips in Q1 2023. Trips to Europe were 14.5% of trips taken by US citizens in Q1 2023.
The number of trips taken to Mexico by air increased by 15.2%, growing from 3,108,493 trips in Q1 2022 to 3,580,324 trips in Q1 2023.
The percentage share of trips taken by air to Mexico decreased from 22.1% in Q1 2022 to 17.6% in Q1 2023.
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.
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The Aruba Airport Authority reports it handled 105,867 departing passengers in June 2023, 0.1% more than the 105,788 departing passengers handled in June 2022.
The Aruba Airport Authority (AAA) reports that in June 2023 105,867 Revenue Generating Passengers (RGPs) departed Queen Beatrix International Airport (AUA Airport) to its various markets. This was 0.1% 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 also handled 5,875 passengers in transit in June 2023 as well as 26  transferring passengers.
In June 2023 78,913 passengers (pax) travelled to the USA, 1,559 pax to Canada, 6,492 pax to Europe, 14,161 pax to Latin America and 4,742 pax to the Dutch Caribbean.
The airlines provided 130,530 outbound seats in June 2023, 2.8% fewer than the 134,286 seats provided in June 2022.
Airlines flying to the USA in June experienced an average load factor of 91.7%, 90.3% to Canada, while flights to Europe averaged a 75.3% load factor. The overall average load factor for all flights for June was 86.4%.
In the first six months of 2023 the airport handled a total of 672,987 RGPs, up 16.6% compared with the 577,143 handled in the first six months of 2022. Traffic to the USA increased by 11.2%, from 444,981 RGPs in the first six months of 2022 to 494,731 in the same six months of 2023. Traffic to Canada grew from 12,037 RGPs in 2022 to 30,381 RGPs in 2023, while traffic to Europe fell by 13.2%, from 45,072 RGPS in the first six months of 2022 to 39,113 RGPs this year.
Seat capacity increased by 2.7% through the first six months of 2023 from 803,439 available seats in the first six months of 2022 to 825,217 seats in the same six months of 2023.
The overall average load factor of outbound flights grew from 79.6% in the first six months of 2022 to 87.9% in the same six months of 2023. The average load factor of flights to the USA grew from 80.1% in the first six months of 2022 to 93.0% in the same six months of 2023.
On July 23 2023, the airport issued a revised forecast for the number of available seats for CY 2023 and projects a total of 1,675,935 available seats for CY 2023, 1.5% fewer than the 1,701,062 seats provided in 2019 but 19.0% more than for CY 2022.
As of April 20 2023, they forecast that the airport will handle 1,054,747 seats to the USA, 0.4% fewer than the 1,058,465 seats handled to the USA in 2022.
The AAA also forecast that the airport will handle a total of 1,358,589 RGPs in CY 2023, 7.3% more than1,265,965 RGPs handled in CY 2019.
The AAA stated that these projections are preliminary and subject to change.
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Orlando’s Airports saw a 42.5% increase in international deplanements in the first six months of 2023.
Orlando, Florida is served by two primary airports, Orlando International (MCO) and Sanford International Airport (SFB).
In the first six months of 2023, the two airports combined saw an increase of 42.5% in international deplanements, growing from 1,216,384 deplanements from international airports in the first six months of 2022 to 1,733,812 international deplanements in the first six months of 2023.
The two airports combined saw a 14.4% increase in domestic deplanements, that is from airports within the USA, growing from 11,802,734 domestic deplanements in the first six months of 2022 to 13,502,562 in the same six months of 2023.
The two airports combined saw a 17.0% increase in total deplanements, growing from 13,019,118 deplanements in the first six months of 2022 to 15,236,374 in the first six months of 2023.
Orlando International Airport (MCO) accounted for 94.9% of all deplanements in the first six months of 2023, up from 94.% in the first six months of 2022.

Las Vegas received 3,428,500 visitors in June 2023, 3.1% 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 3.1% in June 2023, growing from 3,324,800 arrivals in June 2022 to 3,428,500 in June of 2023.
Las Vegas had a weighted average of 151,839 open hotel rooms in June 2023 (up 0.2% compared with June 2022) and achieved an average city-wide room occupancy of 85.5% (82.7% in June 2022), an ADR of $165.21 (up 5.3%) and a RevPar of $141.25 (up 8.8%).
Gaming revenue declined by 3.5% in June 2023, falling from $1.109 billion in June 2022 to $1.070 billion in June 2023.
Through the first six months of 2023 Las Vegas saw a 9.4% increase in the volume of visitors, growing from 18,580,000 arrivals in the first six months of 2022 to 20,324,900 visitors in the same six months of 2023.
Las Vegas achieved an average city-wide room occupancy of 84.0% in the first six months of 2023 (up 7.5 percentage points compared with the first six months of 2022), an ADR of $183.95 (up 13.1% compared with the same six months of 2022) and a RevPar of $154.52 up 24.2%, also compared with the same six months of 2022.
Gaming revenue increased by 4.6% in the first six months of 2023, from $6.25 billion in 2022 to $6.54 billion in the same six months of 2023.

Hawaii reports the state received 886,038 out-of-state air arrivals in June 2023, 5.3% more than the 841,809 received in June 2022.
According to the Hawaii Tourism Authority, Hawaii saw the volume of air arrivals increase by 5.3% in June 2023, growing from 841,809 air arrivals received in June 2022 to 886,038 arrivals in June 2023.
And, according to preliminary visitor statistics released by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), total spending for visitors arriving in June 2023 increased by 9.2%, growing from $1.83 billion in June 2022 to $2.00 billion in June 2023.
Hawaii received 734,669 air arrivals from the mainland USA in June 2023, 82.9% of the overall total, 19,237 arrivals from Canada, 46,753 arrivals from Japan and 85,379 air arrivals from other markets.
Hawaii also received 3,236 cruise visitors in June 2023.
Overall person per trip expenditures increased by 3.5% from $2,173.50 in June 2022 to $2,250.20 in June 2023.
Through the first six months of 2022 Hawaii saw a 10.9% increase in the volume of air arrivals, growing from 4,402,150 air arrivals in the first six months of 2022 to 4,883,753 air arrivals in the same six months of 2023.
For the first six months of 2022, total visitor spending was estimated to be $10,782.6 million, 16.9% more than the $9,225.5 million spent in the first six months of 2022. Person per trip spending grew by 4.3% from $2,081.90 per person per trip in the first six months of 2022 to $2,171.80 per person per trip in the first six months of 2023.
Air arrivals from the USA increased by 1.0% in the first six months of 2023, growing from 3,887,939 air arrivals in 2022 to 3,924,906 air arrivals in the same six months of 2023, from Japan grew from 34,925 stopovers in 2022 to 214,246 in the first six months of 2023 and grew from 191,133 stopovers from Canada in 2022 to 257,487 in the same six months of 2023.
Hawaii received 80,959 cruise visitors in the first six months of 2023.

Dubai received 1,370,000 international visitors in May 2023, a 28.0% increase in visitors compared with May 2022.
According to the Government of Dubai’s Statistics Center, Dubai saw a 28.0% increase in the number of international visitors in May 2023, growing from 1,070,000 visitors in May 2022 to 1,370,000 in May 2023.
The number one source market in May was India with 232,000 visitors, followed by the United Kingdom with 97,000 visitors, and Saudi Arabia with 90,000 visitors.
In the first five months of 2023 Dubai received 7,390,000 international visitors, 19.8% more than the 6,170,000 visitors received in the first five months of 2022.
The number one source market in the first five months of 2023 was India which generated 1,038,000 visitors, 14.0% of the overall total, followed by Russia which generated 554,000 visitors, and the United Kingdom which generated 488,000 visitors.
As of May 2023, Dubai had 619 hotels offering 123,278 hotel rooms and 193 apartment hotels offering 25,476 units. The hotel sector achieved an average room occupancy of 77.0% in the first five months of 2023 with an ADR of US$153.41 and a RevPar of US$122.07. The apartment sector achieved an average occupancy of 84.0%.
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Punta Cana received 396,761 tourists in June 2023, 9.4% more than the 362,732 tourists who visited in June 2022.
According to the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic, received 396,761 stopovers in June 2023, 9.4% more than the 362,732 stopovers received in June 2022.
Punta Cana saw its traffic from the USA grow by 17.1% in June 2023 to 213,548 visitors up from the 182,328 arrivals received from the USA in June 2022. Traffic from Canada increased from 31,598 arrivals in June 2022 to 35,809 arrivals in June 2023.
In June 2023, stopover arrivals to Punta Cana made up 56.1% of all non-resident arrivals to the Dominican Republic compared with 56.2% in June 2022.
According to the Dominican Republic’s Hotel Association Asonahores  the hotels in Punta Cana achieved an average room occupancy of 83.3% in June 2023 up from 78.0% achieved in June 2022.
During the first six months of 2023 Punta Cana saw a 17.7% increase in the volume of stopover arrivals, growing from 2,061,237 arrivals in the first six months of 2022 to 2,427,072 non-resident arrivals in the first six months of 2023.
Arrivals from the USA increased by 25.8% in the first six months of 2023, growing from 867,411 arrivals in the first six months of 2022 to 1,091,442 arrivals in the same six months of 2023. Traffic from Canada grew from 281,106 arrivals in the first six months of 2022 to 491,730 arrivals in the first six months of 2023. Traffic also increased from Argentina, growing from 76,848 arrivals in the first six months of 2022 to 96,680 stopovers in the same six months of 2023.
Traffic from Russia decreased from 39,805 arrivals in the first six months of 2022 to just 610 in the same six months of 2023.
In the first six months of 2023, stopover arrivals to Punta Cana made up 59.4% of all non-resident arrivals to the Dominican Republic compared with 58.1% in the same six months of 2022.
According to the Dominican Republic’s Hotel Association Asonahores  the hotels in Punta Cana achieved an average room occupancy of 84.0% in the first six months of 2023 up from 77.5% achieved in the same six months of 2022.

The Dominican Republic received 707,302 tourists in June 2023, 9.7% more than the 644,864 tourists who visited in June 2022.
According to the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, the Dominican Republic, received 707,302 stopovers in June 2023, 9.7% more than the 644,864 stopovers received in June 2022.
The Dominican Republic received 334,538 stopover arrivals from the USA in June 2023, 47.3% of all arrivals, and 43,120 visitors from Canada, 6.1% of all arrivals during June.
In June 2023 17.5% of all non-resident tourists arriving in the Dominican Republic were non-resident Dominicans returning home.
According to the Dominican Republic’s Hotel Association Asonahores  the hotels in the Dominican Republic achieved an average room occupancy of 75.0% in June 2023 up from 70.2% achieved in June 2022.
In the first six months of 2023 the Dominican Republic saw a 15.2% increase in the volume of stopover arrivals, growing from 3,547,145 arrivals in the first six months of 2022 to 4,086,693 non-resident arrivals in the same six months of 2023.
Non-resident arrivals from the USA increased by 21.9% in the first six months of 2023, growing from 1,340,837 arrivals in 2022 to 1,634,176 arrivals from the USA in the first six months of 2023. Stopover arrivals from Canada grew from 336,895 in the first six months of 2022 to 642,117 in the same six months of 2023.
In the first six months of 2022 15.2% of all non-resident tourists arriving in the Dominican Republic were non-resident Dominicans returning home, down from 17.9% in the same six months of 2022.
According to the Dominican Republic’s Hotel Association Asonahores  the hotels in the Dominican Republic achieved an average room occupancy of 77.3% in the first six months of 2023 up from 71.7% achieved in the same six months of 2022.

Grenada received 13,157 stopovers in June 2023, 19.5% more than the 11,013 stopovers received in June 2022.
According to the Grenada Tourism Authority, Grenada saw a 19.5% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in June 2023, growing from the 11,013 stopover arrivals received in June 2022 to 13,157 stopover arrivals in June 2023.
Grenada received no cruise visitors in June 2023 but 1,798 visitors who arrived by yacht.
Grenada received 8,531 stopover arrivals from the USA in June 2023, 64.8% of all arrivals, and 1,639 stopovers from the UK, 12.5% of all stopovers for June.
Through the first six months of 2023, Grenada saw a 52.1% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 56,977 stopovers in the first six months of 2022 to 86,642 stopovers in the same six months of 2023.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 35.4%, from 34,289 in the first six months of 2022 to 46,424 in the same six months of 2023 while the number of stopover visitors from the U.K. increased by 14.9%, from 11,645 in the first six months of 2022 to 13,377 stopovers in the same six months of 2023.
Grenada has received 198,896 cruise visitors in the first six months of 2023 compared with 107,937 received in the first six months of 2022 and received 13,292 visitors who arrived by yacht compared with 7,329 who arrived by yacht in the first six months of 2022.
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Hawaii’s hotels report a 0.9 percentage point increase in average room occupancy in June 2023 compared with June 2022, growing from 75.8% to 76.7%
According to the Hawai‘i Hotel Performance Report published by the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority (HTA), statewide hotel room occupancy grew by 0.9 percentage points from 75.8% in June 2022 to 76.7% in June 2023.
ADR fell however by 2.0% dropping from $396.73 in June 2022 to $388.83 in June 2023, and revpar decreased by 0.8%, from $300.65 in June 2022 to $298.10 in June 2023.
Hawai‘i hotel room revenues statewide dropped by 1.2%, falling from $506.9 million in June 2022 to $500.7 million in June 2023. Room demand increased by 0.8%, growing from 1,277,700 room nights in June 2022 to 1,287,700 room nights in June 2023 while room supply fell by 0.4% from 1,685,900 available room nights to 1,679,700 available room nights in June 2023.
During the first six months of 2023 statewide hotel room occupancy increased by 2.2 percentage points from 72.7% in 2022 to 74.9% in the same six months of 2023. ADR increased by 3.9% from $365.36 in 2022 to $379.68 in 2023 while revpar grew by 7.0%, from $265.79 in 2022 to $284.51 in 2023.
In the first six months of 2023, Hawai‘i hotel room revenues statewide increased by 6.6% from $2,699.4 million in 2022 to $2,877.9 million in 2023.
Room demand increased by 2.6%, from 7,388,300 room nights in the first six months of 2022 to 7,579,800 in the same six months of 2023. Room supply fell by 0.4% to 10,115,100 available room nights in 2023.
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 2023, the survey included 154 properties representing 46,622 rooms, or 83.3 percent of all lodging properties with 20 rooms or more in the Hawaiian Islands, including full service, limited service, and condominium hotels. The June survey included 76 properties on O‘ahu, representing 28,130 rooms (92.5%); 41 properties in the County of Maui, representing 9,798 rooms (70.6%); 17 properties on the island of Hawai‘i, representing 4,990 rooms (72.8%); and 20 properties on Kaua‘i, representing 3,704 rooms (76.3%).
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The Maldives reports it received 120,363 stopover visitor arrivals in June 2023, 8.5% more than the 110,885 received in June 2022.
The Maldives Government’s Ministry of Tourism recently announced that The Maldives received 120,363 stopover visitors in June 2023, 8.5% more than the 110,885 stopovers received in June 2022.
In June 2023 China was the number one source market and generated 17,028 stopovers (14.1% share of the overall total) while India was number two with 16,532 stopovers (13.7% share). Russia was number three with 14,608 stopovers.
The number of visitors from China grew from 1,164 in June 2022 to 17,028 in June 2023.
The Maldives saw the overall number of operating accommodation establishments grow by 6.6% from 1,175 in June 2022 to 1,253 establishments in June 2023.
The number of beds in operation grew by 5.8% from 57,731 in June 2022 to 61,100 in June 2023.
During June 2023 overall average room occupancy decreased by 2.9 percentage points from 45.1% in June 2022 to 42.2% for June 2023.
Of the 1,237 establishments in operation 170 were resorts which offered 41,209 beds. These resorts achieved a 48.3% average room occupancy during June 2023 down from 57.0% in June 2022.
The Maldives saw a 14.3% increase in total arrivals in the first six months of 2023, growing from 813,219 stopovers in the first six months of 2022 to 929,607 stopovers in the same six months of 2023 with India (110,415 visitors), Russia (108,821 visitors) and The UK (80,492 visitors) being the three largest source markets in these six months.
The Maldives saw the overall number of operating accommodation establishments grow by 19.9% from an average of 1,032 in the first six months of 2022 to an average of 1,237 establishments in the same six months of 2023.
The number of beds in operation grew by 9.2% from 55,520 in the first six months of 2022 to 60,640 in the same six months of this year.
Through the end of June 2023 overall average room occupancy had grown by 0.2 percentage points from 61.1% in 2022 to 61.3% for the first six months of this year.
Of the 1,237 establishments in operation 170 were resorts which offered 41,209 beds. These resorts achieved a 70.7% average room occupancy through the first six months of 2023 down from 74.1% for the first six months of 2022. Through the first six months of 2022 there was an average of 163 resorts in operation offering 39,141 beds.
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Florida received a total of 37,890,000 tourist arrivals in the first quarter of 2023, 4.0% more than the 36,426,000 received in the first quarter of 2022.
Visit Florida’s Research Department recently announced that the state of Florida saw a 4.0% increase in the number of tourist arrivals in the first quarter of 2023, with total arrivals growing from 36,426,000 in the first quarter of 2022 to 37,890,000 arrivals in the first quarter of 2023.
Domestic arrivals were up by 0.1%, growing from 34,615,000 arrivals in the first quarter of 2022 to 34,647,000 in the first quarter of 2023, while arrivals from Canada grew from 488,000 visitors in the first quarter of 2022 to 1,444,000 in the same quarter of 2023. Arrivals from overseas grew by 36.0%, from 1,323,000 arrivals in the first quarter of 2022 to 1,799,000 in the same three months of 2023.
All of the above numbers are preliminary and subject to change.

Cuba reports it received 154,590 international stopover visitors in June 2023, 31.5% more than the 117,596 received in June 2022.
The Cuban Government’s Office of National Statistics and Information (ONEI) recently announced that total international tourist arrivals increased by 31.5% in June 2023, growing from 117,596 international stopover arrivals in June 2022 to 154,590 arrivals in June 2023. This number includes both stopover visitors and cruise visitors.
Cuba received 38,261 stopovers from Canada in June 2023, 24.7% of all stopovers received for the month. The number of visitors from Russia grew from 322 in June 2022 to 12,202 in June 2023.
In the first six months of 2023 Cuba saw a 90.3% increase in total international arrivals, growing from 682,427 arrivals in 2022 to 1,298,539 stopovers this year.
Total tourist arrivals from Canada grew from 214,120 stopovers in the first six months of 2022, to 583,024 in the same six months of 2023 and was the number one source market with a 44.9% share.
Cubans living abroad accounted for 176,349 of all international visitors arriving in the first six months of 2023, up from 150,995 in the same six months of 2022.
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Saint Lucia received 33,339 stopovers in May 2023, 16.5% more than the 28,618 stopovers received in May 2022.
According to the Saint Lucia Tourism Authority, Saint Lucia saw a 16.5% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in May 2023, growing from 28,618 stopovers in May 2022 to 33,339 stopovers in May 2023.
Saint Lucia received 8,417 cruise visitors in May from three cruise ship calls and received 4,745 visitors in May 2023 who arrived by yacht.
Saint Lucia received 18,596 stopover arrivals from the USA in May 2023, which comprised 55.8% of all stopover arrivals during the month. Saint Lucia also received 6,895 visitors from the United Kingdom in May 2023 and 1,653 stopover visitors from Canada.
Through the first five months of 2023, Saint Lucia saw a 25.6% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 140,090 stopovers in the first five months of 2022 to 175,900 stopovers in the same five months of 2023.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 20.0%, from 80,756 in the first five months of 2022 to 96,875 in the same five months of 2023 while the number of stopover visitors from the U.K. decreased by 5.0%, from 39,765 in the first five months of 2022 to 37,791 stopovers in the same five months of 2023.
Saint Lucia has received 434,343 cruise visitors in the first five months of 2023 compared with 165,266 received in the first five months of 2022 and received 22,867 visitors who arrived by yacht compared with 6,948 who arrived by yacht in the first five months of 2022.
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Aruba received 100,549 stopover visitors in June 2023, 1.0% fewer than the 101,526 stopovers received in June 2022.
According to the Aruba Tourism Authority, Aruba received 100,549 stopover arrivals in June 2023, 1.0% fewer than the 101,408 stopover visitors it received in June 2022.
Compared with June 2022, stopover arrivals from the USA declined by 1.8%, falling from 82,070 arrivals in June 2022 to 80,558 arrivals in June 2023. Arrivals from the USA comprised 80.1% of all arrivals in June 2023 down from 80.8% in June 2022.
The number of stopover visitors from New York State fell by 9.7% in June 2023 compared with the same month last year, while the number from New Jersey fell by 8.6%. The number of stopovers from Massachusetts grew by 6.2% in June 2023 compared with June 2022.
Arrivals from Canada increased by 6.2%, growing from 1,873 visitors in June 2022 to 1,989 stopovers in June 2023. Arrivals from the Netherlands declined by 27.7%, falling from 3,203 in June 2022 to 2,315 in June of this year.
Aruba received 9 cruise ship calls in June 2023 and a total of 29,464 cruise passengers, with the volume of cruise visitors down 17.5% compared with the 35,693 received in June 2022. The average number of passengers per call fell from 3,966 visitors in June 2022 to 3,274 cruise visitors in June 2023.
In the first six months of 2023 Aruba saw a 15.6% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 528,325 visitors in the first six months of 2022 to 610,582 visitors in the first six months of this year.
The number of stopovers from the USA grew by 12.5% during the first six months, from 423,790 in the first six months of 2022 to 476,665 in the same six months of 2023. The share of stopovers from the USA fell from 80.2% in the first six months of 2022 to 78.1% in the same six months of 2023.
The number of visitors staying in hotel accommodation grew by 16.3% in the first six months of 2023, from 238,688 in 2022 to 277,664 with the share growing slightly from 45.2% in 2022 to 45.5% in 2023. Visitors staying in “other accommodation”, that is not a hotel or timeshare resort, grew by 26.3% from 133,845 visitors in 2022 to 169,031 visitors in 2023 with the share growing from 25.3% in 2022 to 27.7% in 2023.
Aruba received 190 cruise ship calls in the first six months of 2023 with 499,442 cruise passengers compared with the 162 calls cruise ships made in the same six months of 2022 with 263,472 passengers. The average number of passengers per call grew from 1,626 visitors in 2022 to 2,629 visitors in 2023.
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Mexico received 1,661,997 international air arrivals in May 2023, virtually unchanged from the 1,662,814 received in May 2022.
According to the Government of Mexico’s SECTUR (Department of Tourism) Mexico received 1,661,997 international air arrivals in May 2023, down slightly compared with the 1,662,814 arrivals received in May 2022.
Mexico received 1,070,950 air visitors from the USA in May 2023, 64.4% of the total. Canada was the second biggest market (119,313 visitors) with Colombia third largest (61,322 visitors).
Cancun Airport received 761,035 international air visitor arrivals in May 2023, 45.8% of the overall total. Los Cabos received 180,769 international air arrivals with Puerto Vallarta receiving 114,099 international air visitors.
In the first five months of 2023 the volume of international air arrivals to Mexico increased by 7.2%, from 8,444,048 arrivals in 2022 to 9,055,943 arrivals in the same five months of 2023.
The volume of air arrivals from the USA declined by 1.6% in the first five months of 2023, falling from 5,363,646 air arrivals in 2022 to 5,280,042 air arrivals in the first five months of 2023 while the volume from Canada grew from 788,541 in 2022 to 1,306,028 in the first five months of 2023.
Cancun Airport saw a 0.1% decline in international air arrivals in the first five months of 2023, falling from 4,009,730 arrivals in 2022 to 4,004,822 arrivals in the first five months of 2023 while Los Cabos saw a 13.6% increase growing from 929,988 international air arrivals in 2022 to 1,056,511 air arrivals in the first five months of 2023. Puerto Vallarta saw a 19.8% increase, growing from 775,430 international arrivals in 2022 to 929,275 international arrivals in the same five months of 2023.
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Curacao reports it received 44,370 stopover arrivals in June 2023, 18.2% more than the 37,541 received in June 2022.
According to the Curaçao Tourist Board, Curaçao saw an 18.2% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in June, growing from 37,541 stopovers received in June 2022 to 44,370 stopovers received in June 2023.
Curacao received 13,804 stopover visitors from the Netherlands in June 2023 6.7% fewer than the 14,796 received in June 2022 and 13,071 stopovers from the USA, 36.4% more than the 9,583 received in the same month of 2022. The 351 room Sandals Royal Curacao opened June 1st 2022 after having been closed for renovation.
Curacao received 8 cruise ship calls with 18,436 cruise visitors in June 2023, 38.2% fewer cruise passengers than in June 2022.
In the first six months of 2023 Curaçao saw a 19.9% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 227,553 visitors in 2022 to 272,870 visitors in the same six months of this year.
The number of stopovers from the Netherlands declined by 19.3%, falling from 122,550 visitors during the first six months of 2022, to 98,907 in the same six months of 2023  consequent upon a reduction in the number of air seats from Europe. The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 87.4% during the first six months, growing from 37,337 in 2022 to 69,984 in the same six months of 2023.
Stopover visitors stayed, on average, 8.79 nights in the first six months of 2023, down 9.4% from the 9.71 nights average stay achieved in the first six months of 2022.
In the first six months of 2023 Curacao received 170 cruise ship calls which brought in 430,014 cruise passengers, 86.7% more than the 230,340 cruise visitors handled in the same six months of 2022.
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Antigua and Barbuda reports it received 18,048 stopover arrivals in June 2023, 4.2% fewer than the 18,841 received in June 2022.
According to the Antigua Government’s Ministry of Tourism, Economic Development, Investment and Energy, Antigua saw a 4.2% decrease in stopover visitor arrivals in June, falling from 18,841 stopovers received in June 2022 to 18,048 stopovers received in June 2023.
Antigua and Barbuda received 11,032 stopover visitors from the USA in June 2023 0.3% fewer than the 11,063 received in June 2022 and 3,036 stopovers from the United Kingdom, 27.3% fewer than the 4,174 visitors received in the same month of 2022.
Antigua and Barbuda also received 4,382 cruise visitors in June 2023. Antigua did not receive any cruise visitors in June 2022.
In the first six months of 2023 Antigua and Barbuda saw a 19.2% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 129,426 visitors in 2022 to 154,333 visitors in the same six months of this year.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 20.8%, growing from 63,080 visitors during the first six months of 2022, to 76,178 in the same six months of 2023. The number of stopovers from the UK declined by 12.0% during the first six months, falling from 43,719 in 2022 to 38,464 in the same six months of 2023.
In the first six months of 2023 Antigua and Barbuda received 409,209 cruise passengers, 115.8% more than the 189,587 cruise visitors brought in the same six months of 2022.
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AHATA reports Aruba’s hotels achieved a 73.1% average room occupancy in June 2023, down 7.6 percentage points from the 80.7% achieved in June 2022.
The Aruba Hotel and Tourism Association (AHATA) reports that average hotel room occupancy in Aruba’s hotels in June 2023 was 73.1%, 7.6 percentage points lower than the 80.7% achieved in June 2022.
It should be noted that the 330 room Embassy Suites was added to the overall hotel room inventory early in 2023.
ADR was $305.97 in June 2023, 10.3% higher than in June 2022, while RevPar was $223.80, 0.1% lower than in June 2022.
AHATA received data from a sample of 23 hotels with 5,524 rooms in June of 2023, about 94% of all hotel rooms in Aruba, with the overall sample having 5.2% more rooms than in June 2022.
Aruba’s timeshare resorts reported an average occupancy of 78.7% in June 2023.
Through the first six months of 2023 AHATA reports that Aruba’s hotels achieved an average room occupancy of 79.3% compared with 71.1% for the first six months of 2022. Again, compared with the first six months of 2022, ADR grew by 15.0% from $316.68 in 2022 to $364.09 in the first six months of 2023. RevPar grew by 28.2% from $225.16 in 2022 to $288.75 in the first six months of 2023.
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The Cayman Islands received 34,430 stopovers in May 2023, 58.0% more than the 21,793 stopovers received in May 2022.
According to the Cayman Islands Tourism Authority, The Cayman Islands saw a 58.0% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in May 2023, growing from 21,793 stopovers received in May 2022 to 34,430 stopovers received in May 2023.
The Cayman Islands also received 84,741 cruise visitors in May, 39.4% more than the 60,769 cruise visitors received in May 2022.
The Cayman Islands received 29,346 stopover arrivals from the USA in May 2023, which comprised 85.2% of all stopover arrivals during the month. The Cayman Islands also received 1,365 visitors from Canada and 1,044 visitors from the United Kingdom during that month.
The Cayman Islands saw the number of visitors grow from 87,478 in the first five months of 2022 to 194,901 stopovers in the same five months of 2023.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased from 69,404 in the first five months of 2022 to 160,754 in the same five months of 2023. The number of stopovers from Canada grew from 7,513 in the first five months of 2022 to 16,656 in the same five months of 2023  while the number of stopover visitors from the U.K. increased from 4,574 in the first five months of 2022 to 6,144 stopovers in the same five months of 2023.
The Cayman Islands received 666,985 cruise visitors in the first five months of 2023.
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Trinidad and Tobago received 23,938 stopover visitors in June 2023, 18.2% more than the 20,248 stopover visitors received in June 2022.
According to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago’s Central Statistical Office, Trinidad and Tobago received 23,938 stopover visitors in June 2023, an increase of 18.2% compared with the 20,248 stopovers received in June 2022.
Of the 23,938 stopovers, 23,803 arrived by air and 135 by sea.
Trinidad received 22,975 stopover visitors in June 2023 with Tobago receiving 963.
Trinidad and Tobago received 13,243 stopover arrivals from the USA in June 2023, 2,782 from Europe, 2,420 from Canada and 5,493 from the rest of the world.
In the first six months of 2023 Trinidad and Tobago saw the number of stopovers increase by 70.0% from 90,544 in the first six months of 2022 to 153,956 in the same six months of 2023.
Stopovers from the USA grew from 45,819 in the first six months of 2022 to 75,671 in the same six months of 2023. Stopovers from Canada increased from 10,456 stopovers in the first six months of 2022, to 19,013 in the same six months of 2023 while stopovers from Europe grew from 13,005 in 2022 to 23,113 in the same six months of 2023.
Trinidad received 145,490 stopovers in the first six months of 2023, 94.6% of the overall total, with Tobago receiving 8,466 stopovers.

​Barbados received 44,418 stopovers in April 2023, 5.6% fewer than the 47,059 stopovers received in April 2022.
According to the Barbados Statistical Service, Barbados saw a 5.6% decrease in stopover visitor arrivals in April 2023, falling from the 47,059 stopover arrivals in April 2022 to 44,418 stopover arrivals in April 2023.
Barbados received 68,366 cruise visitors in April 2023 from 31 cruise ship calls.
Barbados received 14,331 stopover arrivals from the United Kingdom in April 2023, 32.3% of all arrivals, and 13,464 stopovers from the USA 30.3% of all stopovers for April.
Through the first four months of 2023, Barbados saw stopover arrivals increase by 9.8% from 211,242 in the first four months of 2022 to 231,944 in the first four months of 2023.
The number of stopovers from the U.K. declined by 5.1% from 108,943 stopovers in the first four months of 2022 to 103,359 in the same four months of 2023 while the number of stopover visitors from the USA increased by 9.8%, from 45,880 in the first four months of 2022 to 50,364 stopovers in the same four months of 2023.
Barbados received 429,442 cruise visitors in the first four months of 2023.
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Cancun saw its hotels achieve an average hotel room occupancy of 69.0% in May 2023, a drop of 8.0 percentage points from the 77.0% reported for May 2022.
According to Datatur, the hotels in Cancun saw an 8.0 percentage point decline in average hotel room occupancy from 77.0% in May 2022 to 69.0% in May 2023.
The hotels in Riviera Maya saw a 0.2 percentage point decrease in average hotel room occupancy falling from 76.1% in May 2022 to 75.9% in May 2023.
Through the first five months of 2023 the hotels in Cancun achieved a 77.5% average room occupancy, up 2.3 percentage points from the 75.2% achieved in the same five months of 2022.
For the first five months of 2023 the hotels in Riviera Maya achieved an average room occupancy of 79.0%, up 5.8 percentage points from the 73.2% achieved in the same five months of 2022.
As of May 2023, Riviera May/Tulum has 47,330 hotel rooms while the Cancun area has 35,031 hotel rooms.

Las Vegas received 3,498,000 visitors in May 2023, 1.5% more 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 increase by 1.5% in May 2023, growing from 3,446,900 arrivals in May 2022 to 3,498,000 in May of 2023.
Las Vegas had a weighted average of 151,839 open hotel rooms in May 2023 (up 0.1% compared with May 2022) and achieved an average city-wide room occupancy of 84.4% (82.6% in May 2022), an ADR of $183.40 (up 4.3%) and a RevPar of $154.79 (up 6.6%).
Gaming revenue declined by 1.0% in May 2023, falling from $1.127 billion in May 2022 to $1.116 billion in May 2023.
Through the first five months of 2023 Las Vegas saw a 10.8% increase in the volume of visitors, growing from 15,255,200 arrivals in the first five months of 2022 to 16,896,400 visitors in the same five months of 2023.
Las Vegas achieved an average city-wide room occupancy of 83.7% in the first five months of 2023 (up 8.5 percentage points compared with the first five months of 2022), an ADR of $187.76 (up 14.6% compared with the same five months of 2022) and a RevPar of $157.16 up 27.6%, also compared with the same five months of 2022.
Gaming revenue increased by 6.3% in the first five months of 2023, from $5.15 billion in 2022 to $5.47 billion in the same five months of 2023. 
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Barbados International Airport handled 56,567 passenger deplanements in May 2023, 26.0% more than the 44,906 passengers deplaned in May 2022.
According to the Grantley Adams International Airport, the Barbados International Airport saw the total number of passenger deplanements increase by 26.0% in May 2023, growing from 44,906 deplanements in May 2022 to 56,567 deplanements in May 2023. The airport also handled 9,960 passengers in May 2023 who were transferring or in transit.
Through the first five months of 2023 the Barbados International Airport saw deplanements increase by 44.9%, from 315,254 in the first five months of 2022 to 456,920 in the same five months of 2023.
The airport also handled 48,851 passengers who were transferring or in transit in the first five months of 2023.

Mauritius received 82,208 stopover visitors in June 2023, 30.5% 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 82,208 total stopover arrivals in June 2023, 30.5% more than the 63,008 stopovers received in June 2022. This number includes both air and sea stopover visitors.
Mauritius received 13,123 visitors from France in June 2023, 16.0% of the overall total for the month, and the number one producing market. The number two source market was the United Kingdom which generated 9,193 visitors, 11.2% of the total for the month. The South Africa generated 8,757 visitors.
Mauritius saw its stopover arrivals grow by 58.4% in the first six months of 2023 from 376,556 stopovers in 2022 to 596,466 in the first six months of this year. The number one source market in the first six months of 2023 was France with 147,325 stopover visitors (24.7% share), followed by the United Kingdom with 63,424 stopovers, and Reunion Island with 62,440 stopovers. These three markets together generated 45.8% of all stopovers in 2023.

Seychelles received 23,975 tourist arrivals in June 2023, 13.6% more than the 21,109 arrivals received in June 2022.
According to The Seychelles Government’s National Bureau of Statistics, The Seychelles saw a 13.6% increase in visitor arrivals in June 2023, growing from 21,109 arrivals received in June 2022 to 23,975 arrivals in June 2023. This number includes both air and sea stopover visitors, and transit visitors. Of the 23,975 arrivals, 23,961 were stopover visitors and 14 were transit visitors.
The number one source market in June 2023 was Russia, which generated 3,134 visitors (13.1% of the total for the month) followed by Germany, with 3,035 visitors (12.7%).
In the first six months of 2023 Seychelles saw a 10.1% increase in total visitor arrivals, growing from 156,287 arrivals in the first six months of 2022 to 172,045 arrivals in the first six months of 2023.
The number one source market in the first six months of 2023 was Germany which generated 22,685 visitors, 13.2% of all visitor arrivals for those first six months, followed by France, which generated 22,097 visitors, 12.8% of the overall total. Russia generated 19,918 visitors in the same six months.
During the first six months of 2023 Seychelles also received 13,514 cruise passengers who visited the country for the day, with a further 2,715 who disembarked and 2,854 who embarked upon a cruise vessel.
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Hawaii reports the state received 790,494 out-of-state air arrivals in May 2023, 2.1% more than the 774,144 received in May 2022.
According to the Hawaii Tourism Authority, Hawaii saw the volume of air arrivals increase by 2.1% in May 2023, growing from 774,144 air arrivals received in May 2022 to 790,494 arrivals in May 2023.
And, according to preliminary visitor statistics released by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), total spending for visitors arriving in May 2023 increased by 7.9%, growing from $1.56 billion in May 2022 to $1.69 billion in May 2023.
Hawaii received 649,964 air arrivals from the mainland USA in May 2023, 82.2% of the overall total, 23,179 arrivals from Canada, 34,141 arrivals from Japan and 83,210 air arrivals from other markets.
Hawaii also received 11,075 cruise visitors in May 2023.
Overall person per trip expenditures increased by 4.6% from $2,015.2 in May 2022 to $2,107.0 in May 2023.
Through the first five months of 2022 Hawaii saw a 12.3% increase in the volume of air arrivals, growing from 3,560,342 air arrivals in the first five months of 2022 to 3,997,715 air arrivals in the same five months of 2023.
For the first five months of 2022, total visitor spending was estimated to be $8,781.6 million, 18.8% more than the $7,393.4 million spent in the first five months of 2022. Person per trip spending grew by 4.6% from $2,060.40 per person per trip in the first five months of 2022 to $2,154.80 per person per trip in the first five months of 2023.
Air arrivals from the USA increased by 1.6% in the first five months of 2023, growing from 3,139,897 air arrivals in 2022 to 3,190,237 air arrivals in the same five months of 2023, from Japan grew from 22,984 stopovers in 2022 to 167,493 in the first five months of 2023 and grew from 175,500 stopovers from Canada in 2022 to 238,250 in the same five months of 2023.
Hawaii received 77,723 cruise visitors in the first five months of 2023.

The Maldives reports it received 120,959 stopover visitor arrivals in May 2023, 3.6% fewer than the 125,528 received in May 2022.
The Maldives Government’s Ministry of Tourism recently announced that The Maldives received 120,959 stopover visitors in May 2023, 3.6% fewer than the 125,528 stopovers received in May 2022.
In May 2023 India was the number one source market and generated 20,098 stopovers (16.6% share of the overall total) while China was number two with 15,204 stopovers (12.6% share). Germany was number three with 9,758 stopovers.
The number of visitors from India fell by 33.0% compared to May 2022 while the number from China grew from 815 in May 2022 to 15,204 in May 2023.
The Maldives saw the overall number of operating accommodation establishments grow by 5.7% from 1,169 in May 2022 to 1,236 establishments in May 2023.
The number of beds in operation grew by 5.3% from 57,595 in May 2022 to 60,664 in May 2023.
During May 2023 overall average room occupancy decreased by 3.7 percentage points from 48.2% in May 2022 to 44.5% for May 2023.
Of the 1,236 establishments in operation 170 were resorts which offered 41,263 beds. These resorts achieved a 51.2% average room occupancy during May 2023 down from 61.4% in May 2022.
The Maldives saw a 15.2% increase in total arrivals in the first five months of 2023, growing from 702,334 stopovers in the first five months of 2022 to 809,244 stopovers in the same five months of 2023 with Russia (94,213 visitors), India (93,883 visitors) and The UK (73,514 visitors) being the three largest source markets in these five months.
The Maldives saw the overall number of operating accommodation establishments grow by 22.2% from an average of 1,003 in the first five months of 2022 to an average of 1,226 establishments in the same five months of 2023.
The number of beds in operation grew by 9.6% from 55,078 in the first five months of 2022 to 60,383 in the same five months of this year.
Through the end of May 2023 overall average room occupancy had grown by 0.8 percentage points from 64.4% in 2022 to 65.2% for the first five months of this year.
Of the 1,226 establishments in operation 169 were resorts which offered 41,169 beds. These resorts achieved a 75.0% average room occupancy through the first five months of 2023 down from 77.6% for the first five months of 2022. Through the first five months of 2022 there was an average of 163 resorts in operation offering 39,073 beds.

San Juan International Airport handled 1,021,934 domestic passenger movements in June 2023, 20.5% more than the 847,927 handled in June 2022.
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 a 20.5% increase in domestic passenger traffic in June 2023, that is enplanements and deplanements from flights to and from the continental United States, growing from 847,927 domestic passenger movements in June 2022 to 1,021,934 domestic passenger movements in June 2023.
International traffic, that is passengers using flights to and from airports outside the continental United States, increased by 36.4%, growing from 103,673 passenger movements in June 2022 to 141,397 passenger movements in June 2023.
Through the first six months of 2023 San Juan International Airport saw domestic passenger movements increase by 15.5%, from 4,755,038 in 2022 to 5,492,755 in the first six months of 2023. International passenger movements increased by 46.3% in the first six months of 2023, growing from 419,176 passenger movements in 2022 to 613,142 passengers in the first six months of 2023.

Cancun saw a 3.4% increase in international air passenger movements in June 2023 compared with June 2022.
According to ASUR, which manages many of Mexico’s airports, Cancun Airport saw a 3.4% increase in international passenger movements in June 2023, growing from 1,660,698 movements in June 2022 to 1,717,484 movements in June 2023. Domestic passenger movements increased by 18.6%, growing from 829,781 passenger movements in June 2022 to 984,167 movements in June 2023.
In the first six months of 2023, the volume of international air passenger movements increased by 10.6%, growing from 9,974,141 movements in 2022 to 11,035,502 movements in the first six months of 2023, while the volume of domestic air passenger movements increased by 20.7%, growing from 4,640,847 movements in the first six months of 2022 to 5,603,062 in the same six months of 2023.
In the first six months of 2023 international passenger movements accounted for 66.3% of all passenger movements, down from 68.2% in the same six months of 2022.

Montego Bay Airport handled 448,500 total passenger movements in June 2023, 14.1% more than the 393,100 handled in June 2022.
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 14.1% in June 2023, growing from 393,100 total movements in June 2022 to 448,500 movements in June 2023.
Through the first six months of 2023 Montego Bay Airport saw total passenger movements increase by 27.2%, from 2,089,000 in the first six months of 2022 to 2,656,800 in the same six months of 2023.
Thus far in 2023 international passenger movements made up 100.0% of all passenger movements.

Kingston, Jamaica Airport handled 147,800 total passenger movements in June 2023, 13.5% more than the 130,200 handled in June 2022.
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 13.5% in June 2023, growing from 130,200 total movements in June 2022 to 147,800 total passenger movements in June 2023.
Through the first six months of 2023, Kingston’s Airport saw total passenger movements grow by 31.6%, from 631,000 in 2022 to 830,100 in the first six months of 2023.
Thus far, in 2023, international passenger movements made up 100.0% of all passenger movements.

Los Cabos handled 407,400 international passenger movements in June 2023, 2.6% more than the 397,200 handled in June 2022.
According to Aeroportuario del Pacifico, which manages many of Mexico’s airports, Los Cabos Airport saw a 2.6% increase in international passenger traffic in June 2023, that is enplanements and deplanements, growing from 397,200 international passenger movements in June 2022 to 407,400 international passenger movements in June 2023.
Domestic traffic increased by 16.7%, growing from 204,500 passenger movements in June 2022 to 238,600 passenger movements in June 2023.
Through the first six months of 2023, Los Cabos Airport saw international passenger movements increase by 12.7%, from 2,309,500 in the first six months of 2022 to 2,603,500 in the same six months of 2023. Domestic passenger movements increased by 23.4% in the first six months of 2023, growing from 1,144,300 passengers in 2022 to 1,411,700 passengers in the first six months of 2023.
International passenger movements comprised 64.8% of all passengers movements in the first six months of 2023, down slightly from 66.9% in the first six months of 2022.

Cuba reports it received 159,832 international stopover visitors in May 2023, 36.8% more than the 116,841 received in May 2022.
The Cuban Government’s Office of National Statistics and Information (ONEI) recently announced that total international tourist arrivals increased by 36.8% in May 2023, growing from 116,841 international stopover arrivals in May 2022 to 159,832 arrivals in May 2023. This number includes both stopover visitors and cruise visitors.
Cuba received 48,858 stopovers from Canada in May 2023, 30.6% of all stopovers received for the month. The number of visitors from Russia grew from 333 in May 2022 to 11,269 in May 2023.
In the first five months of 2023 Cuba saw a 102.5% increase in total international arrivals, growing from 564,831 arrivals in 2022 to 1,143,949 stopovers this year.
Total tourist arrivals from Canada grew from 182,730 stopovers in the first five months of 2022, to 544,763 in the same five months of 2023 and was the number one source market with a 47.6% share.
Cubans living abroad accounted for 145,229 of all international visitors arriving in the first five months of 2023, up from 121,250 in the same five months of 2022.
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The Barbados Statistical Service substantially revises the 2022 and 2023 stopover visitor arrival numbers upwards.
The Barbados Statistical Service recently announced, after consultation with key stakeholders, that it has adjusted upwards the stopover tourism arrival numbers for Barbados for both 2022 and the first three months of 2023.
The BSS stated that after the physical Embarkation/Disembarkation card was eliminated and the electronic sources (Kiosk and Online ED card) became the principal methods of data collection of visitor arrivals; some challenges arose leading to the underestimation of the monthly long-stay tourist arrival statistics.
The 2022 numbers have been revised upwards by an average of 22.0% while the 2023 first quarter numbers have been revised upwards by 15.6%
The amended numbers can be found here.

Abu Dhabi aims for record 24 million visitors in 2023.
Abu Dhabi further bolsters tourism offerings with focus on Emirati Heritage experiences as it aims to attract 24 million visitors this year.
Abu Dhabi’s Department of Culture and Tourism aims to welcome 24 million visitors to the emirate this year after attracting 18 million in 2022, the undersecretary told reporters on Thursday.
Several new attractions were launched recently, including SeaWorld Yas Island, Pixoul Gaming, Adrenark Adventure and Snow Abu Dhabi, which the DCT believes will provide a boost to its tourism targets by incentivising visitors to return and enjoy these new experiences.
After demonstrating a strong performance in 2022, the Department noticed the rise of an interesting trend. Community awareness of Emirati heritage increased to 80 percent, with many tourists saying that Emirati cultural experiences were a major highlight during their visit.
“With culture at the heart of everything we do, we have set bold and ambitious targets for 2023 as we promote, protect and progress the culture and tourism sectors in Abu Dhabi,” Al Hosani said.
The DCT’s Undersecretary Saood Al Hosani told reporters that culture is at the heart of Abu Dhabi’s plans and assured that the Department would continue its mandate to promote Emirati heritage in an effort to further strengthen its cultural identity.
The Department has already inscribed two new Intangible Cultural Heritage elements into the UNESCO ICH lists, including Alheda’a, the ancient art of camel calling and the date palm. It also organised a variety of major cultural events and festivals last year, including Abu Dhabi Art, Al Hosn Festival, the Handicrafts Festival, the Maritime Heritage Festival, and Abu Dhabi and Al Ain Book Fairs.
“All of these plans contribute to our position as a key platform for culture and creativity, where thought leadership, cross-cultural exchange, and innovation thrive. Central to this, we are proud to continue the development of key museums for Abu Dhabi, such as Zayed National Museum, Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi and Al Ain Museum, while also hosting cultural events such as the upcoming Culture Summit Abu Dhabi later this year,” the DCT Abu Dhabi Undersecretary said.
“In this sixth edition we will once again convene leaders from the field of arts, heritage, media, museums, public policy and technology – identifying ways in which culture can transform societies and communities worldwide.”
DCT Abu Dhabi also revealed that hotel occupancy rates for 2022 exceeded 70 percent, surpassing the Middle East average. This include a 24 percent increase in overnight hotel guests to 4.1 million, when compared with 2021, while the average length-of-stay per visitor was three nights, accounting for a significant 18 percent year-on-year increase in revenue per available room compared to 2021.
Experience Abu Dhabi, the destination brand of the Department, will be hosting a series of authentic Emirati experiences, including showcasing the city’s “living oasis” in Al Ain for regional visitors and culture-seekers.
According to the Department, Experience Abu Dhabi will reach more than 40 markets internationally throughout 2023, with 22 creative campaigns. It has introduced a series of market-specific campaigns for 2023, including an Arabic-first campaign video for the GCC starring Ahmed Helmy and Mona Zaki, and signed a two-year brand ambassadorship deal with Bollywood star, Ranveer Singh to resonate with Indian audiences.
Abu Dhabi’s year-round events and experiences are clustered together under the action-packed Abu Dhabi Calendar, with family-friendly entertainment and concerts, complemented by collaborations with global IP partners, such as the UFC, NBA and Formula 1. This also includes seasonal retail festivals, a rich culinary scene and other drivers of growth and visitation.
“We are progressing Abu Dhabi by creating new job and career opportunities and enabling growth across the culture sector throughout the culture and creative industries (CCI) while enabling business and leisure tourism to thrive,” Al Hosani added.
“Our purpose is to share Abu Dhabi with the world and enrich lives.”

The Aruba Airport Authority reports it handled 106,596 departing passengers in May 2023, 4.9% more than the 101,570 departing passengers handled in May 2022.
The Aruba Airport Authority (AAA) reports that in May 2023 106,596 Revenue Generating Passengers (RGPs) departed Queen Beatrix International Airport (AUA Airport) to its various markets. This was 4.9% 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.
The airport also handled 6,299 passengers in transit in May 2023 as well as 29  transferring passengers.
In May 2023 79,242 passengers (pax) travelled to the USA, 2,669 pax to Canada, 5,894 pax to Europe, 13,639 pax to Latin America and 5,152 pax to the Dutch Caribbean.
The airlines provided 132,271 outbound seats in May 2023, 0.9% more than the 131,150 seats provided in May 2022.
Airlines flying to the USA in May experienced an average load factor of 91.2%, 94/3% to Canada, while flights to Europe averaged a 73.2% load factor. The overall average load factor for all flights for May was 84.6%.
In the first five months of 2023 the airport handled a total of 567,120 RGPs, up 20.3% compared with the 471,355 handled in the first five months of 2022. Traffic to the USA increased by 14.3%, from 363,785 RGPs in the first five months of 2022 to 415,818 in the same five months of 2023. Traffic to Canada grew from 10,753 RGPs in 2022 to 28,822 RGPs in 2023, while traffic to Europe fell by 11.1%, from 36,700 RGPS in the first five months of 2022 to 32,621 RGPs this year.
Seat capacity increased by 3.8% through the first five months of 2023 from 669,153 available seats in the first five months of 2022 to 694,687 seats in the same five months of 2023.
The overall average load factor of outbound flights grew from 78.4% in the first five months of 2022 to 88.1% in the same five months of 2023. The average load factor of flights to the USA grew from 78.2% in the first five months of 2022 to 93.3% in the same five months of 2023.
On April 20th 2023, the airport issued a revised forecast for the number of available seats for CY 2023 and projects a total of 1,714,413 available seats for CY 2023, 0.8% more than the 1,701,062 seats provided in 2019. They forecast that the airport will handle 1,054,747 seats to the USA, 0.4% fewer than the 1,058,465 seats handled to the USA in 2022.
The AAA also forecast that the airport will handle a total of 1,358,589 RGPs in CY 2023, 7.3% more than1,265,965 RGPs handled in CY 2019.
The AAA stated that these projections are preliminary and subject to change.
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​Punta Cana received 369,093 tourists in May 2023, 9.2% more than the 337,956 tourists who visited in May 2022.
According to the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic, received 369,093 stopovers in May 2023, 9.2% more than the 337,956 stopovers received in May 2022.
Punta Cana saw its traffic from the USA grow by 17.1% in May 2023 to 179,647 visitors up from the 152,396 arrivals received from the USA in May 2022. Traffic from Canada increased from 39,674 arrivals in May 2022 to 52,386 arrivals in May 2023.
In May 2023, stopover arrivals to Punta Cana made up 59.4% of all non-resident arrivals to the Dominican Republic compared with 60.2% in May 2022.
According to the Dominican Republic’s Hotel Association Asonahores  the hotels in Punta Cana achieved an average room occupancy of 82.1% in May 2023 up from 74.8% achieved in May 2022.
During the first five months of 2023 Punta Cana saw a 19.5% increase in the volume of stopover arrivals, growing from 1,698,505 arrivals in the first five months of 2022 to 2,030,308 non-resident arrivals in the first five months of 2023.
Arrivals from the USA increased by 28.1% in the first five months of 2023, growing from 685,083 arrivals in the first five months of 2022 to 877,890 arrivals in the same five months of 2023. Traffic from Canada grew from 249,508 arrivals in the first five months of 2022 to 455,919 arrivals in the first five months of 2023. Traffic also increased from Argentina, growing from 62,928 arrivals in the first five months of 2022 to 83,220 stopovers in the same five months of 2023.
Traffic from Russia decreased from 39,681 arrivals in the first five months of 2022 to just 553 in the same five months of 2023.
In the first five months of 2023, stopover arrivals to Punta Cana made up 60.1% of all non-resident arrivals to the Dominican Republic compared with 58.5% in the same five months of 2022.
According to the Dominican Republic’s Hotel Association Asonahores  the hotels in Punta Cana achieved an average room occupancy of 84.1% in the first five months of 2023 up from 77.4% achieved in the same five months of 2022.

The Dominican Republic received 621,575 tourists in May 2023, 10.7% more than the 561,322 tourists who visited in May 2022.
According to the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, the Dominican Republic, received 621,575 stopovers in May 2023, 10.7% more than the 561,322 stopovers received in May 2022.
The Dominican Republic received 267,690 stopover arrivals from the USA in May 2023, up 17.6% from the 227,630 arrivals from the USA in May 2022. Arrivals from the USA comprised 43.1% of all arrivals in May 2023, up from 40.6% in May 2022.
Traffic from Canada grew from 43,609 arrivals in May 2022 to 59,345 arrivals in May 2023.
In May 2023 16.5% of all non-resident tourists arriving in the Dominican Republic were non-resident Dominicans returning home, down from 19.2% of all arrivals in May 2022.
According to the Dominican Republic’s Hotel Association Asonahores  the hotels in the Dominican Republic achieved an average room occupancy of 71.8% in May 2023 up from 67.6% achieved in May 2022.
In the first five months of 2023 the Dominican Republic saw a 16.4% increase in the volume of stopover arrivals, growing from 2,902,281 arrivals in the first five months of 2022 to 3,379,393 non-resident arrivals in the same five months of 2023.
Non-resident arrivals from the USA increased by 23.8% in the first five months of 2023, growing from 1,050,172 arrivals in 2022 to 1,299,628 arrivals from the USA in the first five months of 2023. Stopover arrivals from Canada grew from 298,918 in the first five months of 2022 to 598,995 in the same five months of 2023.
In the first five months of 2022 14.7% of all non-resident tourists arriving in the Dominican Republic were non-resident Dominicans returning home, down from 17.4% in the same five months of 2022.
According to the Dominican Republic’s Hotel Association Asonahores  the hotels in the Dominican Republic achieved an average room occupancy of 77.7% in the first five months of 2023 up from 72.0% achieved in the same five months of 2022.

The Bahamas reports the islands received 167,425 stopovers in April 2023, 11.4% more than the 150,268 stopovers received in April 2022.
According to the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, The Islands of The Bahamas received 167,425 stopover visitors in April 2023, 11.4% more than the 150,268 stopovers received in April 2022.
Of the 167,425 stopover visitors who arrived in April, 147,462 (88.1%) were from the USA with 6,275 coming from Canada and 8,215 from Europe.
During April 2023 128,883 stopovers stayed in Nassau/Paradise Island, (77.0% of all stopovers), with 6,369 stopovers (3.8%) staying in Grand Bahama, and 32,173 stopovers (19.2%) staying in The Out Islands.
The Bahamas received 680,506 cruise visitors in April 2023.
During the first four months of 2023 The Bahamas saw a 39.3% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 459,632 stopover visitors in the first four months of 2022 to 640,147 stopovers in the same four months of 2023.
The number of visitors from the USA increased by 38.4% in the first four months of 2023, growing from 406,038 stopovers in 2022 to 561,963 stopovers in the same four months of 2023. The number from Canada grew from 19,762 in 2022 to 31,801 in the first four months of 2023, while the number from Europe grew from 18,958 in the first four months of 2022 to 28,495 in the same four months of 2023.
Nassau/Paradise Island saw a 46.4% increase in stopover arrivals in the first four months of 2023, growing from 333,481 stopovers in 2022 to 488,307 stopovers in the same four months of 2023, while Grand Bahama Island saw a 42.8% increase in stopover traffic, growing from 20,226 stopovers in 2022 to 28,888 in the same four months of 2023. Stopover traffic to the Out Islands increased by 16.1%, growing from 105,925 stopover visitors in 2022 to 122,952 in the same four months of 2023.
The Bahamas received 2,796,206 cruise visitors in the first four months of 2023.
Please note these numbers are preliminary and are subject to change.

Jamaica received 275,986 stopover visitors in March 2023, 27.9% more than the 215,789 stopovers received in March 2022.
According to the Jamaica Tourist Board, Jamaica received 275,986 stopover arrivals in March 2023, 27.9% more than the 215,789 stopovers received in March 2022.
Stopover visitors from the USA grew by 26.4%, from 161,441 in March 2022 to 204,029 in March 2023 and comprised 73.9% of all stopover arrivals in March of this year down from 74.8% in March 2022.
Jamaica received 177,265 cruise passengers during March 2023.
Through the first three months of 2023 Jamaica saw a 43.8% increase in the volume of stopover arrivals, growing from 510,401 stopover arrivals in the first three months of 2022 to 733,982 arrivals in the same three months of 2023.
Arrivals from the USA increased by 35.5% in the first three months of 2023, growing from 380,897 arrivals in 2022 to 516,027 arrivals in the same three months of 2023.
The USA’s share of all stopover arrivals fell from 74.6% in the first three months of 2022 to 70.3% in the same three months of 2023.
Jamaica received 477,502 cruise passengers through March 2023, 24.1% fewer than the 629,149 cruise visitors received in the same three months of 2019.

Aruba received 94,385 stopover visitors in May 2023, 3.2% more than the 91,437 stopovers received in May 2022.
According to the Aruba Tourism Authority, Aruba received 94,385 stopover arrivals in May 2023, 3.2% more than the 91,437 stopover visitors it received in May 2022.
Compared with May 2022, stopover arrivals from the USA increased by 5.7%, growing from 71,659 arrivals in May 2022 to 75,739 arrivals in May 2023. Arrivals from the USA comprised 80.2% of all arrivals in May 2023 up from 78.4% in May 2022.
Arrivals from Canada increased by 7.4%, growing from 2,675 visitors in May 2022 to 2,872 stopovers in May 2023. Arrivals from the Netherlands declined by 28.8%, falling from 3,973 in May 2022 to 2,829 in May of this year.
Aruba received 16 cruise ship calls in May 2023 and a total of 44,358 cruise passengers, with the volume of cruise visitors up 24.7% from the 35,580 received in May 2022. The average number of passengers per call fell from 3,235 visitors in May 2022 to 2,772 cruise visitors in May 2023.
In the first five months of 2023 Aruba saw a 19.5% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 426,799 visitors in the first five months of 2022 to 510,033 visitors in the first five months of this year.
The number of stopovers from the USA grew by 15.9% during the first five months, from 341,720 in the first five months of 2022 to 396,107 in the same five months of 2023. The share of stopovers from the USA fell from 80.1% in the first five months of 2022 to 77.7% in the same five months of 2023.
Aruba received 181 cruise ship calls in the first five months of 2023 with 469,978 cruise passengers compared with the 153 calls cruise ships made in the same five months of 2022 with 227,779passengers. The average number of passengers per call grew by 74.4%, from 1,489 visitors in 2022 to 2,597 visitors in 2023.

Hawaii’s hotels report a 0.9 percentage point decrease in average room occupancy in May 2023 compared with May 2022, falling from 73.7% to 72.8%
According to the Hawai‘i Hotel Performance Report published by the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority (HTA), statewide hotel room occupancy dropped by 0.9 percentage points from 73.7% in May 2022 to 72.8% in May 2023.
ADR grew however by 1.5% from $342.10 in May 2022 to $347.26 in May 2023, while revpar increased by 0.3%, from $252.21 in May 2022 to $252.89 in May 2023.
Hawai‘i hotel room revenues statewide dropped by 0.1%, falling from $439.2 million in May 2022 to $438.9 million in May 2023. Room demand decreased by 1.6%, falling from 1,284,000 room nights in May 2022 to 1,264,000 room nights in May 2023 while room supply fell by 0.3% from 1,741,600 ARN to 1,735,700 available room nights in May 2023.
During the first five months of 2023 statewide hotel room occupancy increased by 2.5 percentage points from 72.1% in 2022 to 74.6% in the same five months of 2023. ADR increased by 5.4% from $358.80 in 2022 to $378.18 in 2023 while revpar grew by 9.0%, from $258.85 in 2022 to $282.12 in 2023.
In the first five months of 2023, Hawai‘i hotel room revenues statewide increased by 8.5% from $2,192.5 million in 2022 to $2,379.8 million in 2023.
Room demand increased by 3.0%, from 6,110,600 room nights in the first five months of 2022 to 6,292,700 in the same five months of 2023. Room supply fell by 0.4% to 8,435,400 available room nights in 2023.
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 May 2023, the survey included 152 properties representing 46,042 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 May survey included 75 properties on O‘ahu, representing 27,803 rooms (91.5%); 41 properties in the County of Maui, representing 9,798 rooms (70.6%); 17 properties on the island of Hawai‘i, representing 4,990 rooms (72.8%); and 19 properties on Kaua‘i, representing 3,451 rooms (71.1%).
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Belize received 32,871 stopover visitors in May 2023, 0.4% fewer than the 33,006 visitors received in May 2022.
According to the Belize Tourism Board, Belize received 32,871 stopover visitors in May 2023, down 0.4% from the 33,006 stopover visitors received in May 2022.
Belize received 23,847 stopover arrivals from the USA in May 2023, 3,409 from Europe, 975 from Canada and 439 from Mexico. The 23,847 stopovers from the USA were 72.5% of all stopover visits and were down 5.9% compared with US visits in May 2022.
In the first five months of 2023 Belize saw the number of stopovers increase by 28.8%, from 170,051 stopover visitors in the first five months of 2022 to 219,023 in the first five months of 2023.
Stopovers from the USA increased by 13.3% in the first five months of 2023, from 132,614 in 2022 to 150,206 in the same five months of 2023. Stopovers from Canada grew from 8,017 stopover visitors in the first five months of 2022 to 15,771 visitors in the same five months of 2023, while stopovers from Europe grew from 13,538 stopovers in the first five months of 2022 to 26,237 visitors in the same five months of 2023.
Belize received 471,163 cruise visitors in the first three months of 2023, up 68.4% compared with the 279,850 cruise visitors received in the first three months of 2022.

Trinidad and Tobago received 23,796 stopover visitors in May 2023, 29.4% more than the 18,386 stopover visitors received in May 2022.
According to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago’s Central Statistical Office, Trinidad and Tobago received 23,796 stopover visitors in May 2023, an increase of 29.4% compared with the 18,386 stopovers received in May 2022.
Of the 23,796 stopovers, 23,558 arrived by air and 238 by sea.
Trinidad received 22,852 stopover visitors in May 2023 with Tobago receiving 944.
Trinidad and Tobago received 11,598 stopover arrivals from the USA in May 2023, 3,235 from Europe, 3,006 from Canada and 5,957 from the rest of the world.
In the first five months of 2023 Trinidad and Tobago saw the number of stopovers increase by 85.0% from 70,296 in the first five months of 2022 to 130,018 in the same five months of 2023.
Stopovers from the USA grew from 34,491 in the first five months of 2022 to 62,428 in the same five months of 2023. Stopovers from Canada increased from 8,089 stopovers in the first five months of 2022, to 16,593 in the same five months of 2023 while stopovers from Europe grew from 10,793 in 2022 to 20,351 in the same five months of 2023.
Trinidad received 122,515 stopovers in the first five months of 2023, 94.3% of the overall total, with Tobago receiving 7,503 stopovers.
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Curacao reports it received 43,532 stopover arrivals in May 2023, 21.6% more than the 35,813 received in May 2022.
According to the Curaçao Tourist Board, Curaçao saw a 21.6% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in May, growing from 35,813 stopovers received in May 2022 to 43,532 stopovers received in May 2023.
Curacao received 15,983 stopover visitors from the Netherlands in May 2023 15.3% fewer than the 18,868 received in May 2022 and 11,340 stopovers from the USA, 138.2% more than the 4,761 received in the same month of 2022. The 351 room Sandals Royal Curacao opened June 1st 2022 after having been closed for renovation.
And according to STR Curacao’s hotels achieved an average room occupancy of 64.2% in May 2023, 2.6 percentage points fewer than the 66.8% achieved in May 2022, with an ADR of US$208.50 up 6.1% from the US$196.45 achieved in May 2022.
Curacao received 15 cruise ship calls with 40,697 cruise visitors in May 2023, 43.5% more cruise passengers than in May 2022.
In the first five months of 2023 Curaçao saw a 20.3% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 190,012 visitors in 2022 to 228,500 visitors in the same five months of this year.
The number of stopovers from the Netherlands declined by 21.0%, falling from 107,754 visitors during the first five months of 2022, to 85,103 in the same five months of 2023  consequent upon a reduction in the number of air seats from Europe. The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 105.1% during the first five months, growing from 27,754 in 2022 to 56,913 in the same five months of 2023.
Stopover visitors stayed, on average, 8.93 nights in the first five months of 2023, down 9.9% from the 9.91 nights average stay achieved in the first five months of 2022.
Again, according to STR, Curacao’s hotels achieved an average room occupancy of 71.0% though the first five months of 2023, up one percentage point from the 70.0% achieved in the first five months of 2022. The ADR was US$233.06 for the first five months of 2023, up 8.2% from the US$215.30 achieved in the same five months of 2022.
In the first five months of 2023 Curacao received 162 cruise ship calls which brought in 411,578 cruise passengers, 105.2% more than the 200,532 cruise visitors handled in the same five months of 2022.

Costa Rica received 187,399 stopover arrivals in May 2023, 6.3% more than the 176,237 stopovers received in May 2022.
According to the Costa Rica Institute of Tourism (ICT), Costa Rica received 187,399 stopovers in May 2023, 6.3% more than the 176,237 stopovers received in May 2022.
Costa Rica received 113,859 stopovers from the USA in May 2023, 60.8% of the overall total. Costa Rica also received 10,808 stopovers from Canada in May and 15,768 stopovers from Central America.
The volume of stopovers increased by 24.2% in the first five months of 2023, growing from 1,021,560 stopovers in the first five months of 2022 to 1,268,305 stopovers in the first five months of 2023.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 17.0% in the first five months of 2023, from 570,634 stopovers in 2022 to 667,399 in 2023 while the number from Central America increased by 33.0%, growing from 69,040 in the first five months of 2022 to 91,798 in the same five months of 2023.
The share of visitors from the USA fell from 55.9% in the first five months of 2022 to 52.6% in the first five months of 2023.
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Mexico’s foreign tourism revenue surpasses pre-pandemic levels.
Mexico News Daily | June 15, 2023
Mexico’s tourism economy is booming once again, with revenue in the first third of 2023 far surpassing pre-pandemic levels, despite total tourist numbers still lagging.
International tourism contributed US $10.74 billion to Mexico’s economy between January and April 2023, according to INEGI, Mexico’s national statistics agency. This figure is 17% higher than the same period of 2022, and 17.5% higher than the same period of 2019.
After the downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, international tourism in Mexico is bouncing back with a 17.5% increase in revenue this year compared to the first four months of 2019.
However, despite the good financial news, the total number of tourists arriving in Mexico has remained slightly lower than before the pandemic in 2019. The 13.24 million tourists who visited Mexico in these four months represented a 13.7% increase from the previous year but a slight drop from the 14.7 million tourists who visited in the first four months of 2019.
Average spending per tourist has risen by 3.8% from 2022 and 14% from 2019, reaching US $1,198 per person per trip in the first third of this year for international tourists arriving by air. Air arrivals are also up — by 10.4% from 2022 and 6.6% from 2019 — compensating for a drop in tourists arriving by land, who tend to spend less.
Even in the cruise sector, which was extremely hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, tourism numbers are strong. According to the Tourism Ministry (Sectur), 3.73 million cruise passengers arrived at Mexican ports between January and April 2023, 3.1% more than in 2019. The revenue from these cruise tourists jumped 22.3% from 2019 to reach US $306.8 million.
In a press release, Sectur declared that these numbers show that “tourism activity in Mexico is on track.” Tourism is a crucial component of Mexico’s economy, representing just over 8% of the country’s GDP every year from 2010 to 2019.
Mexico’s borders never closed during COVID-19. Although tourist numbers nearly halved during the pandemic year of 2020, Mexico remained the third most visited country worldwide, and the industry has rapidly bounced back as international restrictions have lifted.
In 2022, the World Tourism Organization ranked Mexico ninth worldwide in foreign exchange capture from international visitors, and 28th place in per capita spending by international tourists.
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AHATA reports Aruba’s hotels achieved a 73.5% average room occupancy in May 2023, down 4.9 percentage points from the 78.4% achieved in May 2022.
The Aruba Hotel and Tourism Association (AHATA) reports that average hotel room occupancy in Aruba’s hotels in May 2023 was 73.5%, 4.9 percentage points lower than the 78.4% achieved in May 2022.
It should be noted that the 330 room Embassy Suites was added to the overall hotel room inventory early in 2023.
ADR was $295.81 in May 2023, 12.8% higher than in May 2022, while RevPar was $217.45, 5.8% higher than in May 2022.
AHATA received data from a sample of 23 hotels with 5,601 rooms in May of 2023, about 94% of all hotel rooms in Aruba, with the overall sample having 6.3% more rooms than in May 2022.
Aruba’s timeshare resorts reported an average occupancy of 81.2% in May 2023.
Through the first five months of 2023 AHATA reports that Aruba’s hotels achieved an average room occupancy of 80.6% compared with 69.2% for the first five months of 2022. Again, compared with the first five months of 2022, ADR grew by 15.0% from $325.88 in 2022 to $374.73 in the first five months of 2023. RevPar grew by 33.9% from $225.40 in 2022 to $301.86 in the first five months of 2023.
AHATA is forecasting an average room occupancy for Aruba’s hotels of 74.3% in June and 77.8% in July 2023.
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​The Maldives reports it received 164,357 stopover visitor arrivals in April 2023, 13.1% more than the 145,282 received in April 2022.
The Maldives Government’s Ministry of Tourism recently announced that The Maldives received 164,357 stopover visitors in April 2023, 13.1% more than the 145,282 stopovers received in April 2022.
In April 2023 India was the number one source market and generated 17,577 stopovers (10.7% share of the overall total) while Russia was number two with 16,979 stopovers (10.3% share). The UK was number three with 15,504 stopovers.
The Maldives saw the overall number of operating accommodation establishments grow by 26.8% from 973 in April 2022 to 1,234 establishments in April 2023.
The number of beds in operation grew by 10.4% from 54,846 in April 2022 to 60,562 in April 2023.
During April 2023 overall average room occupancy decreased by 0.2 percentage points from 65.3% in April 2022 to 65.1% for April 2023.
Of the 1,234 establishments in operation 170 were resorts which offered 41,241 beds. These resorts achieved a 75.4% average room occupancy during April 2023 down from 80.2% in April 2022.
The Maldives saw a 19.3% increase in total arrivals in the first four months of 2023, growing from 576,806 stopovers in the first four months of 2022 to 688,285 stopovers in the same four months of 2023 with Russia (82,039 visitors), India (73,785 visitors) and The UK (76,372 visitors) being the three largest source markets in these four months.
The Maldives saw the overall number of operating accommodation establishments grow by 27.2% from an average of 962 in the first four months of 2022 to an average of 1,224 establishments in the same four months of 2023.
The number of beds in operation grew by 10.8% from 54,448 in the first four months of 2022 to 60,313 in the same four months of this year.
Through the end of April 2023 overall average room occupancy had grown by 1.9 percentage points from 68.4% in 2022 to 70.3% for the first four months of this year.
Of the 1,224 establishments in operation 169 were resorts which offered 41,145 beds. These resorts achieved an 80.9% average room occupancy through the first four months of 2023 down from 81.6% for the first four months of 2022. Through the first four months of 2022 there was an average of 163 resorts in operation offering 38,976 beds.

Mauritius received 100,030 stopover visitors in May 2023, 42.0% more 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 100,030 total stopover arrivals in May 2023, 42.0% more than the 70,462 stopovers received in May 2022. This number includes both air and sea stopover visitors.
Mauritius received 22,664 visitors from France in May 2023, 22.7% of the overall total for the month, and the number one producing market. The number two source market was Reunion Island which generated 15,309 visitors, 15.3% of the total for the month. The United Kingdom generated 12,094 visitors.
Mauritius saw its stopover arrivals grow by 64.0% in the first five months of 2023 from 313,548 stopovers in 2022 to 514,258 in the first five months of this year. The number one source market in the first five months of 2023 was France with 134,202 stopover visitors (26.1% share), followed by Reunion Island with 56,645 stopovers, and the United Kingdom with 54,231 stopovers. These three markets together generated 47.7% of all stopovers in 2023.

Seychelles received 25,107 tourist arrivals in May 2023, 0.3% more than the 25,023 arrivals received in May 2022.
According to The Seychelles Government’s National Bureau of Statistics, The Seychelles saw a 0.3% increase in visitor arrivals in May 2023, growing from 25,023 arrivals received in May 2022 to 25,107 arrivals in May 2023. This number includes both air and sea stopover visitors, and transit visitors. Of the 25,107 arrivals, 24,993 were stopover visitors and 114 were transit visitors.
The number one source market in May 2023 was Germany, which generated 4,636 visitors (18.5% of the total for the month) followed by Germany, with 3,570 visitors (14.2%).
In the first five months of 2023 Seychelles saw a 9.5% increase in total visitor arrivals, growing from 135,178 arrivals in the first five months of 2022 to 148,070 arrivals in the first five months of 2023.
The number one source market in the first five months of 2023 was France which generated 20,201 visitors, 13.6% of all visitor arrivals for those first five months, followed by Germany, which generated 19,650 visitors, 13.3% of the overall total. Russia generated 16,784 visitors in the same five months.
During the first five months of 2023 Seychelles also received 13,514 cruise passengers who visited the country for the day, with a further 2,606 who disembarked and 2,854 who embarked upon a cruise vessel.

Panama received 521,107 stopover tourist arrivals in the first quarter of 2023, 57.8% more than the 330,250 tourists received in the first quarter of 2022.
According to numbers published by the Autoridad de Turismo de Panama, Panama saw the volume of stopover visitors increase by 57.8% in the first three months of 2023, growing from 330,250 tourist arrivals in Q1 2022 to 521,107 tourist arrivals in the same three months of 2023.
Panama also received 188,114 cruise visitors in Q1 2023  and 77,633 day visitors.
The majority of tourists arrived in Panama at the Tocumen International Airport, which received 472,458 arrivals in Q1 2023, up 40.3% compared with the 336,774 arrivals received in Q1 2022.
The number one source of tourists arriving at Tocumen Airport in Q1 2023 was the USA with 116,519 arrivals, (24.7% of the overall total), followed by Colombia with 54,969  arrivals (11.6% share).

Bonaire received 12,609 stopover visitors in May 2023, 9.9% fewer than the 14,000 who arrived by air in May 2022.
The Tourism Corporation of Bonaire reports that Bonaire received a total of 12,609 stopover visitors in May 2023, down 9.9% compared with the 14,000 air visitors received in May 2022.
Through the first five months of 2023, Bonaire saw a 4.6% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 73,100 visitors who arrived by air in the first five months of 2022, to 76,483 stopover visitors who arrived in the same five months of 2023.
In the first five months of 2023 Bonaire received 36,173 stopover visitors from the Netherlands (47.3% of all stopovers) and 18,035 stopover visitors from the USA (23.6% share).
Bonaire also received 254,209 cruise visitors in the first four months of 2023.

San Juan International Airport handled 982,486 domestic passenger movements in May 2023, 12.6% more than the 887,385 handled in May 2022.
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 a 12.6% increase in domestic passenger traffic in May 2023, that is enplanements and deplanements from flights to and from the continental United States, growing from 872,385 domestic passenger movements in May 2022 to 982,486 domestic passenger movements in May 2023.
International traffic, that is passengers using flights to and from airports outside the continental United States, increased by 50.0%, growing from 71,481 passenger movements in May 2022 to 107,240 passenger movements in May 2023.
Through the first five months of 2023 San Juan International Airport saw domestic passenger movements increase by 14.4%, from 3,907,111 in 2022 to 4,470,821 in the first five months of 2023. International passenger movements increased by 49.5% in the first five months of 2023, growing from 315,503 passenger movements in 2022 to 471,745 passengers in the first five months of 2023.

Cancun saw a 0.5% increase in international air passenger movements in May 2023 compared with May 2022.
According to ASUR, which manages many of Mexico’s airports, Cancun Airport saw a 0.5% increase in international passenger movements in May 2023, growing from 1,589,007 movements in May 2022 to 1,597,328 movements in May 2023. Domestic passenger movements increased by 17.5%, growing from 876,242 passenger movements in May 2022 to 1,092,493 movements in May 2023.
In the first five months of 2023, the volume of international air passenger movements increased by 12.1%, growing from 8,313,443 movements in 2022 to 9,318,018 movements in the first five months of 2023, while the volume of domestic air passenger movements increased by 21.2%, growing from 3,811,066 movements in the first five months of 2022 to 4,618,895 in the same five months of 2023.
In the first five months of 2023 international passenger movements accounted for 66.9% of all passenger movements, down from 68.6% in the same five months of 2022.

Montego Bay Airport handled 402,800 total passenger movements in May 2023, 10.2% more than the 365,600 handled in May 2022.
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 10.2% in May 2023, growing from 365,600 total movements in May 2022 to 402,800 movements in May 2023.
Through the first five months of 2023 Montego Bay Airport saw total passenger movements increase by 30.2%, from 1,695,800 in the first five months of 2022 to 2,208,300 in the same five months of 2023.
Thus far in 2023 international passenger movements made up 100.0% of all passenger movements.

Kingston, Jamaica Airport handled 141,300 total passenger movements in May 2023, 22.0% more than the 115,800 handled in May 2022.
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 22.0% in May 2023, growing from 115,800 total movements in May 2022 to 141,300 total passenger movements in May 2023.
Through the first five months of 2023, Kingston’s Airport saw total passenger movements grow by 36.2%, from 500,900 in 2022 to 682,200 in the first five months of 2023.
Thus far, in 2023, international passenger movements made up 100.0% of all passenger movements.

Los Cabos handled 373,500 international passenger movements in May 2023, 0.2% more than the 372,900 handled in May 2022.
According to Aeroportuario del Pacifico, which manages many of Mexico’s airports, Los Cabos Airport saw a 0.2% increase in international passenger traffic in May 2023, that is enplanements and deplanements, growing from 372,900 international passenger movements in May 2022 to 373,500 international passenger movements in May 2023.
Domestic traffic increased by 14.0%, growing from 213,000 passenger movements in May 2022 to 242,800 passenger movements in May 2023.
Through the first five months of 2023, Los Cabos Airport saw international passenger movements increase by 14.8%, from 1,912,300 in the first five months of 2022 to 2,196,100 in the same five months of 2023. Domestic passenger movements increased by 24.8% in the first five months of 2023, growing from 939,800 passengers in 2022 to 1,173,100 passengers in the first five months of 2023.
International passenger movements comprised 65.2% of all passengers movements in the first five months of 2023, down slightly from 67.0% in the first five months of 2022.

Mexico received 1,643,757 international air arrivals in April 2023, down 6.9% compared with April 2022.
According to the Government of Mexico’s SECTUR (Department of Tourism) Mexico received 1,643,757 international air arrivals in April 2023, down 6.9% compared with the 1,765,491 arrivals received in April 2022.
Mexico received 948,685 air visitors from the USA in April 2023, 57.7% of the total. Canada was the second biggest market (215,232 visitors) with Colombia third largest (58,993 visitors).
Cancun Airport received 733,487 international air visitor arrivals in April 2023, 44.6% of the overall total. Los Cabos received 205,505 international air arrivals with Puerto Vallarta receiving 163,099 international air visitors.
In the first four months of 2023 the volume of international air arrivals to Mexico increased by 10.0%, from 6,784,028 arrivals in 2022 to 7,393,946 arrivals in the same four months of 2023.
The volume of air arrivals from the USA declined by 1.7% in the first four months of 2023, falling from 4,280,239 air arrivals in 2022 to 4,209,091 air arrivals in the first four months of 2023 while the volume from Canada grew from 685,920 in 2022 to 1,186,714 in the first four months of 2023.
Cancun Airport saw a 0.2% increase in international air arrivals in the first four months of 2023, growing from 3,236,338 arrivals in 2022 to 3,243,787 arrivals in the first four months of 2023 while Los Cabos saw a 17.0% increase growing from 748,188 international air arrivals in 2022 to 875,742 air arrivals in the first four months of 2023. Puerto Vallarta saw a 24.1% increase, growing from 656,634 international arrivals in 2022 to 815,176 international arrivals in the same four months of 2023.

​Grenada received 15,182 stopovers in April 2023, 41.3% more than the 10,745 stopovers received in April 2022.
According to the Grenada Tourism Authority, Grenada saw a 41.3% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in April 2023, growing from the 10,745 stopover arrivals received in April 2022 to 15,182 stopover arrivals in April 2023.
Grenada received 26,125 cruise visitors in April 2023 and 1,831 visitors who arrived by yacht.
Grenada received 7,878 stopover arrivals from the USA in April 2023, 51.9% of all arrivals, and 2,034 stopovers from the UK, 13.4% of all stopovers for April.
Through the first four months of 2023, Grenada saw a 69.9% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 35,905 stopovers in the first four months of 2022 to 61,019 stopovers in the same four months of 2023.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 48.0%, from 20,680 in the first four months of 2022 to 30,612 in the same four months of 2023 while the number of stopover visitors from the U.K. increased by 17.4%, from 8,357 in the first four months of 2022 to 9,814 stopovers in the same four months of 2023.
Grenada has received 198,896 cruise visitors in the first four months of 2023 compared with 105,754 received in the first four months of 2022 and received 9,822 visitors who arrived by yacht compared with 4,702 who arrived by yacht in the first four months of 2022.

​Dubai received 1,350,000 international visitors in April 2023, a 19.5% increase in visitors compared with April 2022.
According to the Government of Dubai’s Statistics Center, Dubai saw a 19.5% increase in the number of international visitors in April 2023, growing from 1,130,000 visitors in April 2022 to 1,350,000 in April 2023.
The number one source market in April was India with 194,000 visitors, followed by Russia with 116,000 visitors, and the United Kingdom with 92,000 visitors.
In the first four months of 2023 Dubai received 6,020,000 international visitors, 18.0% more than the 5,100,000 visitors received in the first four months of 2022.
The number one source market in the first four months of 2023 was India which generated 806,000 visitors, 13.4% of the overall total, followed by Russia which generated 474,000 visitors, and the United Kingdom which generated 391,000 visitors.
As of April 2023, Dubai had 621 hotels offering 123,460 hotel rooms and 193 apartment hotels offering 25,489 units. The hotel sector achieved an average room occupancy of 79.0% in the first four months of 2023 with an ADR of US$163.22 and a RevPar of US$130.25 The apartment sector achieved an average occupancy of 84.0%.

​Punta Cana received 408,379 tourists in April 2023, 9.5% more than the 372,951 tourists who visited in April 2022.
According to the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic, received 408,379 stopovers in April 2023, 9.5% more than the 372,951 stopovers received in April 2022.
Punta Cana saw its traffic from the USA grow by 23.2% in April 2023 to 184,464 visitors up from the 149,722 arrivals received from the USA in April 2022. Traffic from Canada increased from 67,717 arrivals in April 2022 to 88,884 arrivals in April 2023.
In April 2023, stopover arrivals to Punta Cana made up 59.9% of all non-resident arrivals to the Dominican Republic compared with 59.6% in April 2022.
According to the Dominican Republic’s Hotel Association Asonahores  the hotels in Punta Cana achieved an average room occupancy of 84.5% in April 2023 up from 79.6% achieved in April 2022.
During the first four months of 2023 Punta Cana saw a 22.1% increase in the volume of stopover arrivals, growing from 1,360,549 arrivals in the first four months of 2022 to 1,661,215 non-resident arrivals in the first four months of 2023.
Arrivals from the USA increased by 31.1% in the first four months of 2023, growing from 532,687 arrivals in the first four months of 2022 to 698,249 arrivals in the same four months of 2023. Traffic from Canada grew from 209,834 arrivals in the first four months of 2022 to 404,079 arrivals in the first four months of 2023. Traffic also increased from Argentina, growing from 46,846 arrivals in the first four months of 2022 to 66,423 stopovers in the same four months of 2023.
Traffic from Russia decreased from 39,584 arrivals in the first four months of 2022 to just 496 in the same four months of 2023.
In the first four months of 2023, stopover arrivals to Punta Cana made up 60.2% of all non-resident arrivals to the Dominican Republic compared with 58.1% in the same four months of 2022.
According to the Dominican Republic’s Hotel Association Asonahores  the hotels in Punta Cana achieved an average room occupancy of 84.6% in the first four months of 2023 up from 78.1% achieved in the same four months of 2022.

The Dominican Republic received 681,567 tourists in April 2023, 8.9% more than the 626,011 tourists who visited in April 2022.
According to the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, the Dominican Republic received 681,567 stopovers in April 2023, 8.9% more than the 626,011 stopovers received in April 2022.
The Dominican Republic received 277,358 stopover arrivals from the USA in April 2023, up 18.6% from the 233,840 arrivals from the USA in April 2022. Arrivals from the USA comprised 40.7% of all arrivals in April 2023, up from 37.4% in April 2022.
Traffic from Canada grew from 79,803 arrivals in April 2022 to 114,534 arrivals in April 2023.
In April 2023 13.8% of all non-resident tourists arriving in the Dominican Republic were non-resident Dominicans returning home, down from 18.0% of all arrivals in April 2022.
According to the Dominican Republic’s Hotel Association Asonahores  the hotels in the Dominican Republic achieved an average room occupancy of 78.5% in April 2023 up from 73.5% achieved in April 2022.
In the first four months of 2023 the Dominican Republic saw a 17.8% increase in the volume of stopover arrivals, growing from 2,340,959 arrivals in the first four months of 2022 to 2,757,810 non-resident arrivals in the same four months of 2023.
Non-resident arrivals from the USA increased by 25.5% in the first four months of 2023, growing from 822,542 arrivals in 2022 to 1,032,076 arrivals from the USA in the first four months of 2023. Stopover arrivals from Canada grew from 255,309 in the first four months of 2022 to 540,220 in the same four months of 2023.
In the first four months of 2022 14.3% of all non-resident tourists arriving in the Dominican Republic were non-resident Dominicans returning home, down from 17.0% in the same four months of 2022.
According to the Dominican Republic’s Hotel Association Asonahores  the hotels in the Dominican Republic achieved an average room occupancy of 79.2% in the first four months of 2023 up from 73.1% achieved in the same four months of 2022.

Las Vegas received 3,385,500 visitors in April 2023, 0.1% more than the 3,382,200 received in April 2022.
According to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, Las Vegas saw the volume of visitors increase by 0.1% in April 2023, growing from 3,382,200 arrivals in April 2022 to 3,385,500 in April of 2023.
Las Vegas had a weighted average of 151,839 open hotel rooms in April 2023 (up 0.9% compared with April 2022) and achieved an average city-wide room occupancy of 84.3% (84.0% in April 2022), an ADR of $171.05 (down 3.3%) and a RevPar of $144.20 (down 3.3%).
Gaming revenue increased by 3.6% in April 2023, growing from $960.48 million in April 2022 to $994.99 billion in April 2023.
Through the first four months of 2023 Las Vegas saw a 13.5% increase in the volume of visitors, growing from 11,808,300 arrivals in the first four months of 2022 to 13,398,400 visitors in the same four months of 2023.
Las Vegas achieved an average city-wide room occupancy of 83.5% in the first four months of 2023 (up 10.2 percentage points compared with the first four months of 2022), an ADR of $184.37 (up 17.8% compared with the same four months of 2022) and a RevPar of $157.73 up 34.2%, also compared with the same four months of 2022.
Gaming revenue increased by 8.4% in the first four months of 2023, from $4.02 billion in 2022 to $4.36 billion in the same four months of 2023.

Hawaii reports the state received 806,209 out-of-state air arrivals in April 2023, 0.4% fewer than the 809,612 received in April 2022.
According to the Hawaii Tourism Authority, Hawaii saw the volume of air arrivals decline by 0.4% in April 2023, falling from 809,612 air arrivals received in April 2022 to 806,209 arrivals in April 2023.
However, according to preliminary visitor statistics released by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), total spending for visitors arriving in April 2023 increased by 8.0%, growing from $1.59 billion in April 2022 to $1.72 billion in April 2023.
Hawaii received 651,810 air arrivals from the mainland USA in April 2023, 80.8% of the overall total, 39,333 arrivals from Canada, 34,358 arrivals from Japan and 80,708 air arrivals from other markets.
Hawaii also received 21,328 cruise visitors in April 2023.
Overall person per trip expenditures increased by 6.8% from $1,949.60 in April 2022 to $2,082.10 in April 2023.
Through the first four months of 2022 Hawaii saw a 15.1% increase in the volume of air arrivals, growing from 2,786,198 air arrivals in the first four months of 2022 to 3,207,221 air arrivals in the same four months of 2023.
For the first four months of 2022, total visitor spending was estimated to be $7,092.7 million, 21.7% more than the $5,828.8 million spent in the first four months of 2022. Person per trip spending grew by 4.5% from $2,072.80 per person per trip in the first four months of 2022 to $2,166.40 per person per trip in the first four months of 2023.
Air arrivals from the USA increased by 3.1% in the first four months of 2023, growing from 2,463,763 air arrivals in 2022 to 2,540,273 air arrivals in the same four months of 2023, from Japan grew from 15,817 stopovers in 2022 to 133,352 in the first four months of 2023 and grew from 150,180 stopovers from Canada in 2022 to 215,071 in the same four months of 2023.
Hawaii received 66,648 cruise visitors in the first four months of 2023.

Saint Lucia received 34,539 stopovers in April 2023, 12.6% more than the 30,661 stopovers received in April 2022.
According to the Saint Lucia Tourism Authority, Saint Lucia saw a 12.6% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in April 2023, growing from 30,661 stopovers in April 2022 to 34,539 stopovers in April 2023.
Saint Lucia received 65,547 cruise visitors in April from 29 cruise ship calls and received 3,617 visitors in April 2023 who arrived by yacht.
Saint Lucia received 19,173 stopover arrivals from the USA in April 2023, which comprised 55.5% of all stopover arrivals during the month. Saint Lucia also received 5,927 visitors from the United Kingdom in April 2023 and 3,574 stopover visitors from Canada.
Through the first four months of 2023, Saint Lucia saw a 27.9% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 111,472 stopovers in the first four months of 2022 to 142,561 stopovers in the same four months of 2023.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 24.1%, from 63,056 in the first four months of 2022 to 78,279 in the same four months of 2023 while the number of stopover visitors from the U.K. decreased by 5.8%, from 32,783 in the first four months of 2022 to 30,896 stopovers in the same four months of 2023.
Saint Lucia has received 425,926 cruise visitors in the first four months of 2023 compared with 165,226 received in the first four months of 2022 and received 18,122 visitors who arrived by yacht compared with 5,462 who arrived by yacht in the first four months of 2022.
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US Consumer Confidence Slipped in May
The Conference Board | May 30th 2023
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® fell in May to 102.3 (1985=100), down from an upwardly revised 103.7 in April. The Present Situation Index—based on consumers’ assessment of current business and labor market conditions—decreased to 148.6 (1985=100) from 151.8 last month. The Expectations Index—based on consumers’ short-term outlook for income, business, and labor market conditions—decreased slightly to 71.5 (1985=100) from 71.7. 
“Consumer confidence declined in May as consumers’ view of current conditions became somewhat less upbeat while their expectations remained gloomy,” said Ataman Ozyildirim, Senior Director, Economics at The Conference Board. “Their assessment of current employment conditions saw the most significant deterioration, with the proportion of consumers reporting jobs are ‘plentiful’ falling 4 ppts from 47.5 percent in April to 43.5 percent in May.
Consumers also became more downbeat about future business conditions, weighing on the expectations index. However, expectations for jobs and incomes over the next six months held relatively steady. While consumer confidence has fallen across all age and income categories over the past three months, May’s decline reflects a particularly notable worsening in the outlook among consumers over 55 years of age.”

The Bahamas received 170,608 visitors who arrived by air in April 2023, 16.0% more than the 147,099 received in April 2022.
According to the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, The Bahamas saw the volume of visitors who arrived by air increase by 16.0% in April 2023, growing from 147,099 air visitors in April 2022 to 170,608 air visitors received in April of this year.
The Bahamas also received 680,506 cruise passengers during April 2023, up 57.7% from the 431,409 received in April 2022.
During the first four months of 2023 The Bahamas saw a 33.7% increase in the number of air arrivals, growing from 476,770 air arrivals in the first four months of 2022 to 637,345 air arrivals in the same four months of 2023.
The Bahamas received 2,796,206 cruise visitors in the first four months of 2023, up 94.9% from the 1,434,850 cruise visitors received in the first four months of 2022.
Please note these numbers are preliminary and are subject to change.

Guatemala received 182,807 stopover visitors in April 2023, 38.3% more than the 132,158 visitors received in April 2022.
According to the Guatemalan Institute of Tourism (INGUAT), Guatemala received 182,807 stopover visitors in April 2023, up 38.3% from the 132,158 stopover visitors received in April 2022.
Guatemala also received 8,371 cruise visitors and 62,847 day visitors in April 2023.
In the first four months of 2023 Guatemala saw the number of stopovers increase by 65.8%, from 418,723 stopover visitors in the first four months of 2022 to 694,424 in the first four months of 2023.
Stopovers from the USA increased by 35.1% in the first four months of 2023, from 130,729 in 2022 to 176,676 in the same four months of 2023. Stopovers from Canada grew from 7,539 stopover visitors in the first four months of 2022 to 15,333 visitors in the same four months of 2023, while stopovers from Mexico grew from 15,085 stopovers in the first four months of 2022 to 28,642 visitors in the same four months of 2023.
The largest source market was El Salvador which generated 252,528 stopover visitors in the first four months of 2023, up 107.0% from the 121,986 generated in the same four months of 2022.
Guatemala received 44,177 cruise visitors in the first four months of 2023, up from the 5,878 cruise visitors received in the first four months of 2022 and 171,058 day visitors, up 204% from the 56,252 day visitors received in the first four months of 2022.

Average spend per visitor to the Dominican Republic grew by 5.7% in the first quarter of 2023.
According to the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic the average spend per non-resident visitor to the Dominican Republic in the first quarter of 2023 was US$157.59 per day, up 16.9% from the US$134.83 per day in the first quarter of 2022.
The average length of stay fell by 9.6% however, from 9.38 nights in the first quarter of 2022 to 8.48 nights in the first quarter of 2023.
Average spend per visit grew by 5.7% from US$1,264.71 in the first quarter of 2022 to US$1,336.36 in the first quarter of 2023.
Inflation in the Dominican Republic was 5.9% between March 2022 and March 2023.

​Cuba reports it received 231,658 international stopover visitors in April 2023,  73.8% more than the 133,271 received in April 2022.
The Cuban Government’s Office of National Statistics and Information (ONEI) recently announced that total international tourist arrivals increased by 73.8% in April 2023, growing from 133,271 international stopover arrivals in April 2022 to 231,658 arrivals in April 2023. This number includes both stopover visitors and cruise visitors.
Cuba received 108,834 stopovers from Canada in April 2023, 47.0% of all stopovers received for the month.
In the first four months of 2023 Cuba saw a 119.7% increase in total international arrivals, growing from 447,990 arrivals in 2022 to 984,117 stopovers this year.
Total tourist arrivals from Canada grew from 145,763 stopovers in the first four months of 2022, to 495,905 in the same four months of 2023 and was the number one source market with a 50.4% share.
Cubans living abroad accounted for 113,645 of all international visitors arriving in the first four months of 2023, up from 91,496 in the same four months of 2022.
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Aruba received 109,343 stopover visitors in April 2023, 7.5% more than the 101,696 stopovers received in April 2022.
According to the Aruba Tourism Authority, Aruba received 109,343 stopover arrivals in April 2023, 7.5% more than the 101,696 stopover visitors it received in April 2022.
Compared with April 2022, stopover arrivals from the USA increased by 4.8%, growing from 83,033 arrivals in April 2022 to 86,992 arrivals in April 2023. Arrivals from the USA comprised 79.6% of all arrivals in April 2023 down from 81.6% in April 2022.
Arrivals from Canada increased by 63.3%, growing from 2,788 visitors in April 2022 to 4,552 stopovers in April 2023. Arrivals from the Netherlands declined by 22.6%, falling from 4,360 in April 2022 to 3,376 in April of this year.
Aruba received 26 cruise ship calls in April 2023 and a total of 68,548 cruise passengers, with the volume of cruise visitors up 85.5% from the 36,963 received in April 2022. The average number of passengers per call grew from 1,760 visitors in April 2022 to 2,637 cruise visitors in April 2023.
In the first four months of 2023 Aruba saw a 23.9% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 335,362 visitors in the first four months of 2022 to 415,648 visitors in the first four months of this year. The number of stopovers from the USA grew by 18.6% during the first four months, from 270,061 in the first four months of 2022 to 320,368 in the same four months of 2023. The share of stopovers from the USA fell from 80.5% in the first four months of 2022 to 77.1% in the same four months of 2023.
Aruba received 165 cruise ship calls in the first four months of 2023 with 425,620 cruise passengers compared with the 142 calls cruise ships made in the same four months of 2022 with 192,199 passengers. The average number of passengers per call grew by 100.2%, from 1,353 visitors in 2022 to 2,580 visitors in 2023.

Saint Lucia received 39,318 stopovers in March 2023, 22.4% more than the 32,119 stopovers received in March 2022.
According to the Saint Lucia Tourism Authority, Saint Lucia saw a 22.4% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in March 2023, growing from 32,119 stopovers in March 2022 to 39,318 stopovers in March 2023.
Saint Lucia received 129,750 cruise visitors in March from 54 cruise ship calls and received 4,476 visitors in March 2023 who arrived by yacht.
Saint Lucia received 21,968 stopover arrivals from the USA in March 2023, which comprised 55.9% of all stopover arrivals during the month. Saint Lucia also received 8,528 visitors from the United Kingdom in March 2023 and 5,015 stopover visitors from Canada.
Through the first three months of 2023, Saint Lucia saw a 33.7% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 80,811 stopovers in the first three months of 2022 to 108,022 stopovers in the same three months of 2023.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 30.2%, from 45,398 in the first three months of 2022 to 59,106 in the same three months of 2023 while the number of stopover visitors from the U.K. decreased by 0.2%, from 25,012 in the first three months of 2022 to 24,969 stopovers in the same three months of 2023.
Saint Lucia has received 360,379 cruise visitors in the first three months of 2023 compared with 137,945 received in the first three months of 2022 and received 14,505 visitors who arrived by yacht compared with 3,702 who arrived by yacht in the first three months of 2022.

​Hawaii’s hotels report a 2.0 percentage point decrease in average room occupancy in April 2023 compared with April 2022, falling from 75.9% to 73.9%
According to the Hawai‘i Hotel Performance Report published by the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority (HTA), statewide hotel room occupancy dropped by 2.0 percentage points from 75.9% in April 2022 to 73.9% in April 2023.
ADR grew however by 0.5% from $374.46 in April 2022 to $376.43 in April 2023, while revpar fell by 2.2%, from $284.36 in April 2022 to $278.16 in April 2023.
Hawai‘i hotel room revenues statewide dropped by 2.3%, falling from $478.5 million in April 2022 to $467.6 million in April 2023. Room demand decreased by 2.8%, falling from 1,277,800 room nights in April 2022 to 1,242,100 room nights in April 2023 while room supply was almost unchanged at 1,680,900 available room nights.
During the first four months of 2023 statewide hotel room occupancy increased by 3.3 percentage points from 71.7% in 2022 to 75.0% in the same four months of 2023. ADR increased by 6.3% from $363.25 in 2022 to $385.97 in 2023 while revpar grew by 11.1%, from $260.57 in 2022 to $289.48 in 2023.
In the first four months of 2023, Hawai‘i hotel room revenues statewide increased by 10.7% from $1,753.3 million in 2022 to $1,940.9 million in 2023.
Room demand increased by 4.2%, from 4,826,700 room nights in the first four months of 2022 to 5,028,600 in the same four months of 2023. Room supply fell by 0.4% to 6,704,700 available room nights in 2023.
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 April 2023, the survey included 153 properties representing 47,381 rooms, or 84.6 percent of all lodging properties with 20 rooms or more in the Hawaiian Islands, including full service, limited service, and condominium hotels. The April survey included 77 properties on O‘ahu representing 28,948 rooms (95.2%); 40 properties in the County of Maui, representing 9,818 rooms (70.5%); 17 properties on the island of Hawai‘i, representing 4,990 rooms (72.8%); and 19 properties on Kaua‘i, representing 3,625 rooms (74.6%).
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Jamaica received 228,540 stopover visitors in February 2023, 40.3% more than the 162,882 stopovers received in February 2022.
According to the Jamaica Tourist Board, Jamaica received 228,540 stopover arrivals in February 2023, 40.3% more than the 162,882 stopovers received in February 2022.
Stopover visitors from the USA totaled 156,965 in February 2023, 68.7% of all stopover arrivals.
Jamaica received 144,465 cruise passengers during February 2023.
Through the first two months of 2023 Jamaica saw a 55.5% increase in the volume of stopover arrivals, growing from 294,612 stopover arrivals in the first two months of 2022 to 457,996 arrivals in the same two months of 2023.
Arrivals from the USA increased by 42.2% in the first two months of 2023, growing from 219,456 arrivals in 2022 to 311,998 arrivals in the same two months of 2023.
The USA’s share of all stopover arrivals fell from 74.5% in the first two months of 2022 to 68.1% in the same two months of 2023.
Jamaica received 300,237 cruise passengers through February 2023, 33.6% fewer than the 451,856 cruise visitors received in the same two months of 2019.

The USVI received 69,413 air arrivals in April 2023, 12.9% fewer than the 79,665 air arrivals received in April 2022.
According to numbers published by the USVI Bureau of Economic Research, the USVI saw a 12.9% decrease in air arrival in April 2023, falling from the 79,665 air arrivals received in April 2022 to 69,413 air arrivals in April 2023.
The USVI received 152,661 cruise visitors in April 2023 from 45 cruise ship calls.
Through the first four months of 2023, the USVI saw air arrivals decline by 3.3% falling from 302,867 in the first four months of 2022 to 292,882 in the first four months of 2023.
The USVI received 675,135 cruise visitors in the first four months of 2023, from 222 calls, up from the 317,861 cruise passengers received in the first four months of 2022.
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Antigua and Barbuda reports it received 28,328 stopover arrivals in April 2023, 10.1% more than the 25,735 received in April 2022.
According to the Antigua Government’s Ministry of Tourism, Economic Development, Investment and Energy, Antigua saw a 10.1% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in April, growing from 25,735 stopovers received in April 2022 to 28,328 stopovers received in April 2023.
Antigua and Barbuda received 13,608 stopover visitors from the USA in April 2023 0.8% more than the 13,504 received in April 2022 and 7,448 stopovers from the United Kingdom, 4.7% fewer than the 7,813 visitors received in the same month of 2022.
Antigua and Barbuda also received 56,913 cruise visitors in April 2023, 77.9% more cruise passengers than the 31,983 received in April 2022.
In the first four months of 2023 Antigua and Barbuda saw a 28.0% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 90,612 visitors in 2022 to 115,995 visitors in the same four months of this year.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 29.1%, growing from 41,880 visitors during the first four months of 2022, to 54,058 in the same four months of 2023. The number of stopovers from the UK declined by 8.3% during the first four months, falling from 33,546 in 2022 to 30,772 in the same four months of 2023.
In the first four months of 2023 Antigua and Barbuda received 385,488 cruise passengers, 107.6% more than the 185,706 cruise visitors brought in the same four months of 2022.

Costa Rica received 236,611 stopover arrivals in April 2023, 10.7% more than the 213,714 stopovers received in April 2023.
According to the Costa Rica Institute of Tourism (ICT), Costa Rica received 236,611 stopovers in April 2023, 10.7% more than the 213,714 stopovers received in April 2022.
Costa Rica received 123,563 stopovers from the USA in April 2023, 52.2% of the overall total. Costa Rica also received 23,251 stopovers from Canada in April and 20,153 stopovers from Central America.
The volume of stopovers increased by 27.9% in the first four months of 2023, growing from 845,323 stopovers in the first four months of 2022 to 1,080,906 stopovers in the first four months of 2023.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 19.9% in the first four months of 2023, from 461,511 stopovers in 2022 to 553,549 in 2023 while the number from Central America increased by 35.1%, growing from 56,296 in the first four months of 2022 to 76,030 in the same four months of 2023.
The share of visitors from the USA fell from 54.6% in the first four months of 2022 to 51.2% in the first four months of 2023.

Trinidad and Tobago received 24,134 stopover visitors in April 2023, 40.7% more than the 17,149 stopover visitors received in April 2022.
According to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago’s Central Statistical Office, Trinidad and Tobago received 24,134 stopover visitors in April 2023, an increase of 40.7% compared with the 17,149 stopovers received in April 2022.
Of the 24,134 stopovers, 24,073 arrived by air and 61 by sea.
Trinidad received 22,942 stopover visitors in April 2023 with Tobago receiving 1,192.
Trinidad and Tobago received 11,232 stopover arrivals from the USA in April 2023, 3,678 from Europe, 3,015 from Canada and 6,209 from the rest of the world.
In the first four months of 2023 Trinidad and Tobago saw the number of stopovers increase from 51,910 in the first four months of 2022 to 106,222 in the same four months of 2023.
Stopovers from the USA grew from 25,141 in the first four months of 2022 to 50,830 in the same four months of 2023. Stopovers from Canada increased from 5,979 stopovers in the first four months of 2022, to 13,587 in the same four months of 2023 while stopovers from Europe grew from 8,459 in 2022 to 17,116 in the same four months of 2023.
Trinidad received 99,663 stopovers in the first four months of 2023, 93.9% of the overall total, with Tobago receiving 6,559 stopovers.

AHATA reports Aruba’s hotels achieved a 79.3% average room occupancy in April 2023, down one percentage point from the 80.3% achieved in April 2022.
The Aruba Hotel and Tourism Association (AHATA) reports that average hotel room occupancy in Aruba’s hotels in April 2023 was 79.3%, one percentage point lower than the 80.3% achieved in April 2022.
It should be noted that the 330 room Embassy Suites was added to the overall hotel room inventory early in 2023.
ADR was $350.58 in April 2023, 8.5% higher than in April 2022, while RevPar was $278.14, 7.2% higher than in April 2022.
AHATA received data from a sample of 23 hotels with 5,550 rooms in April of 2023, about 94% of all hotel rooms in Aruba, with the overall sample having 2.8% more rooms than in April 2022.
Aruba’s timeshare resorts reported an average occupancy of 85.6% in April 2023.
Through the first four months of 2023 AHATA reports that Aruba’s hotels achieved an average room occupancy of 82.4% compared with 66.7% for the first four months of 2022. Again, compared with the first four months of 2022, ADR grew by 13.9% from $345.54 in 2022 to $393.59 in the first four months of 2023. RevPar grew by 40.7% from $230.60 in 2022 to $324.48 in the first four months of 2023.
AHATA is forecasting an average room occupancy for Aruba’s hotels of 76.5% in May, 74.3% in June and 77.8% in July 2023.

Curacao reports it received 48,450 stopover arrivals in April 2023, 13.4% more than the 42,715 received in April 2022.
According to the Curaçao Tourist Board, Curaçao saw a 13.4% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in April, growing from 42,715 stopovers received in April 2022 to 48,450 stopovers received in April 2023.
Curacao received 16,996 stopover visitors from the Netherlands in April 2023 20.5% fewer than the 21,379 received in April 2022 and 11,952 stopovers from the USA, 80.8% more than the 6,612 received in the same month of 2022. The 351 room Sandals Royal Curacao opened June 1st 2022 after having been closed for renovation.
And according to STR Curacao’s hotels achieved an average room occupancy of 75.2% in April 2023, similar to the 74.2% achieved in April 2022, with an ADR of US$217.48 up 5.9% from the US$205.29 achieved in April 2022.
Curacao received 21 cruise ship calls with 52,312 cruise visitors in April 2023, 87.6% more cruise passengers than in April 2022.
In the first four months of 2023 Curaçao saw a 20.0% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 154,199 visitors in 2022 to 184,968 visitors in the same four months of this year.
The number of stopovers from the Netherlands declined by 22.2%, falling from 88,886 visitors during the first four months of 2022, to 69,120 in the same four months of 2023  consequent upon a reduction in the number of air seats from Europe. The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 98.2% during the first four months, growing from 22,993 in 2022 to 45,573 in the same four months of 2023.
Stopover visitors stayed, on average, 9.1 nights in the first four months of 2023, down 10.0% from the 10.1 nights average stay achieved in the first four months of 2022.
Again, according to STR, Curacao’s hotels achieved an average room occupancy of 73.4% though the first four months of 2023, up 2.6 percentage points from the 70.8% achieved in the first four months of 2022. The ADR was US$236.81 for the first four months of 2023, up 7.7% from the US$219.90 achieved in the same four months of 2022.
In the first four months of 2023 Curacao received 147 cruise ship calls which brought in 370,881 cruise passengers, 115.4% more than the 172,170 cruise visitors handled in the same four months of 2022.

​San Juan International Airport handled 846,406 domestic passenger movements in April 2023, 3.0% more than the 821,712 handled in April 2022.
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 a 3.0% increase in domestic passenger traffic in April 2023, that is enplanements and deplanements from flights to and from the continental United States, growing from 821,712 domestic passenger movements in April 2022 to 846,406 domestic passenger movements in April 2023.
International traffic, that is passengers using flights to and from airports outside the continental United States, increased by 49.9%, growing from 66,317 passenger movements in April 2022 to 99,396 passenger movements in April 2023.
Through the first four months of 2023 San Juan International Airport saw domestic passenger movements increase by 14.9%, from 3,304,726 in 2022 to 3,488,335 in the first four months of 2023. International passenger movements increased by 49.4% in the first four months of 2023, growing from 244,042 passenger movements in 2022 to 364,505 passengers in the first four months of 2023.
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Mauritius received 109,031 stopover visitors in April 2023, 29.4% more than the 84,268 stopovers received in April 2022.
The Mauritius Government’s Ministry of Finance and Economic Development recently reported that the country received 109,031 total stopover arrivals in April 2023, 29.4% more than the 84,268 stopovers received in April 2022. This number includes both air and sea stopover visitors.
Mauritius received 29,716 visitors from France in April 2023, 27.3% of the overall total for the month, and the number one producing market. The number two source market was the United Kingdom which generated 12,438 visitors, 11.4% of the total for the month. Germany generated 10,032 visitors.
Mauritius saw its stopover arrivals grow by 70.4% in the first four months of 2023 from 243,086 stopovers in 2022 to 414,228 in the first four months of this year. The number one source market in the first four months of 2023 was France with 111,538 stopover visitors (26.9% share), followed by the United Kingdom with 42,137 stopovers, and Reunion with 41,336 stopovers. These three markets together generated 47.1% of all stopovers in 2023.

Seychelles received 35,396 tourist arrivals in April 2023, 8.9% more than the 32,500 arrivals received in April 2022.
According to The Seychelles Government’s National Bureau of Statistics, The Seychelles saw an 8.9% increase in visitor arrivals in April 2023, growing from 32,500 arrivals received in April 2022 to 35,396 arrivals in April 2023. This number includes both air and sea stopover visitors, and transit visitors. Of the 35,396 arrivals, 35,252 were stopover visitors and 144 were transit visitors.
The number one source market in April 2023 was France, which generated 4,996 visitors (14.1% of the total for the month) followed by Germany, with 3,899 visitors (11.0%).
In the first four months of 2023 Seychelles saw a 11.6% increase in total visitor arrivals, growing from 110,155 arrivals in the first four months of 2022 to 122,963 arrivals in the first four months of 2023.
The number one source market in the first four months of 2023 was France which generated 16,631 visitors, 13.5% of all visitor arrivals for those first four months, followed by Germany, which generated 15,104 visitors, 12.2% of the overall total. Russia generated 13,990 visitors in the same four months.
During the first four months of 2023 Seychelles also received 9,773 cruise passengers who visited the country for the day, with a further 2,241 who disembarked and 2,556 who embarked upon a cruise vessel.

The Bahamas reports the islands received 174,128 stopovers in March 2023, 22.1% more than the 142,664 stopovers received in March 2022.
According to the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, The Islands of The Bahamas received 174,128 stopover visitors in March 2023, 22.1% more than the 142,664 stopovers received in March 2022.
Of the 174,128 stopover visitors who arrived in March, 156,922 (90.1%) were from the USA with 7,196 coming from Canada and 6,187 from Europe.
During March 2023 137,923 stopovers stayed in Nassau/Paradise Island, (79.2% of all stopovers), with 6,809 stopovers (3.9%) staying in Grand Bahama, and 29,396 stopovers (16.9%) staying in The Out Islands.
The Bahamas received 749,501 cruise visitors in March 2023.
During the first three months of 2023 The Bahamas saw a 49.7% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 309,364 stopover visitors in the first three months of 2022 to 463,195 stopovers in the same three months of 2023.
The number of visitors from the USA increased by 46.0% in the first three months of 2023, growing from 278,036 stopovers in 2022 to 405,820 stopovers in the same three months of 2023. The number from Canada grew from 11,126 in 2022 to 25,304 in the first three months of 2023, while the number from Europe grew from 11,667 in the first three months of 2022 to 19,903 in the same three months of 2023.
Nassau/Paradise Island saw a 55.2% increase in stopover arrivals in the first three months of 2023, growing from 230,023 stopovers in 2022 to 356,882 stopovers in the same three months of 2023, while Grand Bahama Island saw a 66.9% increase in stopover traffic, growing from 12,909 stopovers in 2022 to 21,544 in the same three months of 2023. Stopover traffic to the Out Islands increased by 27.6%, growing from 66,342 stopover visitors in 2022 to 84,769 in the same three months of 2023.
The Bahamas received 2,115,700 cruise visitors in the first three months of 2023.
Please note these numbers are preliminary and are subject to change.

Bermuda announces it received 12,145 air visitor arrivals in March 2023, 67.1% more than the 7,268 air visitors received in March 2022.
The Bermuda Tourism Authority recently released its first quarter 2023 tourist arrival numbers and announced that Bermuda received 12,145 air visitors in March 2023, 67.1% more than the 7,268 air arrivals received in March 2022.
Bermuda also received 13,320 cruise visitors in March 2023 and 374 visitors who arrived by yacht.
During the first three months of 2023 Bermuda received 24,667 air visitors, 100.9% more than the 12,280 visitors who arrived by air in the first three months of 2022.
Bermuda received 15,269 air visitors from the USA in the first three months of 2023, 61.9% of the overall total for the month and up 86.3% from the 8,195 visitors from the USA received in the first three months of 2022.
The Ministry of Tourism reports that the airlines serving Bermuda achieved an average load factor of 74.2% in the first three months of 2023, up 26.2 percentage points from the 48.0% average load factor achieved in the first three months of 2022.
The Ministry further reports that in the first three months of 2023 air visitors spent an estimated US$36,192,162, up 67.2% compared with the US$21,648,331 spent in the first three months of 2022.
The Ministry noted that per person spending for air leisure visitors fell by 16.6% falling from US$1,759 per person in 2022 to US$1,467 per person in 2023. The average length of stay year to date (10.47 nights) was 14.0% shorter than in 2022.
Bermuda’s hotels achieved an average room occupancy of 45.6% in the first three months of 2023, up 16.9 percentage points from the 28.9% achieved in the first three months of 2022. 69.8% of all visitors to Bermuda stayed in hotel accommodation in the first three months of 2023, up from 68.3% who did so in the first three months of 2022.
Bermuda received 22,784 visitors who arrived by cruise ship in the first three months of 2023 and 390 visitors who arrived by yacht. 
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International Tourism – 2023 starts on a strong note with the Middle East recovering 2019 levels in the first quarter.
UNWTO | May 10th 2023

• International tourist arrivals reached 80% of pre-pandemic levels in the first quarter of 2023 (-20% compared to the same quarter of 2019) boosted by strong results in Europe and the Middle East, compared to a 66% recovery level for the year 2022 overall.
• International tourism grew 86% in Q1 2023 compared to the same period last year (2022), showing continued strength at the start of the year.
• An estimated 235 million tourists travelled internationally in the first three months, more than double those in the same period of 2022.
• The Middle East saw the strongest performance (+15%) and is the first world region to recover pre-pandemic numbers in a full quarter. Europe reached 90% of pre-pandemic levels in Q1 2023, supported by robust intra-regional demand.
• Africa reached 88% and the Americas about 85% of 2019 levels, while Asia and the Pacific accelerated its recovery with 54% of pre-pandemic levels
• By subregion, Southern Mediterranean Europe (+1%) and North Africa (+4%) both recovered 2019 numbers.
• The  Caribbean saw a 39% growth in arrivals compared to the first quarter of 2022 but was still just 93.8% of the total for the first quarter of 2019.
• International tourism receipts recovered the USD 1 trillion mark in 2022, growing 50% in real terms compared to 2021, and reaching 64% of pre-pandemic levels.
• Strong results are expected in the coming Northern Hemisphere summer season backed by robust pent-up demand, the sustained recovery of air connectivity, and the recent reopening of China and other major Asian markets and destinations.
• The UNWTO Panel of Experts survey indicates that almost 70% of experts expect better performance in May-August 2023. Yet, most continue to believe international tourism will not return to 2019 levels until 2024 or later.
• In response to the challenging economic environment, tourists are expected to increasingly seek value for money and travel closer to home this year.

For a copy of UNWTO’s Tourism Barometer vol 21 issue 2 click here

Belize received 42,833 stopover visitors in April 2023, 9.2% more than the 39,228 visitors received in April 2022.
According to the Belize Tourism Board, Belize received 42,833 stopover visitors in April 2023, up 9.2% from the 39,228 stopover visitors received in April 2022.
Belize received 28,379 stopover arrivals from the USA in April 2023, 5,495 from Europe, 2,530 from Canada and 542 from Mexico. The 33,126 stopovers from the USA were 66.3% of all stopover visits and were down 3.5% compared with April 2022.
In the first four months of 2023 Belize saw the number of stopovers increase by 35.8%, from 137,045 stopover visitors in the first four months of 2022 to 186,152 in the first four months of 2023.
Stopovers from the USA increased by 17.8% in the first four months of 2023, from 107,223 in 2022 to 126,359 in the same four months of 2023. Stopovers from Canada grew from 6,901 stopover visitors in the first four months of 2022 to 14,796 visitors in the same four months of 2023, while stopovers from Europe grew from 10,809 stopovers in the first four months of 2022 to 22,828 visitors in the same four months of 2023.
Belize received 318,899 cruise visitors in the first three months of 2023, up 60.1% compared with the 199,244 cruise visitors received in the first three months of 2022.
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Cancun saw a 3.9% increase in international air passenger movements in April 2023 compared with April 2022.
According to ASUR, which manages many of Mexico’s airports, Cancun Airport saw a 3.9% increase in international passenger movements in April 2023, growing from 1,764,137 movements in April 2022 to 1,832,472 movements in April 2023. Domestic passenger movements increased by 16.4%, growing from 853,177 passenger movements in April 2022 to 992,922 movements in April 2023.
In the first four months of 2023, the volume of international air passenger movements increased by 14.8%, growing from 6,724,436 movements in 2022 to 7,720,690 movements in the first four months of 2023, while the volume of domestic air passenger movements increased by 22.3%, growing from 2,934,824 movements in the first four months of 2022 to 3,589,402 in the same four months of 2023.
In the first four months of 2023 international passenger movements accounted for 68.3% of all passenger movements, down from 69.6% in the same four months of 2022.
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Mexico received 2,021,923 international air arrivals in March 2023, up 1.6% compared with March 2022.
According to the Government of Mexico’s SECTUR (Department of Tourism) Mexico received 2,021,923 international air arrivals in March 2023, up 1.6% compared with the 1,989,120 arrivals received in March 2022.
Mexico received 1,204,311 air visitors from the USA in March 2023, 59.6% of the total. Canada was the second biggest market (307,742 visitors) with Colombia third largest (62,432 visitors).
Cancun Airport received 871,797 international air visitor arrivals in March 2023, 43.1% of the overall total. Los Cabos received 252,284 international air arrivals with Puerto Vallarta receiving 221,364 international air visitors.
In the first three months of 2023 the volume of international air arrivals to Mexico increased by 14.8%, from 5,018,537 arrivals in 2022 to 5,761,564 arrivals in the same three months of 2023.
The volume of air arrivals from the USA increased by 2.4% in the first three months of 2023, from 3,185,499 air arrivals in 2022 to 3,260,455 air arrivals in the first three months of 2023 while the volume from Canada grew from 510,811 in 2022 to 971,482 in the first three months of 2023.
Cancun Airport saw a 4.9% increase in international air arrivals in the first three months of 2023, growing from 2,393,902 arrivals in 2022 to 2,510,300 arrivals in the first three months of 2023 while Los Cabos saw a 21.9% increase growing from 549,713 international air arrivals in 2022 to 670,237 air arrivals in the first three months of 2023. Puerto Vallarta saw a 29.0% increase, growing from 505,536 international arrivals in 2022 to 652,077 international arrivals in the same three months of 2023.
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Dubai received 1,570,000 international visitors in March 2023, an 11.8% decline in visitors compared with March 2022.
According to the Government of Dubai’s Statistics Center, Dubai saw an 11.8% decrease in the number of international visitors in March 2023, falling from 1,780,000 visitors in March 2022 to 1,570,000 in March 2023.
The number one source market in March was India with 211,000 visitors, followed by the Russia with 129,000 visitors, and Saudi Arabia with 106,000 visitors.
In the first three months of 2023 Dubai received 4,670,000 international visitors, 17.6% more than the 3,970,000 visitors received in the first three months of 2022.
The number one source market in the first three months of 2023 was India which generated 612,000 visitors, 13.1% of the overall total, followed by Russia which generated 358,000 visitors, and the United Kingdom which generated 299,000 visitors.
As of March 2023, Dubai had 621 hotels offering 123,232 hotel rooms and 193 apartment hotels offering 25,645 units. The hotel sector achieved an average room occupancy of 83.0% in the first three months of 2023 with an ADR of US$165.40 and a RevPar of US$137.33 The apartment sector achieved an average occupancy of 86.0%.

Grenada received 16,369 stopovers in March 2023, 58.0% more than the 10,360 stopovers received in March 2022.
According to the Grenada Tourism Authority, Grenada saw a 58.0% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in March 2023, growing from the 10,360 stopover arrivals received in March 2022 to 16,369 stopover arrivals in March 2023.
Grenada received 59,010 cruise visitors in March 2023 and 2,386 visitors who arrived by yacht.
Grenada received 8,490 stopover arrivals from the USA in March 2023, 51.9% of all arrivals, and 2,621 stopovers from the UK, 16.0% of all stopovers for March.
Through the first three months of 2023, Grenada saw an 82.2% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 25,160 stopovers in the first three months of 2022 to 45,837 stopovers in the same three months of 2023.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 66.1%, from 13,685 in the first three months of 2022 to 22,734 in the same three months of 2023 while the number of stopover visitors from the U.K. increased by 16.7%, from 6,669 in the first three months of 2022 to 7,780 stopovers in the same three months of 2023.
Grenada has received 172,771 cruise visitors in the first three months of 2023 compared with 89,259 received in the first three months of 2022 and received 7,991 visitors who arrived by yacht compared with 3,257 who arrived by yacht in the first three months of 2022.

Los Cabos handled 441,500 international passenger movements in April 2023, 6.5% more than the 414,500 handled in April 2022.
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 April 2023, that is enplanements and deplanements, growing from 414,500 international passenger movements in April 2022 to 441,500 international passenger movements in April 2023.
Domestic traffic increased by 21.4%, growing from 214,000 passenger movements in April 2022 to 259,700 passenger movements in April 2023.
Through the first four months of 2023, Los Cabos Airport saw international passenger movements increase by 18.4%, from 1,539,400 in the first four months of 2022 to 1,822,600 in the same four months of 2023. Domestic passenger movements increased by 28.0% in the first four months of 2023, growing from 726,800 passengers in 2022 to 930,300 passengers in the first four months of 2023.
International passenger movements comprised 66.2% of all passengers movements in the first four months of 2023, down slightly from 67.9% in the first four months of 2022.

Montego Bay Airport handled 454,500 total passenger movements in April 2023, 13.0% more than the 402,200 handled in April 2022.
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 13.0% in April 2023, growing from 402,200 total movements in April 2022 to 454,500 movements in April 2023.
Through the first four months of 2022 Montego Bay Airport saw total passenger movements increase by 35.7%, from 1,330,300 in the first four months of 2022 to 1,805,400 in the same four months of 2023.
Thus far in 2023 international passenger movements made up 100.0% of all passenger movements.

Kingston, Jamaica Airport handled 146,000 total passenger movements in April 2023, 25.7% more than the 116,600 handled in April 2022.
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 25.7% in April 2023, growing from 116,600 total movements in April 2022 to 146,600 total passenger movements in April 2023.
Through the first four months of 2023, Kingston’s Airport saw total passenger movements grow by 40.5%, from 385,100 in 2022 to 540,900 in the first four months of 2023.
Thus far, in 2023, international passenger movements made up 100.0% of all passenger movements.

​Abu Dhabi targets 24m visitors this year, setting up solid gains for its hotels.
Significant changes in tourism strategy start showing results for Abu Dhabi
Dubai: May 1 2023
Abu Dhabi is setting sights on 24 million visitors during 2023, and with it, a sharp spike in hotel occupancy levels.
Abu Dhabi's tourism sector had a strong 2022, with hotel occupancy rates reaching 70 per cent, surpassing the Middle East average of 67 per cent, according to data from the government.
The emirate received 18 million visitors last year, a 13 per cent increase from 2021 as Abu Dhabi started to see gains from a recast tourism strategy that places a greater emphasis on offering local ‘experiences’ and as the place for global businesses and sectors to host conferences and exhibitions.
Last year, Abu Dhabi hosted more than 100 events during a 180-day period, including Grammy award-winning singer Sting, K-Pop sensations Blackpink and Oscar-winning Indian composer A.R. Rahman.
Abu Dhabi also proved itself as a leading destination for global sport by hosting key events such as the Grand Prix, NBA and UFC.
"The success we have achieved so far inspires us to strive for more," said Saleh Mohamed Al Geziry, director general for Tourism at DCT Abu Dhabi in a statement.
"We are committed to deliver on our ambitions for 2023 by further elevating the successful strategy of creating and delivering unique experiences for everyone to enjoy and diverse range of year-round events for visitors in collaboration with our global IP partners."
"We are committed to deliver on our ambitions for 2023 by further elevating the successful strategy of creating and delivering unique experiences for everyone to enjoy," said Saleh Mohamed Al Geziry, Director General for Tourism at DCT Abu Dhabi. "This is complemented by a MICE industry that continues to thrive, owing to the emirate’s world-leading venues, hotels and supporting facilities."
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The highest number of international visitors arriving from India, Saudi Arabia, the UK, and the US. "The improved domestic and international market performance can be attributed to increased destination awareness and consideration of Abu Dhabi’s increased range of year-round entertainment and sporting events, as well as trade events and roadshows," said the DCT - Abu Dhabi statement.
 
The Aruba Airport Authority reports it handled 120,211 departing passengers in March 2023, 15.1% more than the 104,462 departing passengers handled in March 2022.
The Aruba Airport Authority (AAA) reports that in March 2023 120,211 Revenue Generating Passengers (RGPs) departed Queen Beatrix International Airport (AUA Airport) to its various markets. This was 15.1% more than the 104,462 RGPs who departed in March 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 also handled 7,726 passengers in transit in March 2023 as well as 31  transferring passengers.
In March 2023 88,995 passengers (pax) travelled to the USA, 7,158 pax to Canada, 6,838 pax to Europe, 12,279 pax to Latin America and 4,941 pax to the Dutch Caribbean.
The airlines provided 146,977 outbound seats in March 2023, 8.3% more than the 135,657 seats provided in March 2022.
Airlines flying to the USA in March experienced an average load factor of 94.1%, 96.8% to Canada, while flights to Europe averaged an 84.1% load factor. The overall average load factor for all flights for March was 87.9%.
In the first three months of 2023 the airport handled a total of 337,125 RGPs, up 30.3% compared with the 258,802 handled in the first three months of 2022. Traffic to the USA increased by 22.7%, from 199,092 RGPs in the first three months of 2022 to 244,290 in the same three months of 2023. Traffic to Canada grew from 7,141 RGPs in 2022 to 21,118 RGPs in 2023, while traffic to Europe fell by 3.2%, from 21,375 RGPS in the first three months of 2022 to 20,688 RGPs this year.
Seat capacity increased by 3.8% through the first three months of 2023 from 399,361 available seats in the first three months of 2022 to 414,500 seats in the same three months of 2023.
The overall average load factor of outbound flights grew from 72.2% in the first three months of 2022 to 88.3% in the same three months of 2023. The average load factor of flights to the USA grew from 70.8% in the first three months of 2022 to 93.5% in the same three months of 2023.
On April 20th 2023, the airport issued a revised forecast for the number of available seats for CY 2023 and projects a total of 1,714,413 available seats for CY 2023, 0.8% more than the 1,701,062 seats provided in 2019. They forecast that the airport will handle 1,054,747 seats to the USA, 0.4% fewer than the 1,058,465 seats handled to the USA in 2022.
The AAA also forecast that the airport will handle a total of 1,358,589 RGPs in CY 2023, 7.3% more than1,265,965 RGPs handled in CY 2019.
The AAA stated that these projections are preliminary and subject to change.
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The Cayman Islands received 46,356 stopovers in March 2023, 104.7% more than the 22,643 stopovers received in March 2022.
According to the Cayman Islands Tourism Authority, The Cayman Islands saw a 104.7% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in March 2023, growing from 22,643 stopovers received in March 2022 to 46,356 stopovers received in March 2023.
The Cayman Islands also received 163,296 cruise visitors in March. The Cayman Islands reopened its ports to cruise ships on March 21st 2022 and received 17,283 cruise visitors in that month.
The Cayman Islands received 38,237 stopover arrivals from the USA in March 2023, which comprised 82.5% of all stopover arrivals during the month. The Cayman Islands also received 4,486 visitors from Canada and 1,344 visitors from the United Kingdom during that month.
The Cayman Islands saw the number of visitors grow from 40,689 in the first three months of 2022 to 120,926 stopovers in the same three months of 2023.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased from 31,217 in the first three months of 2022 to 98,390 in the same three months of 2023. The number of stopovers from Canada grew from 4,240 in the first three months of 2022 to 12,448 in the same three months of 2023  while the number of stopover visitors from the U.K. increased from 2,444 in the first three months of 2022 to 3,793 stopovers in the same three months of 2023.
The Cayman Islands received 474,794 cruise visitors so far in 2023.
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Jamaica received 229,456 stopover visitors in January 2023, 74.2% more than the 131,730 stopovers received in January 2022.
According to the Jamaica Tourist Board, Jamaica received 229,456 stopover arrivals in January 2023, 74.2% more than the 131,730 stopovers received in January 2022.
Stopover arrivals from the USA totaled 155,033 in January 2023, that is 56.9% more than the 98,827 stopovers received from the USA in January 2022. Stopover arrivals from the USA comprised 67.6% of all stopover arrivals received in January 2023. Jamaica received 43,378 stopovers from Canada in January 2023.
Jamaica received 155,772 cruise passengers during January 2023.

Hawaii reports the state received 892,239 out-of-state air arrivals in March 2023, 13.6% more than the 785,715 received in March 2022.
According to the Hawaii Tourism Authority, Hawaii saw the volume of air arrivals increase by 13.6% in March 2023, growing from 785,715 air arrivals received in March 2022 to 892,239 arrivals in March 2023.
And according to preliminary visitor statistics released by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), total spending for visitors arriving in March 2023 was $1.837 billion, up 20.4% compared with the $1.526 billion spent by visitors in March 2022.
Hawaii received 709,761 air arrivals from the mainland USA in March 2023, 79.5% of the overall total, 84,377 arrivals from Canada, 40,039 arrivals from Japan and 78,062 air arrivals from other markets.
Hawaii also received 8,561 cruise visitors in March 2023.
Overall person per trip expenditures increased by 5.5% from $1,933.90 in March 2022 to $2,039.50 in March 2023.
Through the first three months of 2022 Hawaii saw a 21.5% increase in the volume of air arrivals, growing from 1,976,585 air arrivals in the first three months of 2022 to 2,401,011 air arrivals in the same three months of 2023.
For the first three months of 2022, total visitor spending was estimated to be $5,369.6 million, 26.8% more than the $4,233.6 million spent in the first three months of 2022. Person per trip spending grew by 3.4% from $2,123.40 per person per trip in the first three months of 2022 to $2,195.00 per person per trip in the first three months of 2023.
Air arrivals from the USA increased by 7.3% in the first three months of 2023, growing from 1,760,017 air arrivals in 2022 to 1,888,463 air arrivals in the same three months of 2023, from Japan grew from 9,068 stopovers in 2022 to 98,994 in the first three months of 2023 and grew from 107,072 stopovers from Canada in 2022 to 175,738 in the same three months of 2023.
Hawaii received 45,319 cruise visitors in the first three months of 2023.

Cuba reports it received 263,470 international stopover visitors in March 2023,  104.1% more than the 129,067 received in March 2022.
The Cuban Government’s Office of National Statistics and Information (ONEI) recently announced that total international tourist arrivals increased by 104.1% in March 2023, growing from 129,067 international stopover arrivals in March 2022 to 263,470 arrivals in March 2023. This number includes both stopover visitors and cruise visitors.
Cuba received 134,233 stopovers from Canada in March 2023, 50.9% of all stopovers received for the month.
In the first three months of 2023 Cuba saw a 139.1% increase in total international arrivals, growing from 314,719 arrivals in 2022 to 752,459 stopovers this year.
Total tourist arrivals from Canada grew from 93,691 stopovers in the first three months of 2022, to 387,071 in the same three months of 2023 and was the number one source market with a 51.4% share.
Cubans living abroad accounted for 83,670 of all international visitors arriving in the first three months of 2023, up from 65,223 in the same three months of 2022.
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The Bahamas reports the islands received 155,044 stopovers in February 2023, 65.2% more than the 93,856 stopovers received in February 2022.
According to the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, The Islands of The Bahamas received 155,044 stopover visitors in February 2023, 65.2% more than the 93,856 stopovers received in February 2022.
Of the 155,044 stopover visitors who arrived in February, 134,878 (87.0%) were from the USA with 9,649 coming from Canada and 6,703 from Europe.
During February 2023 118,981 stopovers stayed in Nassau/Paradise Island, (76.7% of all stopovers), with 6,993 stopovers (4.5%) staying in Grand Bahama, and 29,070 stopovers (18.7%) staying in The Out Islands.
The Bahamas received 659,431 cruise visitors in February 2023.
During the first two months of 2023 The Bahamas saw a 72.2% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 166,700 stopover visitors in the first two months of 2022 to 286,981 stopovers in the same two months of 2023.
The number of visitors from the USA increased by 66.8% in the first two months of 2023, growing from 148,047 stopovers in 2022 to 246,989 stopovers in the same two months of 2023. The number from Canada grew from 5,599 in 2022 to 18,060 in the first two months of 2023, while the number from Europe grew from 7,530 in the first two months of 2022 to 13,625 in the same two months of 2023.
Nassau/Paradise Island saw an 80.1% increase in stopover arrivals in the first two months of 2023, growing from 121,221 stopovers in 2022 to 218,298 stopovers in the same two months of 2023, while Grand Bahama Island saw a 78.8% increase in stopover traffic, growing from 8,220 stopovers in 2022 to 14,696 in the same two months of 2023. Stopover traffic to the Out Islands increased by 44.9%, growing from 37,259 stopover visitors in 2022 to 53,987 in the same two months of 2023.
The Bahamas received 1,367,199 cruise visitors in the first two months of 2023.
Please note these numbers are preliminary and February be subject to change.

Costa Rica received 293,555 stopover arrivals in March 2023, 20.7% more than the 243,245 stopovers received in March 2022.
According to the Costa Rica Institute of Tourism (ICT), Costa Rica received 293,555 stopovers in March 2023, 20.7% more than the 243,245 stopovers received in March 2022.
Costa Rica received 159,628 stopovers from the USA in March 2023, 54.4% of the overall total, and 16.2% more than the 137,418 stopovers received from the USA in March 2022. Costa Rica also received 37,275 stopovers from Canada in March and 16,657 stopovers from Central America.
The volume of stopovers increased by 33.7% in the first three months of 2023, growing from 631,609 stopovers in the first three months of 2022 to 844,295 stopovers in the first three months of 2023.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 24.8% in the first three months of 2023, from 344,581 stopovers in 2022 to 429,977 in 2023 while the number from Central America increased by 37.6%, growing from 40,617 in the first three months of 2022 to 55,877 in the same three months of 2023.
The share of visitors from the USA fell from 54.6% in the first three months of 2022 to 50.9% in the first three months of 2023.
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Punta Cana received 448,779 tourists in March 2023, 19.0% more than the 376,987 tourists who visited in March 2022.
According to the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic, received 448,779 stopovers in March 2023, 19.0% more than the 376,987 stopovers received in March 2022.
Punta Cana saw its traffic from the USA grow by 27.3% in March 2023 to 209,598 visitors up from the 164,648 arrivals received from the USA in March 2022. Traffic from Canada increased from 69,963 arrivals in March 2022 to 111,792 arrivals in March 2023.
In March 2023, stopover arrivals to Punta Cana made up 60.6% of all non-resident arrivals to the Dominican Republic compared with 61.0% in March 2022.
According to the Dominican Republic’s Hotel Association Asonahores  the hotels in Punta Cana achieved an average room occupancy of 83.7% in March 2023 up from 75.5% achieved in March 2022.
During the first three months of 2023 Punta Cana saw a 26.9% increase in the volume of stopover arrivals, growing from 987,598 arrivals in the first three months of 2022 to 1,252,835 non-resident arrivals in the first three months of 2023.
Arrivals from the USA increased by 34.2% in the first three months of 2023, growing from 382,965 arrivals in the first three months of 2022 to 513,797 arrivals in the same three months of 2023. Traffic from Canada grew from 142,117 arrivals in the first three months of 2022 to 315,195 arrivals in the first three months of 2023. Traffic also increased from Argentina, growing from 34,589 arrivals in the first three months of 2022 to 50,472 stopovers in the same three months of 2023.
Traffic from Russia decreased from 39,509 arrivals in the first three months of 2022 to just 396 in the same three months of 2023.
In the first three months of 2023, stopover arrivals to Punta Cana made up 60.3% of all non-resident arrivals to the Dominican Republic compared with 57.6% in the same three months of 2022.
According to the Dominican Republic’s Hotel Association Asonahores  the hotels in Punta Cana achieved an average room occupancy of 84.7% in the first three months of 2023 up from 77.5% achieved in the same three months of 2022.

The Dominican Republic received 740,324 tourists in March 2023, 19.8% more than the 617,756 tourists who visited in March 2022.
According to the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic, received 740,324 stopovers in March 2023, 19.8% more than the 617,756 stopovers received in March 2022.
The Dominican Republic received 308,085 stopover arrivals from the USA in March 2023, up 25.5% from the 245,507 arrivals from the USA in March 2022. Arrivals from the USA comprised 41.6% of all arrivals in March 2023, up from 39.7% in March 2022.
Traffic from Canada grew from 86,137 arrivals in March 2022 to 148,573 arrivals in March 2023.
In March 2023 13.5% of all non-resident tourists arriving in the Dominican Republic were non-resident Dominicans returning home, down from 16.0% of all arrivals in March 2022.
According to the Dominican Republic’s Hotel Association Asonahores  the hotels in the Dominican Republic achieved an average room occupancy of 77.5% in March 2023 up from 71.7% achieved in March 2022.
In the first three months of 2023 the Dominican Republic saw a 21.1% increase in the volume of stopover arrivals, growing from 1,714,948 arrivals in the first three months of 2022 to 2,076,161 non-resident arrivals in the same three months of 2023.
Non-resident arrivals from the USA increased by 28.2% in the first three months of 2023, growing from 588,702 arrivals in 2022 to 754,784 arrivals from the USA in the first three months of 2023. Stopover arrivals from Canada grew from 175,506 in the first three months of 2022 to 425,689 in the same three months of 2023.
In the first three months of 2022 14.4% of all non-resident tourists arriving in the Dominican Republic were non-resident Dominicans returning home, down from 16.6% in the same three months of 2022.
According to the Dominican Republic’s Hotel Association Asonahores  the hotels in the Dominican Republic achieved an average room occupancy of 79.5% in the first three months of 2023 up from 72.9% achieved in the same three months of 2022.

The Maldives reports it received 173,514 stopover visitor arrivals in March 2023, 15.1% more than the 150,748 received in March 2022.
The Maldives Government’s Ministry of Tourism recently announced that The Maldives received 173,514 stopover visitors in March 2023, 15.1% more than the 150,748 stopovers received in March 2022.
In March 2023 Russia was the number one source market and generated 20,313 stopovers (11.7% share of the overall total) while India was number three with 18,099 stopovers (10.4% share). The UK was number three with 17,261 stopovers.
The Maldives saw the overall number of operating accommodation establishments grow by 26.8% from 970 in March 2022 to 1,230 establishments in March 2023.
The number of beds in operation grew by 10.6% from 54,661 in March 2022 to 60,476 in March 2023.
During March 2023 overall average room occupancy decreased by 0.6  percentage points from 67.2% in March 2022 to 66.6% for March 2023.
Of the 1,230 establishments in operation 170 were resorts which offered 41,241 beds. These resorts achieved a 74.2% average room occupancy during March 2023 down from 79.7% in March 2022.
The Maldives saw a 21.4% increase in total arrivals in the first three months of 2023, growing from 431,524 stopovers in the first three months of 2022 to 523,928 stopovers in the same three months of 2023 with Russia (65,060 visitors), India (56,208 visitors) and The UK (49,868 visitors) being the three largest source markets in these three months.
The Maldives saw the overall number of operating accommodation establishments grow by 27.3% from an average of 958 in the first three months of 2022 to an average of 1,220 establishments in the same three months of 2023.
The number of beds in operation grew by 10.9% from 54,316 in the first three months of 2022 to 60,230 in the same three months of this year.
Through the end of March 2023 overall average room occupancy had grown by 2.7 percentage points from 69.4% in 2022 to 72.1% for the first three months of this year.
Of the 1,220 establishments in operation 169 were resorts which offered 41,133 beds. These resorts achieved an 82.2% average room occupancy through the first three months of 2023 up from 82.1% for the first three months of 2022. Through the first three months of 2022 there was an average of 163 resorts in operation offering 38,903 beds.

Barbados received 50,917 stopovers in March 2023, 12.5% more than the 45,249 stopovers received in March 2022.
According to the Barbados Statistical Service, Barbados saw a 12.5% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in March 2023, growing from the 45,249 stopover arrivals in March 2022 to 50,917 stopover arrivals in March 2023.
Barbados received 124,430 cruise visitors in March 2023 from 77 cruise ship calls.
Barbados received 21,406 stopover arrivals from the United Kingdom in March 2023, 42.0% of all arrivals, and 11,351 stopovers from the USA 22.3% of all stopovers for March.
Through the first three months of 2023, Barbados saw stopover arrivals increase by 41.2% from 114,457 in the first three months of 2022 to 161,631 in the first three months of 2023.
The number of stopovers from the U.K. increased by 17.6% from 58,880 stopovers in the first three months of 2022 to 69,234 in the same three months of 2023 while the number of stopover visitors from the USA increased by 42.9%, from 25,006 in the first three months of 2022 to 35,734 stopovers in the same three months of 2023.
Barbados received 361,076 cruise visitors in the first three months of 2023.

​Curacao reports it received 45,914 stopover arrivals in March 2023, 13.3% more than the 40,541 received in March 2022.
According to the Curaçao Tourist Board, Curaçao saw a 13.3% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in March, growing from 40,541 stopovers received in March 2022 to 45,914 stopovers received in March 2023.
Curacao received 16,287 stopover visitors from the Netherlands in March 2023 26.8% fewer than the 22,252 received in March 2022 and 11,858 stopovers from the USA, 59.6% more than the 7,429 received in the same month of 2022. The 351 room Sandals Royal Curacao opened June 1st 2022 after having been closed for renovation.
And according to STR Curacao’s hotels achieved an average room occupancy of 70.5% in March 2023, almost identical to the 70.4% achieved in March 2022, with an ADR of US$247.98 up 12.9% from the US$219.73 achieved in March 2022.
Curacao received 42 cruise ship calls with 107,307 cruise visitors in March 2023, 78.1% more cruise passengers than in March 2022.
In the first three months of 2023 Curaçao saw a 22.5% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 111,484 visitors in 2022 to 136,518 visitors in the same three months of this year.
The number of stopovers from the Netherlands declined by 22.8%, falling from 67,507 visitors during the first three months of 2022, to 52,124 in the same three months of 2023  consequent upon a reduction in the number of air seats from Europe. The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 105.2% during the first three months, growing from 16,381 in 2022 to 33,621 in the same three months of 2023.
Stopover visitors stayed, on average, 9.4 nights in the first three months of 2023, down 10.3% from the 10.4 nights average stay achieved in the first three months of 2022.
Again, according to STR, Curacao’s hotels achieved an average room occupancy of 73.0% though the first three months of 2023, up 3.3 percentage points from the 69.7% achieved in the first three months of 2022. The ADR was US$252.32 for the first quarter of 2023, up 12.1% from the US$225.08 achieved in the same three months of 2022.
In the first three months of 2023 Curacao received 126 cruise ship calls which brought in 318,569 cruise passengers, 120.8% more than the 144,284 cruise visitors handled in the same three months of 2022.

Antigua and Barbuda reports it received 26,940 stopover arrivals in March 2023, 5.8% more than the 25,468 received in March 2022.
According to the Antigua Government’s Ministry of Tourism, Economic Development, Investment and Energy, Antigua saw a 5.8% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in March, growing from 25,468 stopovers received in March 2022 to 26,940 stopovers received in March 2023.
Antigua and Barbuda received 13,203 stopover visitors from the USA in March 2023 9.0% more than the 12,109 received in March 2022 and 6,673 stopovers from the United Kingdom, 29.6% fewer than the 9,484 visitors received in the same month of 2022.
Antigua and Barbuda also received 106,246 cruise visitors in March 2023, 75.9% more cruise passengers than the 60,415 received in March 2022.
In the first three months of 2023 Antigua and Barbuda saw a 35.1% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 64,877 visitors in 2022 to 87,667 visitors in the same three months of this year.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 42.6%, growing from 28,376 visitors during the first three months of 2022, to 40,450 in the same three months of 2023. The number of stopovers from the UK declined by 9.4% during the first three months, falling from 25,733 in 2022 to 23,324 in the same three months of 2023.
In the first three months of 2023 Antigua and Barbuda received 328,575 cruise passengers, 113.7% more than the 153,723 cruise visitors brought in the same three months of 2022.
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Aruba received 109,295 stopover visitors in March 2023, 14.0% more than the 95,912 stopovers received in March 2022.
According to the Aruba Tourism Authority, Aruba received 109,295 stopover arrivals in March 2023, 14.0% more than the 95,912 stopover visitors it received in March 2022.
Compared with March 2022, stopover arrivals from the USA increased by 8.8%, growing from 78,358 arrivals in March 2022 to 85,239 arrivals in March 2023. Arrivals from the USA comprised 78.0% of all arrivals in March 2023 down from 81.7% in March 2022.
Arrivals from Canada increased by 83.2%, growing from 4,078 visitors in March 2022 to 7,470 stopovers in March 2023. Arrivals from the Netherlands declined by 25.1%, falling from 4,229 in March 2022 to 3,168 in March of this year.
Aruba received 44 cruise ship calls in March 2023 and a total of 114,504 cruise passengers, with the volume of cruise visitors up 70.1% from the 67,326 received in March 2022. The average number of passengers per call grew from 1,683 visitors in March 2022 to 2,602 cruise visitors in March 2023.
In the first three months of 2023 Aruba saw a 31.1% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 233,666 visitors in the first three months of 2022 to 306,305 visitors in the first three months of this year. The number of stopovers from the USA grew by 24.8% during the first three months, from 187,028 in the first three months of 2022 to 233,376 in the same three months of 2023. The share of stopovers from the USA fell from 80.0% in the first three months of 2022 to 76.2% in the same three months of 2023.
Aruba received 139 cruise ship calls in the first three months of 2023 with 357,072 cruise passengers compared with the 121 calls cruise ships made in the same three months of 2022 with 155,236 passengers. The average number of passengers per call grew by 100.2%, from 1,283 visitors in 2022 to 2,569 visitors in 2023.

Puerto Rico saw its average hotel room occupancy reach 67.2% in December 2022 growing by 2.2 percentage points from the 65.0% achieved in December 2021.
According to the Puerto Rico Tourism Company (PRTC), the hotels and resorts endorsed by the PRTC saw the number of non-resident hotel registrations increase by 0.8% in December 2022, growing from 151,396 non-resident registrations in December 2021 to 152,635 registrations in December 2022. Registrations by local residents increased by 18.5%, growing from 51,275 in December 2021 to 60,567 in December 2022.
The PRTC reports that the number of hotel/resort available room nights decreased by 0.2%, falling from 424,894 in December 2021 to 423,770 in December 2022.
The number of occupied room nights increased by 1.9%, growing from 276,189 in December 2021 to 284,648 in December 2022.
Average room occupancy increased by 2.2 percentage points from the 65.0% achieved in December 2021 to 67.2% in December 2022.
ADR increased by 6.8% growing from $297.36 in December 2021 to $317.72 in December 2022.
In calendar year (CY) 2022 the number of non-resident hotel registrations increased by 5.2%, growing from 1,665,475 non-resident registrations in CY 2021 to 1,751,617 registrations in CY 2022. Registrations by local residents increased by 8.5% growing from 655,981 in CY 2021 to 711,267 in the same twelve months of 2022.
The number of hotel/resort available room nights increased by 3.8% in CY 2022, growing from 4,784,951 in CY 2021 to 4,940,700 in CY 2022. The number of occupied room nights increased by 9.5%, growing from 3,042,840 in CY 2021 to 3,330,484 in CY 2022.
The overall average room occupancy grew by 3.8 percentage points from 63.6% in CY 2021 to 67.4% in the same twelve months of 2022. ADR grew by 8.5% from $241.90 in CY 2021 to $262.41 in CY 2022. ADR in CY 2022 was 62.9% higher than for the same twelve months of 2019.

Trinidad and Tobago received 25,392 stopover visitors in March 2023, 73.6% more than the 14,626 stopover visitors received in March 2022.
According to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago’s Central Statistical Office, Trinidad and Tobago received 25,392 stopover visitors in March 2023, an increase of 73.6% compared with the 14,626 stopovers received in March 2022.
Of the 25,392 stopovers, 25,272 arrived by air and 120 by sea.
Trinidad received 23,861 stopover visitors in March 2023 with Tobago receiving 1,531.
Trinidad and Tobago received 11,714 stopover arrivals from the USA in March 2023, 3,924 from Europe, 3,613 from Canada and 6,141 from the rest of the world.
In the first three months of 2023 Trinidad and Tobago saw the number of stopovers increase from 34,761 in the first three months of 2022 to 82,252 in the same three months of 2023.
Stopovers from the USA grew from 16,486 in the first three months of 2022 to 39,712 in the same three months of 2023. Stopovers from Canada increased from 3,787 stopovers in the first three months of 2022, to 10,581 in the same three months of 2023 while stopovers from Europe grew from 6,156 in 2022 to 13,381 in the same three months of 2023.
Trinidad received 76,883 stopovers in the first three months of 2023, 93.6% of the overall total, with Tobago receiving 5,369 stopovers.
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The Bahamas reports the islands received 1,451,089 stopovers in CY 2022, 19.7% fewer than the 1,806,951 stopovers received in CY 2019.
During calendar year (CY) 2022 The Bahamas saw a 62.6% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 892,442 stopover visitors in CY 2021 to 1,451,089 stopovers in the same twelve months of 2022.
The 1,451,089 stopovers received in CY 2022 were 80.3% of the 1,806,951 stopovers received in the same twelve months of 2019.
The number of visitors from the USA increased by 55.8% in CY 2022, growing from 835,762 stopovers in 2021 to 1,302,302 stopovers in the same twelve months of 2022. The number from Canada grew from 11,515 stopovers in CY 2021 to 43,826 in the same twelve months of 2022, while the number from Europe grew from 18,156 stopovers in CY 2021 to 55,642 in the same twelve months of 2022.
Traffic from the USA was 89.7% of all stopover visitors in CY 2022 compared to 81.5% of total stopover visits in the same twelve months of 2019.
Nassau/Paradise Island saw a 72.4% increase in stopover arrivals in CY 2022, growing from 622,210 stopovers in 2021 to 1,072,708 stopovers in the same twelve months of 2022, while Grand Bahama Island saw a 69.4% increase in stopover traffic, growing from 39,757 stopovers in 2021 to 67,341 in the same twelve months of 2022. Stopover traffic to the Out Islands increased by 35.0%, growing from 230,475 stopover visitors in 2021 to 311,040 stopovers in the same twelve months of 2022.
Traffic to Nassau/Paradise Island in CY 2022 was 78.6% of the total for the same twelve months of 2019, while traffic to Grand Bahama was 64.3% of the total for the same twelve months of 2019, and traffic to the Out Islands was 92.0% of the total for the same twelve months of 2019.
Please note these numbers are preliminary and may be subject to change.

​Seychelles received 33,967 tourist arrivals in March 2023, 18.4% more than the 28,685 arrivals received in March 2022.
According to The Seychelles Government’s National Bureau of Statistics, The Seychelles saw an 18.4% increase in visitor arrivals in March 2023, growing from 28,605 arrivals received in March 2022 to 33,967 arrivals in March 2023. This number includes both air and sea stopover visitors, and transit visitors. Of the 33,967 arrivals, 33,830 were stopover visitors and 137 were transit visitors.
The number one source market in March 2023 was Germany, which generated 4,926 visitors (14.5% of the total for the month) followed by France, with 4,675 visitors (13.8%).
In the first three months of 2023 Seychelles saw a 12.8% increase in total visitor arrivals, growing from 77,655 arrivals in the first three months of 2022 to 87,567 arrivals in the first three months of 2023.
The number one source market in the first three months of 2023 was France which generated 11,635 visitors, 13.3% of all visitor arrivals for those first three months, followed by Germany, which generated 11,115 visitors, 12.7% of the overall total. Russia generated 10,964 visitors in the same three months.
During the first three months of 2023 Seychelles also received 9,773 cruise passengers who visited the country for the day, with a further 2,241 who disembarked and 2,556 who embarked upon a cruise vessel. 
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The Cayman Islands received 37,625 stopovers in February 2023, 209% more than the 12,182 stopovers received in February 2022.
According to the Cayman Islands Tourism Authority, The Cayman Islands saw a 208.9% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in February 2023, growing from 12,182 stopovers received in February 2022 to 37,625 stopovers received in February 2023.
The Cayman Islands also received 151,976 cruise visitors in February. The Cayman Islands reopened its ports to cruise ships on March 21st 2022.
The Cayman Islands received 30,059 stopover arrivals from the USA in February 2023, which comprised 79.9% of all stopover arrivals during the month. The Cayman Islands also received 4,151 visitors from Canada and 1,341 visitors from the United Kingdom during that month.
The Cayman Islands saw the number of visitors grow from 18,066 in the first two months of 2022 to 74,570 stopovers in the same two months of 2023.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased from 12,777 in the first two months of 2022 to 60,153 in the same two months of 2023. The number of stopovers from Canada grew from 2,202 in the first two months of 2022 to 7,962 in the same two months of 2023  while the number of stopover visitors from the U.K. increased from 1,486 in the first two months of 2022 to 2,449 stopovers in the same two months of 2023.
The Cayman Islands received 311,498 cruise visitors so far in 2023, 66.5% of the 468,345 cruise visitors received in the first two months of 2019.
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AHATA reports Aruba’s hotels achieved an 83.9% average room occupancy in March 2023, up 9.8 percentage points from the 74.1% achieved in March 2022.
The Aruba Hotel and Tourism Association (AHATA) reports that average hotel room occupancy in Aruba’s hotels in March 2023 was 83.9%, 9.8 percentage points higher than the 74.1% achieved in March 2022.
ADR was $382.19 in March 2023, 8.2% higher than in March 2022, while RevPar was $320.75, 22.6% higher than in March 2022.
AHATA received data from a sample of 22 hotels with 5,481 rooms in March of 2023, about 94% of all hotel rooms in Aruba, with the overall sample having 5.2% more rooms than in March 2022.
Aruba’s timeshare resorts reported an average occupancy of 89.9% in March 2023.
Through the first three months of 2023 AHATA reports that Aruba’s hotels achieved an average room occupancy of 83.5% compared with 62.2% for the first three months of 2022. Again, compared with the first three months of 2022, ADR grew by 14.7% from $355.34 in 2022 to $407.73 in the first three months of 2023. RevPar grew by 54.2% from $220.85 in 2022 to $340.51 in the first three months of 2023.
AHATA is forecasting an average room occupancy for Aruba’s hotels of 78.2% in April, 74.1% in May and 74.2% in June.

Grenada received 14,887 stopovers in February 2023, 86.6% more than the 7,976 stopovers received in February 2022.
According to the Grenada Tourism Authority, Grenada saw an 86.6% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in February 2023, growing from the 7,976 stopover arrivals received in February 2022 to 14,887 stopover arrivals in February 2023.
Grenada received 52,018 cruise visitors in February 2023 and 2,435 visitors who arrived by yacht.
Grenada received 7,595 stopover arrivals from the USA in February 2023, 51.0% of all arrivals, and 2,425 stopovers from the UK, 16.3% of all stopovers for February.
Through the first two months of 2023, Grenada saw a 99.1% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 14,800 stopovers in the first two months of 2022 to 29,468 stopovers in the same two months of 2023.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 74.8%, from 8,151 in the first two months of 2022 to 14,244 in the same two months of 2023 while the number of stopover visitors from the U.K. increased by 43.8%, from 3,585 in the first two months of 2022 to 5,157 stopovers in the same two months of 2023.
Grenada has received 113,761 cruise visitors in the first two months of 2023 compared with 51,606 received in the first two months of 2022 and received 5,605 visitors who arrived by yacht compared with 2,304 who arrived by yacht in the first two months of 2022.

​Mauritius received 105,663 stopover visitors in March 2023, 59.9% more than the 66,066 stopovers received in March 2022.
The Mauritius Government’s Ministry of Finance and Economic Development recently reported that the country received 105,663 total stopover arrivals in March 2023, 59.9% more than the 66,066 stopovers received in March 2022. This number includes both air and sea stopover visitors.
Mauritius received 23,589 visitors from France in March 2023, 22.3% of the overall total for the month, and the number one producing market. The number two source market was the United Kingdom which generated 12,486 visitors, 11.8% of the total for the month. Reunion Island generated 12,385 visitors and Germany 10,017 visitors.
Mauritius saw its stopover arrivals grow by 92.2% in the first three months of 2023 from 158,818 stopovers in 2022 to 305,197 in the first three months of this year. The number one source market in the first three months of 2023 was France with 81,822 stopover visitors (26.8% share), followed by Reunion with 34,779 stopovers, and the United Kingdom with 29,699 stopovers. These three markets together generated 47.9% of all stopovers in 2023.

​​Dubai received 1,630,000 international visitors in February 2023, a 34.7% increase in visitors compared with February 2022.
According to the Government of Dubai’s Statistics Center, Dubai saw a 34.7% increase in the number of international visitors in February 2023, growing from 1,210,000 visitors in February 2022 to 1,630,000 in February 2023.
The number one source market in February was India with 215,000 visitors, followed by the United Kingdom with 115,000 visitors, and Russia with 114,000 visitors.
In the first two months of 2023 Dubai received 3,100,000 international visitors, 41.6% more than the 2,190,000 visitors received in the first two months of 2022.
The number one source market in the first two months of 2023 was India which generated 401,000 visitors, 12.9% of the overall total, followed by Russia which generated 229,000 visitors, and Oman which generated 201,000 visitors.
As of February 2023, Dubai had 620 hotels offering 122,776 hotel rooms and 193 apartment hotels offering 25,674 units. The hotel sector achieved an average room occupancy of 84.0% in the first two months of 2023 with an ADR of US$165.94 and a RevPar of US$140.05. The apartment sector achieved an average occupancy of 88.0%.
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​U.S. citizens’ outbound travel from the USA to international destinations increased by 60.0% in January 2023 compared to January 2022.
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 January 2023.
The overall number of trips taken by US citizens to international destinations increased by 60.0% in January 2023, growing from 3,995,678 trips in January 2022 to 6,393,603 trips in January 2023.
The number of trips taken to the Caribbean increased by 58.3%, growing from 504,289 trips in January 2022 to 798,441 trips in January 2023.
The Caribbean’s share of all international trips declined from 12.6% in January 2022 to 12.5% in January 2023.
Trips to Europe increased by 117.7% in January, growing from 366,403 trips in January 2022 to 797,541 trips in January 2023. Trips to Europe were 12.5% of trips taken by US citizens in January 2023.
The number of trips taken to Mexico by air increased by 32.0%, growing from 855,823 trips in January 2022 to 1,129,414 trips in January 2023.
The percentage share of trips taken by air to Mexico decreased from 21.4% in January 2022 to 17.7% in January 2023.
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.
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The Aruba Airport Authority reports it handled 113,866 departing passengers in January 2023, 48.4% more than the 76,741 departing passengers handled in January 2022.
The Aruba Airport Authority (AAA) reports that in January 2023 113,866 Revenue Generating Passengers (RGPs) departed Queen Beatrix International Airport (AUA Airport) to its various markets. This was 48.4% more than the 76,741 RGPs who departed in January 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 also handled 8,933 passengers in transit in January 2023 as well as 82 transferring passengers.
In January 2023 80,342 passengers (pax) travelled to the USA, 7,609 pax to Canada, 7,626 pax to Europe, 13,075 pax to Latin America and 5,214 pax to the Dutch Caribbean.
The airlines provided 138,537 outbound seats in January 2023, 1.0% fewer than the 139,952 seats provided in January 2022.
Airlines flying to the USA in January experienced an average load factor of 95.5%, 92.1% to Canada, while flights to Europe averaged a 95.7% load factor. The overall average load factor for all flights for January 2023 was 89.6%.

The Maldives reports it received 177,915 stopover visitor arrivals in February 2023, 19.4% more than the 149,011 received in February 2022.
The Maldives Government’s Ministry of Tourism recently announced that The Maldives received 177,915 stopover visitors in February 2023, 19.4% more than the 149,011 stopovers received in February 2022.
In February 2023 Russia was the number one source market and generated 21,567 stopovers (12.1% share of the overall total) while India was number two with 19,497 stopovers (11.0% share). The UK was number three with 17,941stopovers.
The Maldives saw the overall number of operating accommodation establishments grow by 28.2% from 952 in February 2022 to 1,219 establishments in February 2023.
The number of beds in operation grew by 11.0% from 54,172 in February 2022 to 60,144 in February 2023.
During February 2023 overall average room occupancy increased by 4.1 percentage points from 72.6% in February 2022 to 76.7% for February 2023.
Of the 1,219 establishments in operation 170 were resorts which offered 41,049 beds. These resorts achieved an 87.5% average room occupancy during February 2023 up from 86.2% in February 2022.
The Maldives saw a 24.8% increase in total arrivals in the first two months of 2022, growing from 280,776 stopovers in the first two months of 2022 to 350,414 stopovers in the same two months of 2023 with Russia (44,747 visitors) and India (38,109 visitors) being the two largest source markets in these two months.
The Maldives saw the overall number of operating accommodation establishments grow by 28.0% from an average of 952 in the first two months of 2022 to an average of 1,219 establishments in the same two months of 2023.
The number of beds in operation grew by 11.0% from 54,172 in the first two months of 2022 to 60,144 in the same two months of this year.
Through the end of February 2023 overall average room occupancy had grown by 3.8 percentage points from 70.6% in 2022 to 74.4% for the first two months of this year.
Of the 1,219 establishments in operation 169 were resorts which offered 41,049 beds. These resorts achieved an 85.5% average room occupancy through the first two months of 2023 up from 83.3% for the first two months of 2022. Through the first two months of 2022 there was an average of 162 resorts in operation offering 38,822 beds.

Cancun saw a 5.5% increase in international air passenger movements in March 2023 compared with March 2022.
According to ASUR, which manages many of Mexico’s airports, Cancun Airport saw a 5.5% increase in international passenger movements in March 2023, growing from 1,951,459 movements in March 2022 to 2,058,778 movements in March 2023. Domestic passenger movements increased by 16.9%, growing from 784,985 passenger movements in March 2022 to 917,858 movements in March 2023.
In the first three months of 2023, the volume of international air passenger movements increased by 18.7%, growing from 4,960,299 movements in 2022 to 5,888,218 movements in the first three months of 2023, while the volume of domestic air passenger movements increased by 24.7%, growing from 2,081,647 movements in the first three months of 2022 to 2,596,480 in the same three months of 2023.
In the first three months of 2023 international passenger movements accounted for 69.4% of all passenger movements, down from 70.4% in the same three months of 2022.

San Juan International Airport handled 909,259 domestic passenger movements in March 2023, 6.4% more than the 854,401 handled in March 2022.
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 a 6.4% increase in domestic passenger traffic in March 2023, that is enplanements and deplanements from flights to and from the continental United States, growing from 854,401 domestic passenger movements in March 2022 to 909,259 domestic passenger movements in March 2023.
International traffic, that is passengers using flights to and from airports outside the continental United States, increased by 47.9%, growing from 63,835 passenger movements in March 2022 to 94,416 passenger movements in March 2023.
Through the first three months of 2023 San Juan International Airport saw domestic passenger movements increase by 19.4%, from 2,213,014 in 2022 to 2,641,899 in the first three months of 2023. International passenger movements increased by 49.2% in the first three months of 2023, growing from 177,705 passenger movements in 2022 to 265,109 passengers in the first three months of 2023.

Los Cabos handled 512,400 international passenger movements in March 2023, 10.5% more than the 463,900 handled in March 2022.
According to Aeroportuario del Pacifico, which manages many of Mexico’s airports, Los Cabos Airport saw a 10.5% increase in international passenger traffic in March 2023, that is enplanements and deplanements, growing from 463,900 international passenger movements in March 2022 to 512,400 international passenger movements in March 2023.
Domestic traffic increased by 27.6%, growing from 185,300 passenger movements in March 2022 to 236,500 passenger movements in March 2023.
Through the first three months of 2023, Los Cabos Airport saw international passenger movements increase by 22.8%, from 1,124,900 in the first three months of 2022 to 1,381,100 in the same three months of 2023. Domestic passenger movements increased by 30.8% in the first three months of 2023, growing from 512,800 passengers in 2022 to 670,600 passengers in the first three months of 2023.
International passenger movements comprised 67.3% of all passengers movements in the first three months of 2023, down slightly from 68.7% in the first three months of 2022.

Montego Bay Airport handled 491,300 total passenger movements in March 2023, 27.3% more than the 385,800 handled in March 2022.
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 27.3% in March 2023, growing from 385,800 total movements in March 2022 to 491,300 movements in March 2023.
Through the first three months of 2022 Montego Bay Airport saw total passenger movements increase by 45.6%, from 928,100 in the first three months of 2022 to 1,351,000 in the same three months of 2023.
Thus far in 2023 international passenger movements made up 100.0% of all passenger movements.

Kingston, Jamaica Airport handled 136,000 total passenger movements in March 2023, 38.1% more than the 98,500 handled in March 2022.
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 38.1% in March 2023, growing from 98,500 total movements in March 2022 to 136,000 total passenger movements in March 2023.
Through the first three months of 2023, Kingston’s Airport saw total passenger movements grow by 46.9%, from 268,400 in 2022 to 394,200 in the first three months of 2023.
Thus far, in 2023, international passenger movements made up 100.0% of all passenger movements.
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Saint Lucia received 34,638 stopovers in February 2023, 29.1% more than the 26,828 stopovers received in February 2022.
According to the Saint Lucia Tourism Authority, Saint Lucia saw a 29.1% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in February 2023, growing from 26,828 stopovers in February 2022 to 34,638 stopovers in February 2023.
Saint Lucia received 115,446 cruise visitors in February from 51 cruise ship calls and received 4,706 visitors in February 2023 who arrived by yacht.
Saint Lucia received 18,944 stopover arrivals from the USA in February 2023, which comprised 54.7% of all stopover arrivals during the month. Saint Lucia also received 8,100 visitors from the United Kingdom in February 2023 and 4,221 stopover visitors from Canada.
Through the first two months of 2023, Saint Lucia saw a 41.1% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 48,692 stopovers in the first two months of 2022 to 68,704 stopovers in the same two months of 2023.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 37.8%, from 26,949 in the first two months of 2022 to 37,138 in the same two months of 2023 while the number of stopover visitors from the U.K. increased by 5.2%, from 15,623 in the first two months of 2022 to 16,441 stopovers in the same two months of 2023.
Saint Lucia has received 230,629 cruise visitors in the first two months of 2023 compared with 73,384 received in the first two months of 2022 and received 10,029 visitors who arrived by yacht compared with 2,500 who arrived by yacht in the first two months of 2022.
 
The USVI received 70,115 air arrivals in February 2023, 0.4% fewer than the 70,370 air arrivals received in February 2022.
According to numbers published by the USVI Bureau of Economic Research, the USVI saw a 0.4% decrease in air arrival in February 2023, falling from the 70,370 air arrivals received in February 2022 to 70,115 air arrivals in February 2023.
The USVI received 170,249 cruise visitors in February 2023 from 51 cruise ship calls.
Through the first two months of 2023, the USVI saw air arrivals increase by 4.6% from 137,005 in the first two months of 2022 to 143,340 in the first two months of 2023.
The USVI received 355,097 cruise visitors in the first two months of 2023, from 112 calls, up from the 109,414 cruise passengers received in the first two months of 2022.

​Punta Cana received 397,790 tourists in February 2023, 25.6% more than the 316,672 tourists who visited in February 2022.
According to the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic, received 397,790 stopovers in February 2023, 25.6% more than the 316,672 stopovers received in February 2022.
Punta Cana saw its traffic from the USA grow by 36.1% in February 2023 to 160,776 visitors up from the 118,122 arrivals received from the USA in February 2022. Traffic from Canada increased from 43,269 arrivals in February 2022 to 100,244 arrivals in February 2023. Traffic from Russia collapsed from 17,104 arrivals in February 2022 to just 111 arrivals in February 2023.
In February 2023, stopover arrivals to Punta Cana made up 60.2% of all non-resident arrivals to the Dominican Republic compared with 55.9% in February 2022.
According to the Dominican Republic’s Hotel Association Asonahores  the hotels in Punta Cana achieved an average room occupancy of 85.8% in February 2023 up from 81.2% achieved in February 2022.
During the first two months of 2023 Punta Cana saw a 31.7% increase in the volume of stopover arrivals, growing from 610,611 arrivals in the first two months of 2022 to 804,056 non-resident arrivals in the first two months of 2023.
Arrivals from the USA increased by 39.3% in the first two months of 2023, growing from 218,317 arrivals in the first two months of 2022 to 304,199 arrivals in the same two months of 2023. Traffic from Canada grew from 72,154 arrivals in the first two months of 2022 to 203,403 arrivals in the first two months of 2023. Traffic also increased from Argentina, growing from 22,862 arrivals in the first two months of 2022 to 37,037 stopovers in the same two months of 2023.
Traffic from Russia decreased from 39,087 arrivals in the first two months of 2022 to just 267 in the same two months of 2023.
In the first two months of 2023, stopover arrivals to Punta Cana made up 60.2% of all non-resident arrivals to the Dominican Republic compared with 55.6% in the same two months of 2022.
According to the Dominican Republic’s Hotel Association Asonahores  the hotels in Punta Cana achieved an average room occupancy of 85.2% in the first two months of 2023 up from 78.6% achieved in the same two months of 2022.
 
The Dominican Republic received 661,094 tourists in February 2023, 16.8% more than the 566,235 tourists who visited in February 2022.
According to the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic, received 661,094 stopovers in February 2023, 16.8% more than the 566,253 stopovers received in February 2022.
The Dominican Republic received 237,240 stopover arrivals from the USA in February 2023, up 25.9% from the 188,447 arrivals from the USA in February 2022. Arrivals from the USA comprised 35.9% of all arrivals in February 2023, up from 33.2% in February 2022.
Traffic from Canada grew from 52,712 arrivals in February 2022 to 136,200 arrivals in February 2023.
However, traffic from Russia fell from 42,705 stopovers in February 2022 (7.5% of all arrivals) to 281 in February 2023.
In February 2023 14.1% of all non-resident tourists arriving in the Dominican Republic were non-resident Dominicans returning home, down from 16.2% of all arrivals in February 2022.
According to the Dominican Republic’s Hotel Association Asonahores  the hotels in the Dominican Republic achieved an average room occupancy of 82.0% in February 2023 up from 76.6% achieved in February 2022.
In the first two months of 2023 the Dominican Republic saw a 21.8% increase in the volume of stopover arrivals, growing from 1,097,192 arrivals in the first two months of 2022 to 1,335,837 non-resident arrivals in the same two months of 2023.
Non-resident arrivals from the USA increased by 30.2% in the first two months of 2023, growing from 343,195 arrivals in 2022 to 446,699 arrivals from the USA in the first two months of 2023. Stopover arrivals from Canada grew from 89,369 in the first two months of 2022 to 277,112 in the same two months of 2023.
In the first two months of 2022 14.9% of all non-resident tourists arriving in the Dominican Republic were non-resident Dominicans returning home, down from 17.0% in the same two months of 2022.
According to the Dominican Republic’s Hotel Association Asonahores  the hotels in the Dominican Republic achieved an average room occupancy of 80.5% in the first two months of 2023 up from 73.6% achieved in the same two months of 2022.
 
Barbados received 52,789 stopovers in February 2023, 42.5% more than the 37,033 stopovers received in February 2022.
According to the Barbados Statistical Service, Barbados saw a 42.5% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in February 2023, growing from the 37,033 stopover arrivals in February 2022 to 52,789 stopover arrivals in February 2023.
Barbados received 114,243 cruise visitors in February 2023 from 66 cruise ship calls.
Barbados received 23,022 stopover arrivals from the United Kingdom in February 2023, 43.6% of all arrivals, and 11,248 stopovers from the USA 21.3% of all stopovers for February.
Through the first two months of 2023, Barbados saw stopover arrivals increase by 60.8% from 69,208 in the first two months of 2022 to 111,281 in the first two months of 2023.
The number of stopovers from the U.K. increased from 36,608 stopovers in the first two months of 2022 to 47,828 in the same two months of 2023 while the number of stopover visitors from the USA increased from 14,350 in the first two months of 2022 to 24,383 stopovers in the same two months of 2023.
Barbados received 236,646 cruise visitors in the first two months of 2023.

Mexico received 1,805,777 international air arrivals in February 2023, up 15.4% compared with February 2022.
According to the Government of Mexico’s SECTUR (Department of Tourism) Mexico received 1,805,777 international air arrivals in February 2023, up 15.4% compared with the 1,564,496 arrivals received in February 2022.
Mexico received 1,005,152 air visitors from the USA in February 2023, 55.7% of the total. Canada was the second biggest market (317,336 visitors) with Colombia third largest (50,029 visitors).
Cancun Airport received 792,774 international air visitor arrivals in February 2023, 43.9% of the overall total. Los Cabos received 207,011 international air arrivals with Puerto Vallarta receiving 207,901 international air visitors.
In the first two months of 2023 the volume of international air arrivals to Mexico increased by 23.4%, from 3,029,417 arrivals in 2022 to 3,739,641 arrivals in the same two months of 2023.
The volume of air arrivals from the USA increased by 9.9% in the first two months of 2023, from 1,870,206 air arrivals in 2022 to 2,056,143 air arrivals in the first two months of 2023 while the volume from Canada grew from 296,275 in 2022 to 663,740 in the first two months of 2023.
Cancun Airport saw a 13.2% increase in international air arrivals in the first two months of 2023, growing from 1,447,031 arrivals in 2022 to 1,638,503 arrivals in the first two months of 2023 while Los Cabos saw a 30.5% increase growing from 320,276 international air arrivals in 2022 to 417,953 air arrivals in the first two months of 2023. Puerto Vallarta saw a 43.1% increase, growing from 300,978 international arrivals in 2022 to 430,713 international arrivals in the same two months of 2023.

Hawaii reports the state received 733,640 out-of-state air arrivals in February 2023, 17.6% more than the 623,691 received in February 2022.
According to the Hawaii Tourism Authority, Hawaii saw the volume of air arrivals increase by 17.6% in February 2023, growing from 623,691 air arrivals received in February 2022 to 733,640 arrivals in February 2023.
And according to preliminary visitor statistics released by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), total spending for visitors arriving in February 2023 was $1.638 billion, up 25.0% compared with the $1.310 billion spent by visitors in February 2022.
Hawaii received 582,065 air arrivals from the mainland USA in February 2023, 77.2% of the overall total, 54,860 arrivals from Canada, 26,650 arrivals from Japan and 70,065 air arrivals from other markets.
Hawaii also received 20,110 cruise visitors in February 2023.
Overall person per trip expenditures increased by 4.5% from $2,076.90 in February 2022 to $2,172.80 in February 2023.
Through the first two months of 2022 Hawaii saw a 26.7% increase in the volume of air arrivals, growing from 1,190,870 air arrivals in the first two months of 2022 to 1,508,772 air arrivals in the same two months of 2023.
For the first two months of 2022, total visitor spending was estimated to be $3,532.5 million, 30.5% more than the $2,707.8 million spent in the first two months of 2022. Person per trip spending grew by 1.7% from $2,247.50 per person per trip in the first two months of 2022 to $2,285.60 per person per trip in the first two months of 2023.
Air arrivals from the USA increased by 9.8% in the first two months of 2023, growing from 1,073,979 air arrivals in 2022 to 1,178,701 air arrivals in the same two months of 2023, from Japan grew from 5,031 stopovers in 2022 to 58,955 in the first two months of 2023 and grew from 52,597 stopovers from Canada in 2022 to 111,361 in the same two months of 2023.
Hawaii received 36,758 cruise visitors in the first two months of 2023.

Las Vegas received 3,081,800 visitors in February 2023, 17.8% more than the 2,616,600 received in February 2022.
According to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, Las Vegas saw the volume of visitors increase by 17.8% in February 2023, growing from 2,616,600 arrivals in February 2022 to 3,081,800 in February of 2023.
Las Vegas had a weighted average of 151,743 open hotel rooms in February 2023 (up 0.7% compared with February 2022) and achieved an average city-wide room occupancy of 82.2% (69.3% in February 2022), an ADR of $176.64 (up 18.1%) and a RevPar of $145.20 (up 40.1%).
Gaming revenue increased by 13.8% in February 2023, growing from $949.87 million in February 2022 to $1.081 billion in February 2023.
Through the first two months of 2023 Las Vegas saw a 24.9% increase in the volume of visitors, growing from 5,091,400 arrivals in the first two months of 2022 to 6,357,100 visitors in the same two months of 2023.
Las Vegas achieved an average city-wide room occupancy of 80.6% in the first two months of 2023 (up 16.5 percentage points compared with the first two months of 2022), an ADR of $184.37 (up 25.1% compared with the same two months of 2022) and a RevPar of $148.60 up 57.2%, also compared with the same two months of 2022.
Gaming revenue increased by 17.7% in the first two months of 2023, from $1.879 billion in 2022 to $2.211 billion in the same two months of 2023. 
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Trinidad and Tobago received 33,303 stopover visitors in February 2023, 193.0% more than the 11,368 stopover visitors received in February 2022.
According to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago’s Central Statistical Office, Trinidad and Tobago received 33,303 stopover visitors in February 2023, an increase of 193.0% compared with the 11,368 stopovers received in February 2022.
Of the 33,303 stopovers, 33,151 arrived by air and 152 by sea.
Trinidad received 31,424 stopover visitors in February 2023 with Tobago receiving 1,879.
Trinidad and Tobago received 18,080 stopover arrivals from the USA in February 2023, 5,252 from Europe, 3,916 from Canada and 6,055 from the rest of the world.
In the first two months of 2023 Trinidad and Tobago saw the number of stopovers increase from 20,135 in the first two months of 2022 to 56,860 in the same two months of 2023.
Stopovers from the USA grew from 9,183 in the first two months of 2022 to 27,998 in the same two months of 2023. Stopovers from Canada increased from 2,012 stopovers in the first two months of 2022, to 6,968 in the same two months of 2023 while stopovers from Europe grew from 3,961 in 2022 to 9,457 in the same two months of 2023.
Trinidad received 53,022 stopovers in the first two months of 2023, 93.5% of the overall total, with Tobago receiving 3,838 stopovers.

Cuba reports it received 239,734 international stopover visitors in February 2023,  141.6% more than the 99,224 received in February 2022.
The Cuban Government’s Office of National Statistics and Information (ONEI) recently announced that total international tourist arrivals increased by 141.6% in February 2023, growing from 99,224 international stopover arrivals in February 2022 to 239,734 arrivals in February 2023. This number includes both stopover visitors and cruise visitors.
Cuba received 123,395 stopovers from Canada in February 2023, 51.5% of all stopovers received for the month. The number of stopovers from Russia fell from 16,436 stopovers February 2022 to 10,314 in February 2023.
In the first two months of 2023 Cuba saw a 163.4% increase in total international arrivals, growing from 185,652 arrivals in 2022 to 488,989 stopovers this year.
Total tourist arrivals from Canada grew from 40,819 stopovers in the first two months of 2022, to 252,838 in the same two months of 2023 and was the number one source market with a 51.7% share. Stopovers from Russia fell from 35,866 in the first two months of 2022 to 20,589 in the same two months of 2023. Cubans living abroad accounted for 51,187 of all international visitors arriving in the first two months of 2023, up from 38,038 in the same two months of 2022.

Costa Rica received 278,296 stopover arrivals in February 2023, 39.0% more than the 200,164 stopovers received in February 2022.
According to the Costa Rica Institute of Tourism (ICT), Costa Rica received 278,296 stopovers in February 2023, 39.0% more than the 200.164 stopovers received in February 2022.
Costa Rica received 137,954 stopovers from the USA in February 2023, 49.6% of the overall total, and 28.3% more than the 107,529 stopovers received from the USA in February 2022. Costa Rica also received 39,208 stopovers from Canada in February and 19,424 stopovers from Central America.
The volume of stopovers increased by 41.8% in the first two months of 2023, growing from 388,364 stopovers in the first two months of 2022 to 550,740 stopovers in the first two months of 2023.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 30.5% in the first two months of 2023, from 207,163 stopovers in 2022 to 270,349 in 2023 while the number from Central America increased by 72.3%, growing from 22,767 in the first two months of 2022 to 39,220 in the same two months of 2023.
The share of visitors from the USA fell from 53.3% in the first two months of 2022 to 49.1% in the first two months of 2023.
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Saint Lucia received 34,066 stopovers in January 2023, 55.8% more than the 21,864 stopovers received in January 2022.
According to the Saint Lucia Tourism Authority, Saint Lucia saw a 55.8% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in January 2023, growing from 21,864 stopovers in January 2022 to 34,066 stopovers in January 2023.
Saint Lucia received 115,183 cruise visitors in January from 44 cruise ship calls and received 5,323 visitors in January 2023 who arrived by yacht.
Saint Lucia received 18,194 stopover arrivals from the USA in January 2023, which comprised 53.4% of all stopover arrivals during the month. Saint Lucia also received 8,341 visitors from the United Kingdom in January 2023 and 4,691 stopover visitors from Canada.

Belize received 48,476 stopover visitors in February 2023, 60.3% more than the 30,241 visitors received in February 2022.
According to the Belize Tourism Board, Belize received 48,476 stopover visitors in February 2023, up 60.3% from the 30,241 stopover visitors received in February 2022.
Belize received 33,126 stopover arrivals from the USA in February 2023, 5,951 from Europe, 4,285 from Canada and 534 from Mexico. The 33,126 stopovers from the USA were 68.3% of all stopover visits and were up 38.7% compared with February 2022.
Belize received 39 cruise ship calls in February 2023 with 102,228 cruise visitors.
In the first two months of 2023 Belize saw the number of stopovers increase by 62.6%, from 55,908 stopover visitors in the first two months of 2022 to 90,888 in the first two months of 2023.
Stopovers from the USA increased by 37.7% in the first two months of 2023, from 44,250 in 2022 to 60,938 in the same two months of 2023. Stopovers from Canada grew from 2,977 stopover visitors in the first two months of 2022 to 8,165 visitors in the same two months of 2023, while stopovers from Europe grew from 4,145 stopovers in the first two months of 2022 to 11,560 visitors in the same two months of 2023.
Belize received 202,624 cruise visitors in the first two months of 2023, up 92.2% compared with the 105,408 cruise visitors received in the first two months of 2022.

Hawaii’s hotels report a 4.7 percentage point increase in average room occupancy in February 2023 compared with February 2022, growing from 71.6% to 76.3%
According to the Hawai‘i Hotel Performance Report published by the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority (HTA), statewide hotel room occupancy increased by 4.7 percentage points from 71.6% in February 2022 to 76.3% in February 2023.
ADR grew by 9.5% from $353.62 in February 2022 to $387.39 in February 2023, while revpar grew by 16.7%, from $253.34 in February 2022 to $295.54 in February 2023.
Hawai‘i hotel room revenues statewide increased by 16.6%, growing from $393.5 million in February 2022 to $459.0 million in February 2023. Room demand increased by 6.5%, growing from 1,112,900 room nights in February 2022 to 1,184,800 room nights in February 2023 while room supply was unchanged at 1,553,000 available room nights.
During the first two months of 2023 statewide hotel room occupancy increased by 6.7 percentage points from 67.9% in 2022 to 74.6% in the same two months of 2023. ADR increased by 11.0% from $350.81 in 2022 to $389.33 in 2023 while revpar grew by 21.8%, from $238.34 in 2022 to $290.37 in 2023.
In the first two months of 2023, Hawai‘i hotel room revenues statewide increased by 21.5% from $780.4 million in 2022 to $947.9 million in 2023.
Room demand increased by 9.4%, from 2,224,500 room nights in the first two months of 2022 to 2,434,700 in the same two months of 2023. Room supply fell by 0.3% to 3,264,500 available room nights in 2023.
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 February, the survey included 155 properties representing 47,466 rooms, or 85.6 percent of all lodging properties with 20 rooms or more in the Hawaiian Islands, including full service, limited service, and condominium hotels. The February survey included 78 properties on O‘ahu representing 29,056 rooms (95.6%); 41 properties in the County of Maui, representing 9,829 rooms (72.8%); 16 properties on the island of Hawai‘i, representing 4,879 rooms (72.5%); and 20 properties on Kaua‘i, representing 3,702 rooms (76.3%).

​Jamaica received 271,458 stopover visitors in December 2022, 21.5% more than the 223,333 stopovers received in December 2021
According to the Jamaica Tourist Board, Jamaica received 271,458 stopover arrivals in December 2022, 21.5% more than the 223,333 stopovers received in December 2021 but 3.4% fewer than the 281,115 stopovers received in December 2019.
Stopover arrivals from the USA totaled 193,710 in December 2022, that is 2.4% more than the 189,156 stopovers received from the USA in December 2019. Stopover arrivals from the USA comprised 71.4% of all stopover arrivals received in December 2022.
Jamaica re-opened its ports to cruise ships in August 2021 and received 147,633 cruise passengers during December 2022.
During calendar year (CY) 2022 Jamaica saw a 69.2% increase in the volume of stopover arrivals, growing from 1,464,399 stopover arrivals in CY 2021 to 2,478,386 arrivals in the same twelve months of 2022.
The 2,478,386 stopovers received in CY 2022 were 92.4% of the 2,680,920 stopovers received in CY 2019.
Arrivals from the USA increased by 44.9% in CY 2022, growing from 1,278,679 arrivals in CY 2021 to 1,853,043 arrivals in the same twelve months of 2022.
The USA’s share of all stopover arrivals fell from 87.3% in CY 2021 to 74.8% in the same twelve months of 2022.
Jamaica received 852,294 cruise passengers in CY 2022, 45.1% fewer than the 1,553,230 cruise visitors received in CY 2019.
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The Central Bank of Aruba reports US$674.0 million in gross tourism credits for the fourth quarter of 2022, 24.1% more than for the fourth quarter of 2019.
The Central Bank of Aruba recently reported gross tourism credits of AFL 1.206 billion for the fourth quarter of 2022 (US$674.0 million), 24.1% more than the AFL 972.4 million (US$543.2 million) reported for the fourth quarter of 2019. The numbers for 2022 are preliminary and subject to change.
Tourism credits are defined by the IMF and UNWTO to be tourism receipts plus timeshare maintenance fees.
Aruba received 284,635 stopover visitors in the fourth quarter of 2022, 5.4% more than the 270,103 stopover visitors received in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Consequently, the average spend per stopover visitors increased by 17.7% from US$2,011 in the fourth quarter of 2019 to US$2,368 in the fourth quarter of  2022.
It is acknowledged that the gross tourism receipts include spending by cruise visitors. Aruba received 251,792 cruise visitors in the fourth quarter of 2022 who spent approximately US$29 million. In the fourth quarter of 2019 Aruba received 275,874 cruise visitors who spent about US$32 million.
Through calendar year (CY) 2022 the Central Bank of Aruba reports gross tourism credits of AFL 4.411 billion (US$2.46 billion), 17.9% more than the AFL 3.742 billion (US$2.09 billion) reported for CY 2019.
Aruba received 1,100,997 stopover visitors in CY 2022, 1.6% fewer than the 1,118,944 stopover visitors received in CY 2019.
Consequently, the average spend per stopover visitors increased by 19.8% from US$1,868 in CY 2019 to US$2,238 in CY 2022.
It is acknowledged that the gross tourism receipts include spending by cruise visitors. Aruba received 610,474 cruise visitors in CY 2022 who spent approximately US$70 million. In CY 2019 Aruba received 831,399 cruise visitors who spent about US$96 million.
Aruba’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) grew from index 100.0 in June 2019 to 106.4 by December 2022.
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Belize received 42,412 stopover visitors in January 2023, 65.2% more than the 25,667 visitors received in January 2022.
According to the Belize Tourism Board, Belize received 42,412 stopover visitors in January 2023, up 65.2% from the 25,667 stopover visitors received in January 2022.
Belize received 27,812 stopover arrivals from the USA in January 2023, 5,609 from Europe, 3,880 from Canada and 468 from Mexico.
Belize received 41 cruise ship calls in January 2023 with 100,396 cruise visitors.

The British Virgin Islands received 173,213 stopover tourist arrivals in CY 2022, 57.3% of the 302,499 stopover visitors received in CY 2019.
According to numbers published by the Central Statistics Office of the Government of the British Virgin Islands, the British Virgin Islands saw the volume of stopover visitor arrivals decrease by  42.7% in calendar year (CY) 2022, falling from 302,499 stopover tourist arrivals in CY 2019 to 173,213 tourist arrivals in CY 2022.
The British Virgin Islands received 59,289 stopover visitors in CY 2021.

The Turks and Caicos Islands received 549,161 stopover tourist arrivals in CY 2022, 12.8% more than the 486,739 tourists received in CY 2019.
According to numbers published by the Turks and Caicos Islands Tourist Board, the Turks and Caicos Islands saw the volume of stopover visitor arrivals increase by 12.8% in calendar year (CY) 2022, growing from 486,739 stopover tourist arrivals in CY 2019 to 549,161 tourist arrivals in CY 2022.
The Turks and Caicos Islands received 404,664 stopover visitors in CY 2021.
The Turks and Caicos Islands also received 734,446 cruise visitors in CY 2022, down 33.9% from the 1,111,818 cruise visitors received in CY 2019.

Aruba received 98,068 stopover visitors in February 2023, 25.8% more than the 77,961 stopovers received in February 2022.
According to the Aruba Tourism Authority, Aruba received 98,068 stopover arrivals in February 2023, 25.8% more than the 77,961 stopover visitors it received in February 2022.
Compared with February 2022, stopover arrivals from the USA increased by 17.8%, growing from 63,114 arrivals in February 2022 to 74,353 arrivals in February 2023. Arrivals from the USA comprised 75.8% of all arrivals in February 2023 down from 81.0% in February 2022.
Arrivals from Canada increased by 179.8%, growing from 2,678 visitors in February 2022 to 7,493 stopovers in February 2023. Arrivals from the Netherlands declined by 19.9%, falling from 4,395 in February 2022 to 3,519 in February of this year.
Aruba received 47 cruise ship calls in February 2023 and a total of 119,625 cruise passengers, with the volume of cruise visitors up 181.8% from the 42,447 received in February 2022. The average number of passengers per call grew from 1,088 visitors in February 2022 to 2,545 cruise visitors in February 2023.
In the first two months of 2023 Aruba saw a 43.0% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 137,754 visitors in the first two months of 2022 to 197,010 visitors in the first two months of this year. The number of stopovers from the USA grew by 36.3% during the first two months, from 108,670 in the first two months of 2022 to 148,137 in the same two months of 2023. The share of stopovers from the USA fell from 78.9% in the first two months of 2022 to 75.2% in the same two months of 2023.
Aruba received 95 cruise ship calls in the first two months of 2023 with 242,568 cruise passengers compared with the 81 calls cruise ships made in the same two months of 2022 with 87,910 passengers. The average number of passengers per call grew by 135.3%, from 1,085 visitors in 2022 to 2,553 visitors in 2023.

AHATA reports Aruba’s hotels achieved an 83.6% average room occupancy in February 2023, up 19.2 percentage points from the 64.4% achieved in February 2022.
The Aruba Hotel and Tourism Association (AHATA) reports that average hotel room occupancy in Aruba’s hotels in February 2023 was 83.6%, 19.2 percentage points higher than the 64.4% achieved in February 2022.
ADR was $422.92 in February 2023, 18.6% higher than in February 2022, while RevPar was $353.45, 53.8% higher than in February 2022.
AHATA receives data from a sample of 22 hotels with 5,418 rooms, about 94% of all hotel rooms in Aruba.
Aruba’s timeshare resorts reported an average occupancy of 92.0% in February 2023.
Through the first two months of 2023 AHATA reports that Aruba’s hotels achieved an average room occupancy of 83.3% compared with 55.9% for the first two months of 2022. Again, compared with the first two months of 2022, ADR grew by 18.2% from $356.76 in 2022 to $421.77 in the first two months of 2023. RevPar grew by 76.2% from $199.32 in 2022 to $351.30 in the first two months of 2023.
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Antigua and Barbuda reports it received 30,336 stopover arrivals in February 2023, 42.3% more than the 21,312 received in February 2022.
According to the Antigua Government’s Ministry of Tourism, Economic Development, Investment and Energy, Antigua saw a 42.3% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in February, growing from 21,312 stopovers received in February 2022 to 30,336 stopovers received in February 2023.
Antigua and Barbuda received 13,721 stopover visitors from the USA in February 2023 46.2% more than the 9,387 received in February 2022 and 8,433 stopovers from the United Kingdom, 0.9% fewer than the 8,511 visitors received in the same month of 2022.
Antigua and Barbuda also received 107,127 cruise visitors in February 2023, 140.4% more cruise passengers than the 44,558 received in February 2022.
In the first two months of 2023 Antigua and Barbuda saw a 54.1% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 39,409 visitors in 2022 to 60,727 visitors in the same two months of this year.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 67.5%, growing from 16,267 visitors during the first two months of 2022, to 27,247 in the same two months of 2023. The number of stopovers from the UK increased by 2.5% during the first two months, growing from 16,249 in 2022 to 16,651 in the same two months of 2023.
In the first two months of 2023 Antigua and Barbuda received 222,329 cruise passengers, 138.3% more than the 93,308 cruise visitors brought in the same two months of 2022 and 3,027 visitors who arrived by yacht, down 30.2% compared with the same two months of 2022.

St. Vincent and the Grenadines received 62,303 stopover visitors in CY 2022, 72.8% of the 85,546 stopover visitors received in CY 2019.
According to numbers published by the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, St. Vincent and the Grenadines saw the volume of stopover visitors decline by 27.2% in calendar year (CY) 2022, falling from 85,546 tourist arrivals received in CY 2019 to 62,303 stopover arrivals in CY 2022. St. Vincent and the Grenadines received 24,230 stopover visitors in CY 2021.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines also received 120,315 cruise visitors in CY 2022, down 52.9% from the 255,225 cruise visitors received in CY 2019 and 38,452 visitors who arrived by yacht, down 38.0% from the 62,051 visitors who arrived by yacht in CY 2019.
The number one source of stopover visitors in CY 2022 was the USA with 26,057 arrivals, (41.8% of the overall total), followed by the United Kingdom with 13,452 stopover arrivals (21.7%) and the Caribbean with 10,805 arrivals.
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St. Kitts and Nevis received 79,767 stopover visitors in CY 2022, 66.4% of the 120,142 stopover visitors received in CY 2019.
According to numbers published by the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, St. Kitts and Nevis saw the volume of stopover visitors decline by 33.6% in calendar year (CY) 2022, falling from 120,142 tourist arrivals received in CY 2019 to 79,767 stopover arrivals in CY 2022. St. Kitts and Nevis received 20,210 stopover visitors in CY 2021.
St. Kitts and Nevis also received 452,433 cruise visitors in CY 2022, down 57.0% from the 1,053,388 cruise visitors received in CY 2019 and 2,202 visitors who arrived by yacht, down 46.8% from the 4,140 visitors who arrived by yacht in CY 2019.
The number one source of stopover visitors in CY 2022 was the USA with 52,448 arrivals, (65.8% of the overall total), followed by the Caribbean with 12,199 stopover arrivals (15.3%) and the United Kingdom with 6,707 arrivals.

Montserrat received 4,028 stopover visitors in CY 2022, 38.7% of the 10,402 stopover visitors received in CY 2019.
According to numbers published by the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, Montserrat saw the volume of stopover visitors decline by 61.3% in calendar year (CY) 2022, falling from 10,402 tourist arrivals received in CY 2019 to 4,028 stopover arrivals in CY 2022. Montserrat received 1,591 stopover visitors in CY 2021.
Montserrat also received 618 cruise visitors in CY 2022, down 90.9% from the 6,821 cruise visitors received in CY 2019 and 229 visitors who arrived by yacht, down 86.1% from the 1,653 visitors who arrived by yacht in CY 2019.
The number one source of stopover visitors in CY 2022 was the United Kingdom with 1,452 arrivals, (36.0% of the overall total), followed by the USA with 1,201 stopover arrivals (29.8%) and the Caribbean with 1,005 arrivals.

Dominica received 62,652 stopover visitors in CY 2022, 70.2% of the 89,264 stopover visitors received in CY 2019.
According to numbers published by the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, Dominica saw the volume of stopover visitors decline by 29.8% in calendar year (CY) 2022, falling from 89,264 tourist arrivals received in CY 2019 to 62,652 stopover arrivals in CY 2022. Dominica received 14,728 stopover visitors in CY 2021.
Dominica also received 166,015 cruise visitors in CY 2022, down 27.7% from the 229,747 cruise visitors received in CY 2019 and 5,595 visitors who arrived by yacht, down 58.2% from the 13,388 visitors who arrived by yacht in CY 2019.
The number one source of stopover visitors in CY 2022 was the Caribbean with 29,582 arrivals, (47.2% of the overall total), followed by the USA with 18,237 stopover arrivals (29.1%) and the United Kingdom with 4,218 arrivals.

Anguilla received 58,145 stopover visitors in CY 2022, 62.0% of the 95,375 stopover visitors received in CY 2019.
According to numbers published by the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, Anguilla saw the volume of stopover visitors decline by 38.0% in calendar year (CY) 2022, falling from 95,375 tourist arrivals received in CY 2019 to 59,145 stopover arrivals in CY 2022. Anguilla received 28,376 stopover visitors in CY 2021.
Anguilla also received 13,311 excursionists (day visitors) in CY 2022, down 81.2% from the 70,976 excursionists received in CY 2019.
The number one source of stopover visitors in CY 2022 was the USA with 44,026 arrivals, (74.4% of the overall total), followed by the Caribbean with 4,383 stopover arrivals (7.4%) and the United Kingdom with 2,968 arrivals.
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The Maldives reports it received 172,499 stopover visitor arrivals in January 2023, 30.9% more than the 131,765 received in January 2022.
The Maldives Government’s Ministry of Tourism recently announced that The Maldives received 172,499 stopover visitors in January 2023, 30.9% more than the 131,765 stopovers received in January 2022.
In January 2023 Russia was the number one source market and generated 23,180 stopovers (13.4% share of the overall total) while India was number two with 18,612 stopovers (10.8% share). Italy was number three with 16,946 stopovers.
The Maldives saw the overall number of operating accommodation establishments grow by 27.7% from 951 in January 2022 to 1,214 establishments in January 2023.
The number of beds in operation grew by 11.0% from 54,114 in January 2022 to 60,076 in January 2023.
During January 2023 overall average room occupancy increased by 0.6 percentage points from 68.6% in January 2022 to 69.2% for January 2023.
Of the 1,214 establishments in operation 168 were resorts which offered 41,049 beds. These resorts achieved an 82.7% average room occupancy during January 2023 up from 80.4% in January 2022.
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Mauritius received 91,850 stopover visitors in February 2023, 74.2% more than the 52,724 stopovers received in February 2022.
The Mauritius Government’s Ministry of Finance and Economic Development recently reported that the country received 91,850 total stopover arrivals in February 2023, 74.2% more than the 52,724 stopovers received in February 2022. This number includes both air and sea stopover visitors.
Mauritius received 30,211 visitors from France in February 2023, 32.9% of the overall total for the month, and the number one producing market. The number two source market was the United Kingdom which generated 8,608 visitors, 9.4% of the total for the month. Germany generated 8,176 visitors.
Mauritius saw its stopover arrivals grow by 115.1% in the first two months of 2023 from 92,752 stopovers in 2022 to 199,534 in the first two months of this year. The number one source market in the first two months of 2023 was France with 58,233 stopover visitors (29.2%), followed by Reunion with 22,394 stopovers, and the United Kingdom with 17,203 stopovers. These three markets together generated 49.0% of all stopovers in 2023.

Puerto Rico saw its average hotel room occupancy reach 63.3% in November 2022 growing by 1.3 percentage points from the 62.0% achieved in November 2021.
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 7.8% in November 2022, falling from 136,287 non-resident registrations in November 2021 to 125,721 registrations in November 2022. Registrations by local residents increased however, by 17.3%, growing from 49,562 in November 2021 to 58,139 in November 2022.
The PRTC reports that the number of hotel/resort available room nights decreased by 1.2%, falling from 409,785 in November 2021 to 405,071 in November 2022.
The number of occupied room nights increased by 1.0%, growing from 253,885 in November 2021 to 256,532 in November 2022.
Average room occupancy increased by 1.3 percentage points from the 66.2% achieved in November 2021 to 63.3% in November 2022.
ADR increased by 1.2% falling from $237.57 in November 2021 to $240.36 in November 2022.
In the first eleven months of 2022 the number of non-resident hotel registrations increased by 5.6%, growing from 1,514,079 non-resident registrations in the first eleven months of 2021 to 1,599,084 registrations in the first eleven months of 2022. Registrations by local residents increased by 7.7% growing from 604,706 in 2021 to 651,166 in the same eleven months of 2022.
The number of hotel/resort available room nights increased by 3.6% in the first eleven months of 2022, growing from 4,360,057 in 2021 to 4,516,930 in 2022. The number of occupied room nights increased by 10.1%, growing from 2,766,651 in 2021 to 3,045,836 in 2022.
The overall average room occupancy grew by 3.4 percentage points from 64.0% in the first eleven months of 2021 to 67.4% in the same eleven months of 2022. ADR grew by 10.9% from $231.87 in 2021 to $257.24 in the same eleven months of 2022. ADR in the first eleven months of 2022 was 59.7% higher than for the same eleven months of 2019.

Curacao reports it received 42,562 stopover arrivals in February 2023, 20.1% more than the 35,453 received in February 2022.
According to the Curaçao Tourist Board, Curaçao saw a 20.1% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in February, growing from 35,453 stopovers received in February 2022 to 42,562 stopovers received in February 2023.
Curacao received 16,025 stopover visitors from the Netherlands in February 2023 25.9% fewer than the 21,624 received in February 2022 and 10,700 stopovers from the USA, 94.8% more than the 5,494 received in the same month of 2022. The 351 room Sandals Royal Curacao opened June 1st 2022 after having been closed for renovation.
Curacao received 42 cruise ship calls with 103,563 cruise visitors in February 2023, 135.4% more cruise passengers than in February 2022.
In the first two months of 2023 Curaçao saw a 27.7% increase in the number of stopover visitors, growing from 70,943 visitors in 2022 to 90,604 visitors in the same two months of this year.
The number of stopovers from the Netherlands declined by 20.8%, falling from 45,255 visitors during the first two months of 2022, to 35,837 in the same two months of 2023  consequent upon a reduction in the number of air seats from Europe. The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 143.1% during the first two months, growing from 8,952 in 2022 to 21,763 in the same two months of 2023.
Stopover visitors stayed, on average, 9.7 nights in the first two months of 2023, down 10.7% from the 10.9 nights average stay achieved in the first two months of 2022.
In the first two months of 2023 Curacao received 84 cruise ship calls which brought in 211,262 cruise passengers, 151.4% more than the 84,047 cruise visitors brought in the same two months of 2022.

​Dubai received 1,470,000 international visitors in January 2023, a 50.0% increase in visitors compared with January 2022.
According to the Government of Dubai’s Statistics Center, Dubai saw a 50.0% increase in the number of international visitors in January 2023, growing from 980,000 visitors in January 2022 to 1,470,000 in January 2023.
The number one source market in January was India with 186,000 visitors, followed by Russia, with 115,000 visitors and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with 98,000 visitors.
As of January 2023, Dubai had 616 hotels offering 121,527 hotel rooms and 193 apartment hotels offering 25,672 units. The hotel sector achieved an average room occupancy of 80.0% in January 2023 with an ADR of US$164.31 and a RevPar of US$131.88. The apartment sector achieved an average occupancy of 84.0%.

U.S. citizens’ outbound travel from the USA to international destinations increased by 38.5% in December 2022 compared to December 2021.
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 December 2022.
The overall number of trips taken by US citizens to international destinations increased by 38.5% in December 2022, growing from 6,006,790 trips in December 2021 to 8,318,147 trips in December 2022.
The number of trips taken to the Caribbean increased by 24.9%, growing from 760,386 trips in December 2021 to 949,729 trips in December 2022.
The 949,729 trips taken to the Caribbean in December 2022 were 14.4% more than the 830,181 trips taken to the Caribbean in December 2019.
The Caribbean’s share of all international trips increased from 9.4% in December 2019 to 11.4% in December 2022.
Trips to Europe increased by 95.0% in December, growing from 649,396 trips in December 2021 to 1,266,416 trips in December 2022. Trips to Europe were 15.2% of trips taken by US citizens in December 2022.
The 1,266,416 trips taken by US citizens to Europe in December 2022 were 98.3% of the 1,288,911 trips taken to Europe in December 2019.
The number of trips taken to Mexico by air increased by 7.1%, growing from 1,241,731 trips in December 2021 to 1,330,260 trips in December 2022.
The 1,330,260 trips were 26.3% more than the 1,052,845 trips taken to Mexico by air by US citizens in December 2019.
The percentage share of trips taken by air to Mexico increased from 11.9% in December 2019 to 16.0% in December 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 calendar year (CY) 2022:
The overall number of trips taken by US citizens to international destinations increased by 65.7% in CY 2022, growing from 48.7 million trips in CY 2021 to 80.7 million trips in the same twelve months of 2022.
The 80,729,711 total international trips taken in CY 2022 were 81.3% of the 99,270,496 trips taken in CY 2019.
The number of trips taken to the Caribbean increased by 46.5% in CY 2022, growing from 6,398,693 trips in CY 2021, to 9,207,788 trips in CY 2022. The share of trips taken to the Caribbean fell from 13.1% for CY 2021 to 11.4% in CY 2022.
The 9,207,788 trips taken to the Caribbean in CY 2022 were 98.3% of the 9,367,829 trips taken by US residents to the Caribbean in CY 2019.
Trips to Europe grew from 5,238,121 trips in CY 2021 to 15,821,521 trips in the same twelve months of 2022. The 15,821,521 trips taken in 2022 were 83.1% of the 19,049,368 trips taken to Europe in CY 2019.
The number of trips taken to Mexico by air grew by 27.9%, from 10,076,672 trips in CY  2021 to 12,890,034 in the same twelve months of 2022. The 12,890,034 trips were 27.5% more than the 10,106,672 trips taken by US citizens by air to Mexico in CY 2019.
This segment’s share of all trips fell from 20.7% in CY 2021 to 16.0% in the same twelve months of 2022 but grew substantially from the 10.2% share seen in CY 2019.

​Panama received 1,488,401 tourist arrivals in CY 2022, 15.1% fewer than the 1,752,645 tourists received in CY 2019.
According to numbers published by the Autoridad de Turismo de Panama, Panama saw the volume of air arrivals decline by 15.1% in calendar year (CY) 2022, falling from 1,752,645 tourist arrivals in CY 2019 to 1,488,401 tourist arrivals in CY 2022.
Panama also received 159,049 cruise visitors in CY 2022, down 56.5% from the 365,359 cruise visitors received in CY 2019 and 298,196 day visitors, down 20.7% from the 375,893 day visitors received in CY 2019.
The majority of tourists arrived in Panama at the Tocumen International Airport, which received 1,520,177 arrivals in CY 2022, 86.6% of the 1,755,081 tourist arrivals received in CY 2019.
The number one source of tourists in CY 2022 was the USA with 331,184 arrivals, (21.8% of the overall total), followed by Colombia with 251,229 arrivals and Venezuela with 78,701 arrivals.

Cancun saw a 22.4% increase in international air passenger movements in February 2023 compared with February 2022.
According to ASUR, which manages many of Mexico’s airports, Cancun Airport saw a 22.4% increase in international passenger movements in February 2023, growing from 1,508,779 movements in February 2022 to 1,846,489 movements in February 2023. Domestic passenger movements increased by 26.3%, growing from 604,798 passenger movements in February 2022 to 763,729 movements in February 2023.
In the first two months of 2023, the volume of international air passenger movements increased by 27.3%, growing from 3,008,840 movements in 2022 to 3,829,440 movements in the first two months of 2023, while the volume of domestic air passenger movements increased by 29.5%, growing from 1,296,662 movements in the first two months of 2022 to 1,678,622 in the same two months of 2023.
In the first two months of 2023 international passenger movements accounted for 69.5% of all passenger movements, down from 69.9% in the same two months of 2022.

San Juan International Airport handled 794,414 domestic passenger movements in February 2023, 18.1% more than the 672,555 handled in February 2022.
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 18.1% increase in domestic passenger traffic in February 2023, that is enplanements and deplanements from flights to and from the continental United States, growing from 672,555 domestic passenger movements in February 2022 to 794,414 domestic passenger movements in February 2023.
International traffic, that is passengers using flights to and from airports outside the continental United States, increased by 50.3%, growing from 53,231 passenger movements in February 2022 to 79,992 passenger movements in February 2023.
Through the first two months of 2023 San Juan International Airport saw domestic passenger movements increase by 27.5%, from 1,358,613 in 2022 to 1,732,640 in the first two months of 2023. International passenger movements increased by 49.9% in the first two months of 2023, growing from 113,870 passenger movements in 2022 to 170,693 passengers in the first two months of 2023.
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Seychelles received 30,285 tourist arrivals in February 2023, 10.5% more than the 27,404 arrivals received in February 2022.
According to The Seychelles Government’s National Bureau of Statistics, The Seychelles saw a 10.5% increase in visitor arrivals in February 2023, growing from 27,404 arrivals received in February 2022 to 30,285 arrivals in February 2023. This number includes both air and sea stopover visitors, and transit visitors. Of the 30,285 arrivals, 30,104 were stopover visitors and 181 were transit visitors.
The number one source market in February 2023 was France, which generated 4,789 visitors (15.8% of the total for the month) followed by Germany, with 3,674 visitors (12.1%).
In the first two months of 2023 Seychelles saw a 9.5% increase in total visitor arrivals, growing from 48,970 arrivals in the first two months of 2022 to 53,600 arrivals in the first two months of 2023.
The number one source market in the first two months of 2023 was Russia which generated 7,264 visitors, 13.6% of all visitor arrivals for those first two months, followed by France, which generated 6,960 visitors, 13.0% of the overall total. Germany generated 6,189 visitors in the same two months.
Seychelles also received 8,015 cruise passengers who visited the country for the day with a further 1,569 who disembarked and 1,908 who embarked upon a cruise vessel. 
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Costa Rica received 272,444 stopover arrivals in January 2023, 44.8% more than the 188,200 stopovers received in January 2022.
According to the Costa Rica Institute of Tourism (ICT), Costa Rica received 272,444 stopovers in January 2023, 44.8% more than the 188,200 stopovers received in January 2022.
Costa Rica received 132,395 stopovers from the USA in January 2023, 48.6% of the overall total, and 32.9% more than the 99,634 stopovers received from the USA in January 2022. Costa Rica also received 41,778 stopovers from Canada in January and 19,796 stopovers from Central America.
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Hawaii reports the state received 775,132 out-of-state tourists in January 2023, 36.7% more than the 567,179 received in January 2022.
According to the Hawaii Tourism Authority, Hawaii saw the volume of air arrivals increase by 36.7% in January 2023, growing from 567,179 air arrivals received in January 2022 to 775,132 arrivals in January 2023.
And according to preliminary visitor statistics released by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), total spending for visitors arriving in January 2023 was $1.895 billion, up 35.5% compared with the $1.398 billion spent by visitors in January 2022.
Hawaii received 596,637 air arrivals from the mainland USA in January 2023, 77.0% of the overall total, 56,501 arrivals from Canada, 32,305 arrivals from Japan and 89,689 air arrivals from other markets. 
Hawaii also received 16,648 cruise visitors in January 2023.
Overall person per trip expenditures fell by 1.7% from $2,434.90 in January 2022 to $2,393.00 in January 2023.

Las Vegas received 3,275,300 visitors in January 2023, 32.3% more than the 2,474,800 received in January 2022.
According to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, Las Vegas saw the volume of visitors increase by 32.3% in January 2023, growing from 2,474,800 arrivals in January 2022 to 3,275,300 in January of 2023.
Las Vegas had a weighted average of 151,771 open hotel rooms in January 2023 (up 0.9% compared with January 2022) and achieved an average city-wide room occupancy of 79.1% (59.3% in January 2022), an ADR of $191.62 (up 32.0%) and a RevPar of $151.57 (up 76.0%).
Gaming revenue increased by 21.6% in January 2023, growing from $928.7 million in January 2022 to $1.129 billion in January 2023.

Los Cabos handled 417,300 international passenger movements in February 2023, 21.9% more than the 342,200 handled in February 2022.
According to Aeroportuario del Pacifico, which manages many of Mexico’s airports, Los Cabos Airport saw a 21.9% increase in international passenger traffic in February 2023, that is enplanements and deplanements, growing from 342,200 international passenger movements in February 2022 to 417,300 international passenger movements in February 2023.
Domestic traffic increased by 30.1%, growing from 157,000 passenger movements in February 2022 to 204,300 passenger movements in February 2023.
Through the first two months of 2023, Los Cabos Airport saw international passenger movements increase by 31.4%, from 661,000 in the first two months of 2022 to 868,700 in the same two months of 2023. Domestic passenger movements increased by 32.5% in the first two months of 2023, growing from 327,500 passengers in 2022 to 434,100 passengers in the first two months of 2023.
International passenger movements comprised 66.7% of all passengers movements in the first two months of 2023, down slightly from the 66.9% in the first two months of 2022.
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Montego Bay Airport handled 410,700 total passenger movements in February 2023, 49.5% more than the 274,700 handled in February 2022.
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 49.5% in February 2023, growing from 274,700 total movements in February 2022 to 410,700 movements in February 2023.
Through the first two months of 2022 Montego Bay Airport saw total passenger movements increase by 58.4%, from 542,300 in the first two months of 2022 to 859,100 in the same two months of 2023.
Thus far in 2023 international passenger movements made up 100.0% of all passenger movements.

Kingston, Jamaica Airport handled 112,200 total passenger movements in February 2023, 43.0% more than the 78,400 handled in February 2022.
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 43.0% in February 2023, growing from 78,400 total movements in February 2022 to 112,200 total passenger movements in February 2023.
Through the first two months of 2023, Kingston’s Airport saw total passenger movements grow by 52.0%, from 169,900 in 2022 to 258,200 in the first two months of 2023.
Thus far, in 2023, international passenger movements made up 100.0% of all passenger movements.

Grenada received 14,581 stopovers in January 2023, 113.7% more than the 6,824 stopovers received in January 2022.
According to the Grenada Tourism Authority, Grenada saw a 113.7% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in January 2023, growing from the 6,824 stopover arrivals received in January 2022 to 14,581 stopover arrivals in January 2023.
Grenada received 61,743 cruise visitors in January 2023 and 3,170 visitors who arrived by yacht.
Grenada received 6,649 stopover arrivals from the USA in January 2023, 45.6% of all arrivals, and 2,733 stopovers from the UK, 18.7% of all stopovers for January.

Hotels in Curacao achieved an average room occupancy of 78.4% in January 2023.
According to STR, Curaçao’s hotels achieved an average room occupancy of 78.4% in January 2023, 11.4 percentage points higher than the 67.0% achieved in January 2022.
STR derives the data from a sample of 12 hotels which offer 1,969 rooms, 40.4% of the hotel rooms in Curaçao.
Curaçao’s hotels achieved an Average Daily Room Rate of US$ 243.13 in January 2023, 5.4% higher than the US$230.78 achieved in January 2022, and a RevPar of US$190.59, 23.2% higher than the US$154.64 achieved in January 2022.

​Cancun saw its hotels achieve an average hotel room occupancy of 81.4% in January 2023, an increase of 17.1 percentage points from the 64.3% reported for January 2022.
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 Maya for January 2023.
In January, the hotels in Cancun/Puerto Morelos saw a 17.1 percentage point increase in average hotel room occupancy from 64.3% in January 2022 to 81.4% in January 2023.
The hotels in Riviera Maya saw a 17.2 percentage point increase in average hotel room occupancy growing from 65.9% in January 2022 to 83.1% in January 2023.
As of December 2022, Riviera Maya/Tulum has 519 hotels offering 55,898 hotel rooms while the Cancun/Puerto Morelos area has 275 hotels offering 50,308 hotel rooms. 
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Cuba reports it received 249,255 international stopover visitors in January 2023, 188.4% more than the 86,428 received in January 2022.
The Cuban Government’s Office of National Statistics and Information (ONEI) recently announced that total international tourist arrivals increased by 188.4% in January 2023, growing from 86,428 international stopover arrivals in January 2022 to 249,255 arrivals in January 2023. This number includes both stopover visitors and cruise visitors.
The 249,255 stopovers received in January 2023 were 63.3% of the 393,650 international visitors received in January 2020.
Cuba received 129,443 stopovers from Canada in January 2023, 51.9% of all stopovers received for the month. The number of stopovers from Russia fell from 19,430 stopovers January 2022 to 10,275 in January 2023.
 
Massive Increase in Web Traffic for Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Virgin
There's a surge in web traffic for major cruise lines during Wave season, including for Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Virgin Voyages, and Norwegian.
By Robert McGillivray | Feb 24, 2023
As the world recovered from the pandemic, cruise lines were among the last travel-related businesses to get back on their feet. While hotels and airlines could continue operating in 2020 and 2021, cruise lines had to work hard to regain their market share after being closed down for a significant amount of time. 
However, a recent report by SimilarWeb, an online market intelligence company, suggests that things are looking up for the industry. The report shows a significant increase in web traffic for major cruise lines in the first two months of 2023 compared to 2022. This indicates strong pent-up demand for cruises that could drive higher bookings in the coming months.
Virgin Voyages Seas Growth Surge to 318%
The impressive increase in web traffic for all seven leading cruise lines in January, as revealed by Similarweb’s data, is a testament to the importance of Wave Season and the effectiveness of the promotions and marketing strategies of cruise lines in driving bookings from January until March.
With Virgin Voyages leading the way with a remarkable 318% increase year-over-year and a 46% rise compared to December, the other cruise lines followed suit, with Holland America Line seeing a growth of 117%, NCL with 107%, Royal Caribbean with 103%, Celebrity Cruises with 92%, Princess Cruises with 87%, and Carnival Cruise Line with 66%. 
Overall, the 28% increase in web traffic growth year-over-year in January for the group of seven leading cruise lines is a positive sign for the industry. It indicates that the industry is on its way to recovery.
Carnival Leads Traffic, While Royal Caribbean Takes More Bookings
While Carnival leads in web traffic, Royal Caribbean is the leading cruise line in converted visits, or website visits that lead to a booking. 
This data shows that five leading cruise operators, including Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Line, Celebrity, and Princess, saw a 55% growth in bookings through their websites in January 2023, year-over-year. 
The increase at Royal Caribbean, in particular, was fueled by Wave Season and the massive media campaign surrounding the reveal of their newest ship Icon of the Seas. This led to a remarkable 125% growth in bookings through the website in January, indicating a strong interest in the brand and its offerings.
Carnival Cruise Line came in second with 32k converted website visits, indicating a growth of 49%, followed by NCL with 14.5k converted visits, showing an increase of 23%. 
​​Looking at the share of traffic as an indication of market share, Carnival Cruise Line leads the group with a 30% share of traffic, followed by Royal Caribbean at 24% and NCL at 15%. Despite having the smallest percentage of traffic at 5%, Virgin has more than doubled its traffic share from 2% in January 2022. 
Numbers Show Demand is Real
The data from the report provides solid proof that pent-up demand for cruising is indeed a real thing. For the past two years, we have heard industry leaders like Michael Bayley at Royal Caribbean and Frank Del Rio at Norwegian Cruise Line talk about this pent-up demand, and the report’s findings back up their claims. 
Despite the global pause in cruise operations, the report reveals that consumers are still interested in cruising. The surge in web traffic for all seven major cruise lines in the first two months of 2023 shows that there is significant pent-up demand for cruises, which is driving higher traffic. 
This is particularly encouraging during Wave Season, which is the period when consumers typically book their annual cruises. As the world has returned to normal, consumers’ enthusiasm for cruising is as strong as ever, boding well for the industry’s future bookings during Wave Season and beyond.
 
Punta Cana received 406,266 tourists in January 2023, 38.2% more than the 293,939 tourists who visited in January 2022.
According to the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic, received 406,266 stopovers in January 2023, 38.2% more than the 293,939 stopovers received in January 2022.
Punta Cana saw its traffic from the USA grow by 18.4% in January 2023 to 143,423 visitors up from the 100,195 arrivals received from the USA in January 2022. Traffic from Canada increased from 28,885 arrivals in January 2022 to 103,159 arrivals in January 2023. Traffic from Russia collapsed from 21,983 arrivals in January 2022 to just 156 arrivals in January 2023.
In January 2023, stopover arrivals to Punta Cana made up 60.2% of all non-resident arrivals to the Dominican Republic compared with 55.4% in January 2022.
According to the Dominican Republic’s Hotel Association Asonahores  the hotels in Punta Cana achieved an average room occupancy of 84.5% in January 2023 up from 77.3% achieved in January 2022.

The Dominican Republic received 674,743 tourists in January 2023, 27.1% more than the 530,957 tourists who visited in January 2022.
According to the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic, received 674,743 stopovers in January 2023, 27.1% more than the 530,957 stopovers received in January 2022.
The Dominican Republic received 209,279 stopover arrivals from the USA in January 2023, up 35.2% from the 154,748 arrivals from the USA in January 2022. Arrivals from the USA comprised 31.0% of all arrivals in January 2023, up from 29.1% in January 2022.
Traffic from Canada grew from 36,657 arrivals in January 2022 to 140,912 arrivals in January 2023.
However, traffic from Russia fell from 50,323 stopovers in January 2022 (9.5% of all arrivals) to 19,938 in January 2023 while traffic from Germany fell from 19,362 arrivals in January 2022 to 328 in January 2023.
In January 2023 15.7% of all non-resident tourists arriving in the Dominican Republic were non-resident Dominicans returning home, down from 17.8% of all arrivals in January 2022.
According to the Dominican Republic’s Hotel Association Asonahores  the hotels in the Dominican Republic achieved an average room occupancy of 78.9% in January 2023 up from 71.4% achieved in January 2022.
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Barbados received 58,492 stopovers in January 2023, 81.8% more than the 32,175 stopovers received in January 2022.
According to the Barbados Statistical Service, Barbados saw an 81.8% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in January 2023, growing from the 32,175 stopover arrivals in January 2022 to 58,492 stopover arrivals in January 2023.
Barbados received 122,403 cruise visitors in January 2023 from 68 cruise ship calls.
The 59,216 stopovers received in January 2023 were 84.2% of the 69,496 stopovers received in January 2019.
Barbados received 24,806 stopover arrivals from the United Kingdom in January 2023, 42.4% of all arrivals, and 13,135 stopovers from the USA 22.5% of all stopovers for January.

The United States Virgin Islands received 71,396 air arrivals in December 2022, 17.1% fewer than the 86,175 air visitors received in December 2021.
According to numbers published by the USVI Bureau of Economic Research, the USVI saw the volume of air arrivals decline by 17.1% in December 2022, falling from 86,175 air arrivals in December 2021 to 71,396 air arrivals in December of this year.
The 71,396 air arrivals received in December 2022 were 3.9% more than the 68,723 received in December 2019.
The USVI also received 210,550 cruise visitors from 81 cruise ship calls, up 65.0% from the 127,640 cruise visitors received in December 2021. The 210,550 cruise visitors received in December 2022 were 1.3% more than the 207,802 cruise visitors received in December 2019.
During calendar year (CY) 2022 the USVI saw the volume of air arrivals decline by 3.2%, falling from 826,822 air arrivals in CY 2021 to 800,073 air arrivals in CY 2022.
The 800,073 arrivals received in CY 2022 were 24.8% higher than the 640,886 air arrivals received in CY 2019.
The USVI also received 1,021,182 cruise visitors in CY 2022, 71.3% of the 1,433,122 cruise visitors received in CY 2019.
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Dubai received 1,540,000 international visitors in December 2022, an 8.5% increase in visitors compared with November 2022.
According to the Government of Dubai’s Statistics Center, Dubai saw an 8.5% increase in the number of international visitors in December 2022, growing from 1,420,000 visitors in November 2022 to 1,540,000 in December 2022.
Dubai received 1,260,000 international visitors in December 2021.
The 1,540,000 visitors received in December 2022 was 11.0% fewer than the 1,730,000 international visitors received in December 2019.
The number one source market in December was India with 202,000 visitors, followed by the United Kingdom with 105,000 visitors and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with 101,000 visitors.
In calendar year (CY) 2022 Dubai received 14,360,000 international visitors, 100.0% more than the 7,280,000 visitors received in CY 2021, and 85.8% of the 16,730,000 visitors received in CY 2019.
The number one source market in CY 2022 was India which generated 1,842,000 visitors, 12.8% of the overall total, followed by Oman which generated 1,311,000 visitors, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which generated 1,216,000 visitors.
As of December 2022, Dubai had 610 hotels offering 120,602 hotel rooms and 194 apartment hotels offering 25,894 units. The hotel sector achieved an average room occupancy of 72.0% in CY 2022 with an ADR of US$146.05 and a RevPar of US$106.54. The apartment sector achieved an average occupancy of 78.0%.
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Bermuda announces it received 8,880 air visitor arrivals in December 2022, 61.8% of the 14,367 air visitors received in December 2019.
The Bermuda Tourism Authority recently released its fourth quarter 2022 tourist arrival numbers and announced that Bermuda received 8,880 air visitors in December 2022, 61.8% of the 14,367 air arrivals received in December 2019.
Bermuda received 12,030 cruise visitors in December 2022 1,279.6% more than the 872 cruise visitors received in December 2019. And Bermuda received 80 visitors arriving by yacht in December 2022, 15.9% more than the 69 visitors arriving by yacht in December 2019.
The 5,560 air visitors received from the USA in December 2022 was 62.6% of all air visitors handled that month.
During calendar year (CY) 2022 Bermuda received 145,865 air visitors, 102.2% more than the 72,153 visitors who arrived by air in CY 2021 but just 54.1% of the 269,478 visitors who arrived by air in CY 2019.
Bermuda received 105,910 air visitors from the USA in CY 2022, 52.3% of the 202,460 air visitors received from the USA in CY 2019.
The Ministry of Tourism reports that the airlines serving Bermuda achieved an average load factor of 71.9% in CY 2022, up 17.0 percentage points from the 54.9% average load factor achieved in CY 2021. The airlines had an average load factor of 75.2% in CY 2019.
The Ministry further reports that in CY 2022 air visitors spent an estimated US$270,076,341, up 120.3% compared with the US$122,587,944 spent in CY 2021. The  2022 YTD expenditure was 67.6% of the US$399,765,223 spent by air visitors in CY 2019.
The Ministry noted that per person spending for air leisure visitors was up by 24.9% growing from US$1,483 per person in CY 2019 to US$1,852 per person in CY 2022. The average length of stay year to date (6.90 nights) was 15.8% longer than in 2019.
Bermuda’s hotels achieved an average room occupancy of 53.4% in CY 2022, up 16.3 percentage points from the 37.1% achieved in CY 2021 but 7.6 percentage points lower than the 61.0% achieved in CY 2019. 67.7% of all visitors to Bermuda stayed in hotel accommodation in CY 2022, down from the 72.0% who did so in CY 2019.
Bermuda received 402,657 visitors who arrived by cruise ship in CY 2022, 75.2% of the 535,561 who arrived by cruise ship in CY 2019.
Bermuda received 4,595 visitors who arrived by yacht in CY 2022 158.6% more than the 1,777 who arrived by yacht in CY 2021, and 43.5% more than the 3,203 visitors who arrived by yacht in CY 2019.
 
Trinidad and Tobago received 23,557 stopover visitors in January 2023, 168.7% more than the 8,767 stopover visitors received in January 2022.
According to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago’s Central Statistical Office Trinidad and Tobago received 23,557 stopover visitors in January 2023, an increase of 168.7% compared with the 8,767 stopovers received in January 2022.
Of the 23,557 stopovers, 23,339 arrived by air and 218 by sea.
Trinidad received 21,598 stopover visitors in January 2023 with Tobago receiving 1,959.
Trinidad and Tobago received 9,918 stopover arrivals from the USA in January 2023, 4,205 from Europe, 3,052 from Canada and 6,382 from the rest of the world.

Florida received a total of 33,201,000 tourist arrivals in the fourth quarter of 2022, 6.0% more than the 31,328,000 received in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Visit Florida’s Research Department recently announced that the state of Florida saw a 6.0% increase in the number of tourist arrivals in the fourth quarter of 2022, with total arrivals growing from 31,328,000 in the fourth quarter of 2021 to 33,201,000 arrivals in the fourth quarter of 2022.
The 33,201,000 visitors was 7.8% higher than the 30,802,000 visitors received in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Domestic arrivals were up by 2.0%, growing from 29,562,000 arrivals in the fourth quarter of 2021 to 30,139,000 in the fourth quarter of 2022, while arrivals from Canada grew from 275,000 visitors in the fourth quarter of 2021 to 1,042,000 in the same quarter of 2022. Arrivals from overseas grew by 35.5%, from 1,491,000 arrivals in the fourth quarter of 2021 to 2,020,000 in the same three months of 2022.
Florida saw a 12.9% increase in the number of tourist arrivals in calendar year (CY) 2022, with total arrivals growing from 121,838,000 in CY 2021 to 137,565,000 arrivals in CY 2022.
The 137,565,000 visitors was 5.0% higher than the 131,069,000 visitors received in CY 2019.
Domestic arrivals were up by 8.9%, growing from 117,325,000 arrivals in CY 2021 to 127,752,000 in CY 2022, while arrivals from Canada grew from 454,000 visitors in CY 2021 to 2,791,000 in the same twelve months of 2022. Arrivals from overseas grew by 73.0%, from 4,059,000 arrivals in CY 2021 to 7,022,000 in the same twelve months of 2022.
After the USA itself and Canada the top producing markets in CY 2022 were the United Kingdom (1,106,000 visitors), Brazil (709,000 visitors) and Colombia (560,000 visitors).
All of the above numbers are preliminary and subject to change.

Curacao reports it received 48,042 stopover arrivals in January 2023, 35.4% more than the 35,490 received in January 2022.
According to the Curaçao Tourist Board, Curaçao saw a 35.4% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in January 2023, growing from 35,490 stopovers received in January 2022 to 48,042 stopovers received in January of this year.
Curacao received 19,812 stopover visitors from the Netherlands in January 2023 and 11,063 stopovers from the USA, 41.2% and 23.0% of all stopovers, respectively. The 351 room Sandals Royal Curacao opened June 1st 2022 after having been closed for renovation.
The number of stopovers from the Netherlands declined by 16.2%, consequent upon a reduction in the number of air seats from The Netherlands, falling from 23,631 visitors during January 2022, to 19,812 stopovers in January 2023. The number of stopovers from the USA increased by 219.9% during January 2023, growing from 3,458 stopovers in 2022 to 11,063 in January 2023.
Visitors stayed 10.17 nights on average in January 2023, down 12.6% from the 11.74 nights stayed in January 2022.
Curacao received 42 cruise ship calls with 107,699 cruise visitors in January 2023, with the volume of cruise passengers up 168.9% from the 40,056 cruise visitors received in January 2022. The average number of passengers grew by 149.7% from 1,027 in January 2022 to 2,564 in January 2023.

Aruba received 98,942 stopover visitors in January 2023, 65.5% more than the 59,793 stopovers received in January 2022.
According to the Aruba Tourism Authority, Aruba received 98,942 stopover arrivals in January 2023, 65.5% more than the 59,793 stopover visitors it received in January 2022.
Compared with January 2022, stopover arrivals from the USA increased by 62.0%, growing from 45,556 arrivals in January 2022 to 73,784 arrivals in January 2023. Arrivals from the USA comprised 74.6% of all arrivals in January 2023 down from 76.2% in January 2022.
Arrivals from Canada increased by 232.3%, growing from 2,444 visitors in January 2022 to 8,122 stopovers in January 2023. Arrivals from the Netherlands declined by 15.5%, falling from 4,079 in January 2022 to 3,447 in January of this year.
Stopover visitors stayed 8.39 nights on average in January 2023, down 9.9% from the 9.31 nights stayed in January 2022. Visitors from the USA stayed 7.85 nights on average in January of this year, down 9.0^% from the 8.63 nights stayed in January 2022.
Aruba received 48 cruise ship calls in January 2023 and a total of 122,943 cruise passengers, with the volume of cruise visitors up 170.4% from the 45,463 received in January 2022. The average number of passengers per call grew from 1,082 visitors  in January 2022 to 2,561 cruise visitors in January 2023.
The number of visitors staying in hotels in January 2023 increased by 89.4% compared with January 2022, growing from 23,067 visitors in January 2022 to 43,682 in January 2023. The share of visitors staying in hotels increased from 38.6% in January 2022 to 44.1% in January 2023.
25,814 visitors used timeshare accommodation in January 2023, 33.3% more than the 19,366 visitors who used such accommodation in January 2022, with the sector’s share falling from 32.4% in January 2022 to 26.1% in January 2023.
Visitors using other accommodation – private homes, condominiums, short term rental accommodation and apartments – increased by 69.6% when comparing January 2022 with January 2023, growing from 17,360 visitors in January 2022 to 29,446 in January 2023, with the share growing from 29.0% in 2022 to 29.8% in 2023.
In January 2023, the primary carrier was American Airlines which brought in 22,417 non-resident visitors, 22.7% of all stopover arrivals, while JetBlue brought in 20,450 non-resident visitors, 20.7% of all visitors. Delta Air Lines brought in 14,950 visitors with United bringing in 11,274 visitors. These four carriers brought in 69.9% of all visitors in January 2023.
The percentage of visitors 20 years old through 49 years old fell from 46.9% in January 2022 to 40.0% in January 2023. The percentage 60 years old or older grew from 23.1% in January 2022 to 29.9% in January of this year.

AHATA reports Aruba’s hotels achieved an 83.0% average room occupancy in January 2023, up 34.8 percentage points from the 48.2% achieved in January 2022.
The Aruba Hotel and Tourism Association (AHATA) reports that average hotel room occupancy in Aruba’s hotels in January 2023 was 83.0%, 34.8 percentage points higher than the 48.2% achieved in January 2022.
ADR was $420.67 in January 2023, 17.9% higher than in January 2022, while RevPar was $349.26, 102.9% higher than in January 2022.
AHATA receives data from a sample of 21 hotels with 5,151 rooms, about 94% of all hotel rooms in Aruba.
Aruba’s timeshare resorts reported an average occupancy of 90.2% in January 2023.
AHATA forecasts an average hotel room occupancy of 89.5% for February, 85.4% for March and 81.3% for April  2023 overall.

Jamaica received 207,168 stopover visitors in November 2022, 13.8% more than the 181,969 stopovers received in October.
According to the Jamaica Tourist Board, Jamaica received 207,168 stopover arrivals in November 2022, 13.8% more than the 181,969 stopovers received in October 2022 and 2.2% more than the 202,783 stopovers received in November 2019.
Jamaica received 152,097 stopover arrivals in November 2021.
Stopover arrivals from the USA totaled 144,242 in November 2022, that is 7.2% more than the 134,614 stopovers received from the USA in November 2019. Stopover arrivals from the USA comprised 69.6% of all stopover arrivals received in November 2022.
Jamaica re-opened its ports to cruise ships in August 2021 and received 119,339 cruise passengers during November 2022.
Through the first eleven months of 2022 Jamaica saw a 77.8% increase in the volume of stopover arrivals, growing from 1,241,066 stopover arrivals in the first eleven months of 2021 to 2,206,928 arrivals in the same eleven months of 2022.
The 2,206,928 stopovers received in the first eleven months of 2022 were 92.0% of the 2,399,805 stopovers received in the first eleven months of 2019.
Arrivals from the USA increased by 49.7% in the first eleven months of 2022, growing from 1,108,487 arrivals in 2021 to 1,659,333 arrivals in the same eleven months of 2022.
The USA’s share of all stopover arrivals fell from 89.3% in the first eleven months of 2021 to 75.2% in the same eleven months of 2022.
Jamaica received 704,661 cruise passengers through November 2022, 47.7% fewer than the 1,346,954 cruise visitors received in the same eleven months of 2019.

2023 cruise capacity distribution: Caribbean gets 41%.
Anne Kalosh | SeaTrade Cruise News| Feb 13, 2023
The Caribbean, Alaska and Mediterranean will each gain two points of cruise capacity in 2023 compared to pre-pandemic 2019, while Asia will be down 12 points, according to a new analysis by Bermello Ajamil & Partners.
BA said 2023 global passenger volumes will reach and very likely exceed 2019 levels despite a number of ship withdrawals. Of course, new ships have also entered service.  
Caribbean 41% capacity share, Mediterranean 17%
According to BA's analysis, the Caribbean is expected to lead with 41% of global capacity (up from 39% in 2019), followed by the Mediterranean at 17% (15% in 2019), Northern/Western Europe at 9% (unchanged) and Alaska at 6% (up from 4%).
Following these regions are Asia/Pacific (5%, down from 12%), the US West Coast (5%, up from 4%), Australia (4%, unchanged), South America (2%, unchanged) and Bermuda (2%, unchanged).
Some additional capacity has been redeployed to North America, where cruise resumption has been strongest, since China, a key source market, still has not reopened for cruising. 
One of the leading waterfront and cruise facility planners, Miami-based Bermello Ajamil & Partners created this analysis using its deployment database of more than 10,000 sailings, 40 brands and 300 ships worldwide.
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Bonaire received 170,194 visitors who arrived by air in CY 2022, up 7.9% compared to CY 2019.
The Tourism Corporation of Bonaire reports that Bonaire received a total of 170,194 visitors who arrived by air in calendar year (CY) 2022, up 52.9% compared with the 111,300 air visitors received in CY 2021 and 7.9% compared with the 157,800 air visitors received in CY 2019.
These numbers are derived from data collected by the Central Bureau of Statistics of the Netherlands and from the Tourism Corporation of Bonaire. It should be noted that 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.
Between July 1st and December 31st 2022 Bonaire received 41,886 visitors with Dutch nationality (49.6%) and 20,108 visitors with US nationality (23.8%).
Bonaire also received 304,298 cruise visitors in CY 2022, 66.5% of the 457,700 cruise visitors received in CY 2019.
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Grenada received 15,750 stopovers in December 2022, 10.5% more than the 14,257 stopovers received in November.
According to the Grenada Tourism Authority, Grenada saw a 10.5% increase in stopover visitor arrivals in December 2022, growing from 14,257 stopovers in November 2022 to 15,750 stopovers in December 2022.
Grenada received 49,790 cruise visitors in December. Grenada reopened its ports to cruise ships in November 2021. And Grenada received 2,464 visitors in December 2022 who arrived by yacht.
Grenada received 9,557 stopover arrivals in December 2021.
The 15,750 stopovers received in December 2022 were 1.2% more than the 15,566 stopovers received in December 2019.
Grenada received 8,283 stopover arrivals from the USA in December 2022, which comprised 52.6% of all stopover arrivals during the month. Grenada also received 2,037 visitors from the United Kingdom in December 2022.
Through calendar year (CY) 2022, Grenada saw the number of stopover visitors grow from 42,100 stopovers in CY 2021 to 133,162 stopovers in the same twelve months of 2022.
The number of stopovers from the USA increased from 27,050 visitors in CY 2021 to 78,357 in the same twelve months of 2022 while the number of stopover visitors from the U.K. increased from 6,813 in CY 2021 to 23,634 stopovers in the same twelve months of 2022.
The 133,162 stopovers received in CY 2022 were 81.7% of the 162,902 stopovers received in CY 2019.
Grenada has received 185,830 cruise visitors in CY 2022 compared with 338,119 received in CY 2019 and received 15,835 visitors who arrived by yacht compared with 24,611 who arrived by yacht in CY 2019.
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IATA Reports Passenger Demand Recovery Continued in December 2022 and for the Full Year.
Geneva - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the recovery in air travel continued in December 2022 and for the full year.
Total traffic in 2022 (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose 64.4% compared to 2021. Globally, full year 2022 traffic was at 68.5% of pre-pandemic (2019) levels. December 2022 total traffic rose 39.7% compared to December 2021 and reached 76.9% of the December 2019 level.
International traffic in 2022 climbed 152.7% versus 2021 and reached 62.2% of 2019 levels. December 2022 international traffic climbed 80.2% over December 2021, reaching 75.1% of the level in December 2019.
Domestic traffic for 2022 rose 10.9% compared to the prior year. 2022 domestic traffic was at 79.6% of the full year 2019 level. December 2022 domestic traffic was up 2.6% over the year earlier period and was at 79.9% of December 2019 traffic.
“The industry left 2022 in far stronger shape than it entered, as most governments lifted COVID-19 travel restrictions during the year and people took advantage of the restoration of their freedom to travel. This momentum is expected to continue in the New Year, despite some governments’ over-reactions to China’s re-opening,” said Willie Walsh, IATA’s Director General.
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U.S. citizens’ outbound travel from the USA to international destinations decreased by 2.1% in November 2022 compared to October 2022.
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 November 2022.
The overall number of trips taken by US citizens to international destinations decreased by 2.1% in November 2022, falling from 6,804,344 trips in October 2022 to 6,661,750 trips in November 2022.
The number of trips taken to the Caribbean increased by 19.5% however, growing from 607,899 trips in October 2022 to 726,508 trips in November 2022.
570,780 US citizens visited Caribbean countries in November of 2021.
The 726,508 trips taken to the Caribbean in November 2022 were 15.0% more than the 631,674 trips taken to the Caribbean in November 2019.
The Caribbean’s share of all international trips increased from 8.7% in November 2019 to 10.9% in November 2022.
Trips to Europe decreased by 24.0% in November, falling from 1,409,774 trips in October 2022 to 1,072,129 trips in November 2022. Trips to Europe were 16.1% of trips taken by US citizens in November 2022.
The 1,072,129 trips taken by US citizens to Europe in November 2022 were 96.8% of the 1,107,948 trips taken to Europe in November 2019.
The number of trips taken to Mexico by air increased by 11.5%, growing from 938,440 trips in October 2022 to 1,046,603 trips in November 2022.
The 1,046,603 trips were 33.2% more than the 785,475 trips taken to Mexico by air by US citizens in November 2019.
The percentage share of trips taken by air to Mexico increased from 10.8% in November 2019 to 15.7% in November 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 eleven months of 2022:
The overall number of trips taken by US citizens to international destinations increased by 69.3% in the first eleven months of 2022, growing from 43.0 million trips in the first eleven months of 2021 to 72.9 million trips in the same eleven months of 2022.
The 72,873,659 total international trips taken in the first eleven months of 2022 were 80.6% of the 90,398,927 trips taken in the first eleven months of 2019.
The number of trips taken to the Caribbean increased by 46.5% in the first eleven months of 2022, growing from 5,638,307 trips in 2021, to 8,258,059 trips in the first eleven months of 2022. The share of trips taken to the Caribbean fell from 13.1% for the first eleven months of 2021 to 11.3% in 2022.
The 8,258,059 trips taken to the Caribbean in the first eleven months of 2022 were 96.7% of the 8,537,648 trips taken by US residents to the Caribbean in the first eleven months of 2019.
Trips to Europe grew from 4,588,725 trips in the first eleven months of 2021 to 14,555,105 trips in the same eleven months of 2022. The 14,555,105 trips taken in 2022 were 82.0% of the 17,760,457 trips taken to Europe in the first eleven months of 2019.
The number of trips taken to Mexico by air grew by 30.8%, from 8,835,163 trips in the first eleven months of 2021 to 11,559,774 in the same eleven months of 2022. The 11,559,774 trips were 27.7% more than the 9,053,827 trips taken by US citizens by air to Mexico in the first eleven months of 2019.
This segment’s share of all trips fell from 20.5% in the first eleven months of 2021 to 15.9% in the same eleven months of 2022 but grew substantially from the 10.0% share seen in the first eleven months of 2019.
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The Bahamas received 1,470,244 visitors who arrived by air in 2022, 65.8% more than the 886,629 received in 2021.
According to the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, The Bahamas saw the volume of visitors who arrived by air increase by 65.8% in calendar year (CY) 2022, growing from 886,629 air visitors in CY 2021 to 1,470,244 air visitors in received in CY 2022. The number of air visitors received in CY 2022 was 88.4% of the 1,662,419 air arrivals received in CY 2019.
The Bahamas also received 5,390,016 cruise passengers during CY 2022, up 383.3% from the 1,115,181 received in CY 2021. The Bahamas reopened to cruise ships in June 2021.
The 2022 total was 99.2% of the 5,433,539 cruise visitors received in CY 2019.

Mauritius received 107,684 stopover visitors in January 2023, 169.0% more than the 40,028 stopovers received in January 2022.
The Mauritius Government’s Ministry of Finance and Economic Development recently reported that the country received 107,684 total stopover arrivals in January 2023, 169.0% more than the 40,028 stopovers received in January 2022. This number includes both air and sea stopover visitors.
Mauritius received 28,022 visitors from France in January 2023, 26.0% of the overall total for the month, and the number one producing market. The number two source market was Reunion Island which generated 17,778 visitors, 16.5% of the total for the month. The United Kingdom generated 8,595 visitors.

Seychelles received 23,315 tourist arrivals in January 2023, 8.1% more than the 21,566 arrivals received in January 2022.
According to The Seychelles Government’s National Bureau of Statistics, The Seychelles saw an 8.1% increase in visitor arrivals in January 2023, growing from 21,566 arrivals received in January 2022 to 23,315 arrivals in January 2023. This number includes both air and sea stopover visitors, and transit visitors. Of the 23,315 arrivals, 23,290 were stopover visitors and 25 were transit visitors.
The number one source market in January 2023 was Russia which generated 3,688 visitors (15.8% of the total for the month) followed by Germany, with 2,515 visitors (10.8%).

Cancun saw a 32.2% increase in international air passenger movements in January 2023 compared with January 2022.
According to ASUR, which manages many of Mexico’s airports, Cancun Airport saw a 32.2% increase in international passenger movements in January 2023, growing from 1,500,061 movements in January 2022 to 1,982,951 movements in January 2023. Domestic passenger movements also increased by 32.2%, growing from 691,864 passenger movements in January 2022 to 914,893 movements in January 2023.
During January 2023 international passenger movements accounted for 68.4% of all passenger movements, as they did in January 2022.  

San Juan International Airport handled 938,226 domestic passenger movements in January 2023, 36.8% more than the 686,058 handled in January 2022.
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 a 36.8% increase in domestic passenger traffic in January 2023, that is enplanements and deplanements from flights to and from the continental United States, growing from 686,058 domestic passenger movements in January 2022 to 938,226 domestic passenger movements in January 2023.
International traffic, that is flights to and from airports outside the continental United States, increased by 49.6%, growing from 60,639 passenger movements in January 2022 to 90,701 passenger movements in January 2023.
During January 2023 domestic passenger movements accounted for 91.2% of all passenger movements, down from 91.9% seen in January 2022. 
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Caribbean Hotel Industry a “Comeback Kid”
STR | February 06, 2023
Led by a robust leisure market, the Caribbean experienced strong hotel performance in 2022 as almost all travel restrictions were lifted after being a large hindrance for some countries throughout 2021.
Full-year occupancy came in at 60.7%, which was up 36.7% year over year, and down just slightly from 2019 (-3.2%). The region’s lowest occupancy occurred in September (48.9%)—a typical calendar occurrence in the midst of Hurricane season—but peaked recently in December (66.1%) because of holiday travel.
Among key countries in the region, Curacao (70.7%), Turks & Caicos (70.3%), and Puerto Rico (69%) led in occupancy for the year. Turks & Caicos also saw the strongest occupancy recovery in the region, +12.3% over 2019.
Bottom performers, St. Kitts & Nevis (26.3%), Anguilla (37.3%) and the Cayman Islands (46.4%), continued to struggle due to travel restrictions that persisted for most of 2022. The Cayman Islands, for example, started the year with an occupancy level of just 15.4% in January 2022 before reaching 76.5% in December 2022. St. Kitts & Nevis was the least recovered in terms of occupancy, as the metric sat 39.5% below the pre-pandemic comparable.
The Caribbean’s hotel industry showed full recovery in both average daily rate (ADR) and revenue per available room (RevPAR) (in US$), which were up 27.4% and 31.6%, respectively, in nominal terms. Without adjusting for inflation, those increases were actually the largest among the STR-defined Americas subcontinents. Top RevPAR performers included the Bahamas (+53.7% over 2019), followed by Saint Lucia (+46.6%) and Saint-Barthelemy (+42.7%). Saint-Barthelemy also boasted the highest ADR at $2,299.23, which was a 49.4% increase over 2019 and was second to Saint Lucia’s 54% increase in ADR over the pre-pandemic comparable.
Among resort-heavy markets across the globe, Nassau was among the top in terms of performance. Resort supply continues to grow across the Caribbean, with roughly 14,300 total rooms in construction. Of those rooms in construction, 9,035 are set to open in 2023. Among the countries with rooms in construction, the Dominican Republic comes in on top with 3,618 rooms across 17 properties, followed by Jamaica with 2,303 rooms across four properties.
When looking at month-to-date data through 28 January 2023, the region is already off to strong start to the new year, as occupancy (69.8%) was higher than both 2022 (53.6%) and 2019 (69.5%). ADR and RevPAR have also made a big splash in January, coming in at roughly US$350 and US$245, respectively.
With most restrictions off the table, Caribbean hotels can expect to sustain the recovery seen in 2022. While the region benefits greatly from neighboring U.S., international travel from other countries will be one to watch throughout the year as the segment lacked in 2022.
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Study: Price, Inconvenience Deter Sustainable Travel Choices
Michael B. Baker | Business Travel News | February 07, 2023
Travelers have good intentions when it comes to making sustainable choices, but that doesn't translate into action when it means inconvenience or higher costs, according to a new Amadeus report released Tuesday.
The Traveler Tribes 2033 report, based on an August 2022 survey of more than 10,000 travelers along with 22 industry experts conducted by Northstar Research Partners, predicted "increased demand for sustainable travel and more efficient and sustainable modes of transport," and 35 percent of travelers in the survey said they were "excited" for future opportunities to travel more sustainably. However, 63 percent said they wouldn't pay more for a flight that uses biofuel, and only 19 percent were interested in sustainable transport options that required a "notable and obvious sacrifice."
"When you look at specific behaviors related to sustainability, the things that people are willing to do are things they already do at home like recycling, [stopping] using single-use plastic or using the same bedding for a week," BVA Nudge Unit's Richard Chataway said in the survey.
The survey also divided travelers into various groups, dubbed "tribes," which included young business travelers, referred to as "Travel Tech-fluencers." In that group, which the report said is defined by a "progressive perspective," 82 percent said that their decision-making process is influenced by sustainability. As with the larger group of travelers, however, "that is until sustainability inconveniences them by having to invest significant [amounts] of their own time and money to be sustainable."
That group was more likely than other traveler groups to be willing to pay more for flights that use sustainable aviation fuel—perhaps not surprisingly, as the group has a higher proportion of business travelers who would not be traveling on their own dime. When it comes to using virtual meetings instead of in-person to reduce a carbon footprint, however, 72 percent said they'd switch from virtual to in-person if it was better for their career, and 71 percent said they would do so to improve productivity.

Mexico received 2,153,545 international air arrivals in December 2022, up 12.2% compared with December 2021.
According to the Government of Mexico’s SECTUR (Department of Tourism) Mexico received 2,153,545 international air arrivals in December 2022, up 12.2% compared with the 1,918,884 arrivals received in December 2021.
The 2,153,545 international air arrivals received in December 2022 were 4.5% more than the 2,060,880 international air visitors received in December 2019.
Mexico received 1,294,934 air visitors from the USA in December 2022, 60.1% of the total. Canada was the second biggest market (304,805 visitors) with Colombia third largest (71,855 visitors).
Cancun Airport received 927,192 international air visitor arrivals in December 2022, 43.1% of the overall total. Los Cabos received 228,239 international air arrivals with Puerto Vallarta receiving 212,810  international air visitors.
During calendar year (CY) 2022 the volume of international air arrivals to Mexico increased by 46.3%, from 14,082,623 arrivals in 2021 to 20,601,074 arrivals in the same twelve months of 2022. The 20,601,074 arrivals received in CY 2022 were 8.2% higher than the 19,039,437 international arrivals received in CY 2019.
The volume of air arrivals from the USA increased by 27.0% in CY 2022, from 10,239,989 air arrivals in 2021 to 13,001,354 air arrivals in CY 2022 while the volume from Canada grew from 503,589 in 2021 to 1,759,394 in CY 2022.
Cancun Airport saw a 47.7% increase in international air arrivals in CY 2022, growing from 6,426,554 arrivals in 2021 to 9,494,168 arrivals in CY 2022 while Los Cabos saw a 26.1% increase growing from 1,723,453 international air arrivals in CY 2021 to 2,172,590 international air arrivals in CY 2022. Puerto Vallarta saw a 56.0% increase, growing from 1,081,786 international arrivals in CY 2021 to 1,687,618 international arrivals in the same twelve months of 2022.