Barbados saw a 1.3% increase in stopover arrivals in December 2018.

According to VisitBarbados.org, Barbados saw the volume of stopover arrivals increase by 1.3% in December 2018, growing from 72,505 arrivals in December 2017 to 73,435 arrivals in December 2018. Stopover arrivals from the USA grew by 8.1%, from 19,260 in December 2017 to 20,819 in December 2018 and increased by 0.7% from the U.K., from 26,523 arrivals in December 2017 to 26,697 in December 2018.
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In 2018 Barbados saw a 2.7% increase in the volume of stopover arrivals, growing from 663,511 arrivals in 2017 to 681,197 arrivals in 2018. Arrivals from the USA increased by 8.4% in 2018, growing from 189,022 arrivals in 2017 to 204,830 arrivals in 2018 while arrivals from the U.K. grew by 1.4% in 2018, growing from 222,346 stopovers in 2017 to 225,519 stopovers in 2018. The number of cruise visitors fell by 0.9% in the first eleven months of 2018, falling from 559,313 cruise visitors in 2017 to 554,439 in 2018.