CARIBBEAN TOURISM ORGANIZATION LATEST STATISTICS 2008 ...

Table 2b: Tourist Arrivals by Month - 2008
Destination
July August September October November December
Tourists % ch Tourists
% ch Tourist % ch Tourist % ch Tourist % ch Tourists % ch
Anguilla 6,964 0.4 6,441 -7.0 - - - - - - - -
Antigua & Barbuda * 23,883 1.8 20,972 -1.3 12,211 -8.8 17,159 -10.4 20,662 -5.9 24,022 -11.1
Aruba 70,713 4.5 76,614 5.6 55,007 -5.1 - - - - - -
Bahamas 158,824 0.1 127,974 -5.0 44,287 -37.1 73,454 -8.9 - - - -
Barbados P 54,865 0.8 45,171 -3.9 34,035 4.7 39,771 -5.0 45,232 -5.8 53,366 -2.9
Belize P 22,146 -2.5 18,655 3.0 8,957 -20.7 11,129 -9.5 17,170 -9.2 23,388 -2.4
Bermuda * 36,756 -1.9 37,,007 -1.2 23,714 3.3 25,884 -2.6 20,769 0.0 15,930 6.8
Bonaire 6,223 -2.6 5,687 2.3 4,510 -11.0 5,613 -16.7 - - - -
British Virgin Is. P 34,805 1.7 20,817 -3.6 7,949 -18.5 14,209 -19.9 23,125 -14.9 31,866 -8.8
Cancun (Mexico) ** 206,242 0.5 174,701 4.7 106,713 1.1 121,341 5.5 151,356 5.5 192,500 14.9
Cayman Islands 30,008 11.6 21,629 11.0 10,330 -9.8 14,710 -2.6 19,731 -21.8 28,150 -7.0
Cuba 185,585 8.2 167,826 8.8 104,098 -12.4 124,512 -0.3 180,613 -1.3 246,064 5.4
Curacao 28,325 20.6 30,135 17.9 25,698 10.3 - - - - - -
Dominican Rep.* 386,690 -3.6 329,636 -2.0 194,248 -10.0 209,616 -10.7 268,469 -5.8 375,028 -6.4
Grenada P 13,294 7.9 14,713 -3.3 5,828 -14.6 7,978 -3.9 7,999 -15.3 11,281 -3.4
Guyana - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jamaica 185,447 -5.1 142,467 4.2 92,037 2.6 106,104 -1.9 122,250 -1.8 179,614 -0.2
Martinique P 42,079 -9.4 50,902 -5.6 27,321 -8.1 24,410 1.7 29,623 1.2 44,034 -10.8
Montserrat 763 13.4 478 -13.1 340 -16.3 473 8.7 507 -14.9 1,452 -3.1
Puerto Rico ** 113,490 0.7 114,260 4.0 63,690 -8.2 83,986 -2.6 97,589 -9.0 - -
Saba 1,534 6.4 928 5.8 532 -3.1 619 2.5 874 2.3 1,009 -12.8
St. Lucia 29,095 -2.2 25,315 8.9 15,149 -11.2 18,996 -3.1 19,803 -10.6 26,173 -5.8
St. Eustatius 1,060 18.7 - - - - - - - - - -
St. Maarten * 43,162 9.7 41,291 12.6 19,273 -13.0 24,409 -13.8 - - - -
St. Vincent & the G’dines 10,171 -7.6 7,257 -2.8 - - - - - - - -
Suriname - - - - - - - - - - - -
Trinidad & Tobago 47,948 12.8 - - - - - - - - - -
U S Virgin Islands 62,455 -1.5 54,045 -3.5 24,400 -18.9 26,607 -36.9 46,879 -10.9 63,743 -2.8
* Non-Resident Air Arrivals ** Non-Resident Hotel registrations only
P Preliminary figures
N.B: Figures are subject to revision by reporting countries
SOURCE – Data supplied by member countries and available as at March 5, 2009