CARIBBEAN TOURISM ORGANIZATION
LATEST STATISTICS 2003
October 1, 2018
Table 1: Tourist (Stop-over) Arrivals in 2003Destination / Period / Tourist
Arrivals / % Change
Overall / Winter# / Summer#
Anguilla / Jan-Dec / 46,915 / 7.1 / -2.5 / 14.3
Antigua and Barbuda * / Jan-Oct / 182,423 / 12.8 / 5.0 / 19.6
Aruba / Jan-Dec / 641,906 / -0.1 / -6.1 / 3.1
Bahamas / Jan-Dec / 1,428,599 / 1.8 / 3.8 / 0.7
Barbados / Jan-Dec / 531,211 / 6.7 / 8.0 / 6.0
Belize / Jan-Dec / 220,574 / 10.6 / 8.5 / 11.9
Bermuda / Jan-Dec / 256,563 / -9.7 / -9.5 / -9.7
Bonaire / Jan-Dec / 64,176 / 23.2 / 25.7 / 22.0
British Virgin IslandsP / Jan-Jul / 184,777 / -4.3 / 0.2 / -11.8
Cancun (Mexico) ** / Jan-Dec / 2,076,478 / 5.6 / 1.8 / 7.9
Cayman Islands / Jan-Dec / 293,515 / -3.1 / -3.4 / -2.8
Cozumel (Mexico) / Jan-Dec / 304,233 / 34.6 / 44.7 / 28.5
Cuba / Jan-Dec / 1,894,746 / 12.4 / 19.1 / 8.2
Curacao / Jan-Dec / 221,390 / 1.6 / -6.0 / 5.7
Dominica / Jan-Dec / 72,948 / 8.7 / 8.1 / 9.0
Dominican Republic* / Jan-Dec / 3,268,182 / 17.0 / 19.6 / 15.6
Grenada / Jan-Dec / 142,333 / 7.5 / 4.8 / 9.0
Guyana / Jan-Dec / 100,911 / -3.3 / -16.8 / 3.5
Haiti / - / - / - / - / -
Jamaica / Jan-Dec / 1,350,284 / 6.6 / 7.9 / 6.0
Martinique P / Jan-Dec / 445,424 / -0.3 / 2.7 / -2.5
Montserrat / Jan-Dec / 8,375 / -12.9 / -21.1 / -9.1
Puerto Rico** / Jan-Dec / 1,324,968 / 3.5 / 5.2 / 2.5
Saba / Jan-Dec / 10,260 / -4.8 / 15.4 / -12.7
St Eustatius / Jan-Dec / 10,788 / 10.3 / 14.9 / 8.3
St Kitts and Nevis / - / - / - / - / -
St Lucia / Jan-Dec / 276,948 / 9.3 / -1.7 / 16.4
St Maarten * / Jan-Dec / 427,587 / 12.3 / 6.6 / 16.0
St Vincent and Gren / Jan-Dec / 78,535 / 1.2 / -10.5 / 6.8
Trinidad and Tobago / Jan-Oct / 334,811 / 5.6 / 5.9 / 5.4
Turks and Caicos Is / Jan-Dec / 163,584 / 6.5 / 10.1 / 4.3
US Virgin Is. / Jan-Dec / 618,703 / 3.5 / -2.2 / 7.3
* 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 October 1, 2018
Table 2a: Tourist Arrivals by Month - 2003
Country / January / February / March / April / May / June
Tourists / % ch / Tourists / % ch / Tourists / % ch / Tourists / % ch / Tourists / % ch / Tourists / % ch
Anguilla / 4,018 / 4.2 / 4,501 / -3.5 / 4,930 / -13.4 / 4,787 / 6.8 / 3,915 / 3.7 / 3,373 / 13.5
Antigua & Barbuda * / 19,609 / 11.0 / 18,988 / 4.5 / 19,516 / -7.3 / 20,485 / 14.0
0.0 / 19,377 / 23.7 / 16,711 / 24.6
Aruba / 50,017 / -4.0 / 51,940 / -1.3 / 53,389 / -16.2 / 55,609 / -1.1 / 45,199 / -2.1 / 49,479 / -3.2
Bahamas / 102,959 / 7.3 / 120,443 / 0.9 / 158,307 / -4.2 / 143,274 / 14.5 / 119,878 / -5.5 / 133,294 / -1.6
Barbados / 40,743 / 2.1 / 43,643 / 5.9 / 49,016 / 0.9 / 47,504 / 25.7 / 40,750 / 12.0 / 39,994 / 19.6
Belize / 19,648 / 10.3 / 20,412 / 5.3 / 24,460 / 4.6 / 19,660 / 15.5 / 17,967 / 11.6 / 19,228 / 13.4
Bermuda / 8,194 / -6.9 / 11,064 / -13.4 / 18,432 / -8.7 / 25,002 / -9.0 / 33,062 / -2.7 / 35,329 / 0.4
Bonaire / 4,617 / 36.4 / 5,734 / 15.2 / 5,315 / -4.5 / 6,166 / 78.9 / 4,428 / 24.0 / 4,629 / 24.4
British Virgin Is. p / 27,225 / -7.5 / 30,076 / -6.5 / 31,326 / 2.1 / 32,872 / 13.4 / 22,372 / -20.3 / 17,054 / -28.9
Cancun ** / 163,389 / 4.6 / 182,444 / 6.6 / 213,061 / -7.2 / 181,204 / 6.3 / 172,325 / 5.2 / 203,412 / 0.0
Cayman Islands / 24,725 / 0.7 / 28,270 / -1.2 / 34,421 / -12.6 / 27,807 / 3.9 / 20,909 / -10.0 / 24,662 / -8.7
Cozumel / 31,861 / 39.5 / 30,813 / 35.5 / 36,331 / 83.3 / 24,376 / 22.6 / 20,463 / 23.2 / 32,364 / 47.6
Cuba / 190,584 / 35.4 / 191,597 / 18.9 / 212,318 / 6.4 / 173,732 / 21.1 / 118,738 / 6.5 / 113,957 / 2.5
Curacao / 17,714 / -5.4 / 17,869 / -3.7 / 17,394 / -13.9 / 19,467 / -0.8 / 15,400 / -2.7 / 16,011 / 4.8
Dominican Rep.* / 286,589 / 32.2 / 293,289 / 20.2 / 299,597 / 4.9 / 270,960 / 25.8 / 211,592 / 14.0 / 256,771 / 14.4
Dominica / 5,224 / 4.0 / 6,213 / -8.9 / 6,310 / 8.8 / 6,046 / 38.2 / 5,516 / 0.5 / 5,254 / 9.0
Grenada / 12,378 / 0.9 / 11,597 / 6.1 / 11,842 / -11.6 / 12,827 / 30.3 / 8,281 / -11.9 / 10,101 / 22.6
Guyana / 6,206 / -0.7 / 6,230 / -15.6 / 6,969 / -42.1 / 9,542 / 4.6 / 6,207 / -8.4 / 7,358 / -8.9
Haiti / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
Jamaica / 101,306 / 12.4 / 111,458 / 11.4 / 129,485 / -0.5 / 111,974 / 11.2 / 102,021 / 2.7 / 122,071 / 7.4
Martinique P / 50,920 / 8.3 / 43,201 / -8.4 / 52,530 / 1.9 / 47,594 / 9.9 / 28,902 / -5.6 / 26,000 / 3.5
Montserrat / 527 / -36.5 / 457 / -31.2 / 768 / -21.3 / 628 / 14.6 / 462 / -28.4 / 733 / 14.5
Puerto Rico** / 121,810 / 15.3 / 124,008 / 9.4 / 136,126 / 2.6 / 120,706 / -4.5 / 102,822 / -3.7 / 104,126 / 3.0
Saba / 844 / 14.5 / 904 / 23.3 / 923 / 9.5 / 818 / 15.2 / 939 / 19.3 / 825 / 8.1
St. Lucia / 24,930 / -2.0 / 21,875 / -7.4 / 23,387 / 1.1 / 27,993 / 1.2 / 25,372 / 10.3 / 22,504 / 35.1
St. Eustatius / 947 / 34.1 / 795 / 29.1 / 800 / -7.4 / 833 / 10.8 / 942 / 14.2 / 943 / 31.3
St. Kitts and Nevis / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
St. Maarten * / 39,441 / 15.2 / 38,927 / 11.2 / 40,297 / -5.3 / 40,344 / 7.9 / 31,833 / 23.7 / 30,845 / 3.5
St. Vincent & G'dines / 5,417 / -1.3 / 4,009 / -28.6 / 6,175 / -26.9 / 6,987 / 22.7 / 5,549 / 9.2 / 7,077 / 17.1
Trinidad & Tobago / 25,808 / -14.9 / 46,405 / 15.5 / 30,496 / -4.1 / 35,186 / 26.0 / 30,152 / 2.5 / 29,285 / 2.2
Turks and Caicos Is. / 13,368 / 30.5 / 15,407 / 8.8 / 19,753 / 2.5 / 15,823 / 7.0 / 12,538 / 0.8 / 13,026 / -5.9
US Virgin Islands / 56,096 / 1.9 / 55,257 / 0.5 / 69,054 / -3.4 / 54,548 / -7.3 / 52,299 / 8.0 / 48,363 / -3.9
* Non-Resident Air Arrivals **Non-ResidentHotel registrations only q Quarterly Figures Reported
N.B: Figures are subject to revision by reporting countries P Preliminary figures
SOURCE – Data supplied by member countries and available as at October 1, 2018
Table 2b: Tourist Arrivals by Month - 2003
Country / July / August / September / October / November / December
Tourists / % ch / Tourists / % ch / Tourists / % ch / Tourists / % ch / Tourists / % ch / Tourists / % ch
Anguilla / 4,542 / 21.9 / 3,856 / 9.6 / 967 / 24.6 / 1,712 / 6.1 / 4,541 / 20.5 / 5,773 / 16.7
Antigua & Barbuda * / 20,105 / 18.3 / 19,932 / 27.0 / 11,746 / 6.2 / 15,954 / 14.0 / - / - / - / -
Aruba / 60,208 / 7.0 / 65,270 / 2.5 / 45,480 / -0.8 / 54,826 / 13.5 / 56,089 / 7.2 / 54,400 / 0.2
Bahamas / 145,028 / 5.8 / 128,363 / -0.2 / 61,857 / -11.9 / 89,817 / 3.4 / 105,145 / 2.4 / 120,234 / 9.8
Barbados / 52,982 / 7.6 / 46,745 / -1.6 / 28,737 / -7.2 / 38,210 / -2.7 / 45,924 / 2.8 / 56,963 / 16.4
Belize / 20,670 / 14.8 / 19,689 / 21.7 / 9,975 / 15.5 / 11,524 / 10.8 / 16,313 / 4.6 / 21,028 / 5.0
Bermuda / 35,909 / 0.2 / 35,045 / 4.6 / 11,260 / -48.7 / 18,979 / -20.8 / 13,259 / -25.9 / 11,028 / -11.0
Bonaire / 5,838 / 28.6 / 4,785 / 29.2 / 4,460 / 18.4 / 5,818 / 28.1 / 6,376 / 24.6 / 6,010 / 4.5
British Virgin Is. P / 23,852 / 21.2 / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
Cancun ** / 209,545 / 8.1 / 197,557 / 12.5 / 121,219 / 16.9 / 124,108 / 10.6 / 145,849 / 7.6 / 162,365 / 8.2
Cayman Islands / 26,491 / -8.2 / 22,422 / -6.4 / 11,336 / 0.0 / 18,879 / 16.9 / 22,745 / -4.8 / 30,848 / 6.2
Cozumel / 29,458 / 31.7 / 24,437 / 86.6 / 11,518 / 52.8 / 14,592 / -1.5 / 21,948 / 24.8 / 26,072 / -2.7
Cuba / 148,356 / 5.8 / 161,913 / 16.0 / 107,191 / 6.0 / 121,549 / 13.2 / 150,864 / 8.6 / 203,947 / 6.6
Curacao / 20,949 / 15.1 / 18,742 / -3.1 / 17,109 / 6.6 / 20,909 / 18.3 / 19,255 / 2.9 / 20,571 / 4.1
Dominican Rep.* / 351,923 / 22.5 / 312,545 / 27.1 / 191,877 / 12.7 / 201,939 / 17.6 / 247,155 / 10.4 / 343,945 / 6.6
Dominica / 8,089 / 12.2 / 7,066 / 6.9 / 4,030 / 23.2 / 7,915 / 42.3 / 4,589 / -21.5 / 6,696 / 6.7
Grenada / 15,235 / 18.4 / 17,376 / 2.5 / 7,859 / 16.3 / 10,262 / 16.6 / 10,774 / 6.5 / 13,801 / 7.4
Guyana / 10,829 / -22.2 / 11,241 / -11.6 / 7,230 / 17.2 / 7,560 / 38.8 / 7,877 / 46.2 / 13,662 / 23.4
Haiti / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
Jamaica / 144,039 / 4.6 / 128,219 / 8.0 / 76,534 / 0.8 / 86,639 / 8.1 / 98,048 / 2.0 / 138,490 / 11.8
Martinique P / 37,853 / -2.1 / 46,168 / -6.1 / 24,603 / -8.5 / 21,640 / 1.3 / 25,717 / -3.0 / 40,296 / 2.6
Montserrat / 710 / -27.0 / 706 / -8.3 / 434 / -9.4 / 541 / 46.6 / 612 / -4.8 / 1,797 / -13.6
Puerto Rico** / 117,013 / 9.0 / 116,662 / 7.1 / 69,895 / -6.3 / 90,778 / 3.3 / 105,251 / -0.4 / 115,771 / 5.4
Saba / 1,162 / -16.1 / 968 / -25.7 / 424 / -41.9 / 620 / -30.3 / 761 / -5.2 / 1,072 / -2.1
St. Lucia / 26,228 / 19.7 / 24,632 / 23.4 / 17,392 / 22.6 / 19,448 / 3.1 / 20,665 / 5.4 / 22,522 / 16.1
St. Eustatius / 1,073 / -14.4 / 848 / -7.7 / 735 / 9.7 / 980 / 23.9 / 965 / 22.5 / 927 / 5.6
St. Kitts and Nevis / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
St. Maarten * / 36,133 / 16.4 / 36,380 / 13.7 / 19,613 / 1.5 / 29,445 / 14.1 / 38,194 / 18.9 / 46,135 / 28.8
St. Vincent & G'dines / 10,106 / -11.2 / 8,142 / 19.0 / 3,473 / 3.0 / 5,238 / 3.0 / 5,508 / 6.4 / 10,854 / 15.5
Trinidad & Tobago / 42,058 / 2.4 / 38,841 / 3.6 / 25,557 / 11.9 / 31,023 / 13.0 / - / - / - / -
Turks and Caicos Is. / 14,443 / 13.0 / 14,035 / 5.2 / 5,938 / -0.4 / 9,759 / 16.3 / 14,777 / 5.3 / 14,717 / 2.8
US Virgin Islands / 53,452 / 7.9 / 49,696 / 7.7 / 25,190 / 7.5 / 36,171 / 14.2 / 55,356 / 17.4 / 63,221 / 3.9
* Non-Resident Air Arrivals **Non-ResidentHotel registrations only q Quarterly Figures Reported
N.B: Figures are subject to revision by reporting countries P Preliminary figures
SOURCE - Data supplied by member countries and available as at October 1, 2018
Table 3: Tourist Arrivals by Main Market - 2003
Destination / Period / United States / Canada / Europe / Other
Tourists / % ch. / Tourists / % ch. / Tourists / % ch. / Tourists / % ch.
Anguilla / Jan-Dec / 30,644 / 6.9 / 1,289 / -0.5 / 6,308 / 17.2 / 8,674 / 2.5
Antigua and Barbuda* / Jan-Oct / 53,461 / 6.8 / 6,905 / -18.6 / 78,618 / 20.3 / 43,439 / 15.0
Aruba / Jan-Dec / 460,241 / 6.3 / 17,218 / -2.2 / 54,711 / 24.4 / 109,736 / 25.9
Bahamas / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
Barbados / Jan-Dec / 129,326 / 4.8 / 49,641 / 6.2 / 232,500 / 6.2 / 119,744 / 10.2
Belize / Jan-Dec / 127,289 / 21.7 / 9,832 / 7.0 / 33,309 / 14.4 / 50,144 / -11.4
Bermuda / Jan-Dec / 197,898 / -9.2 / 24,485 / -5.4 / 25,936 / -15.4 / 8,244 / -13.8
Bonaire / Jan-Dec / 25,904 / -2.2 / 916 / 54.5 / 30,014 / 65.3 / 7,342 / 7.3
Cancun (Mexico) ** / Jan-Dec / 1,590,204 / 7.5 / 139,285 / 16.6 / 255,828 / -3.5 / 91,161 / -10.1
Cayman Islands / Jan-Dec / 232,411 / -6.3 / 14,125 / 5.4 / 18,214 / 0.4 / 28,765 / 23.9
Cuba1 / Jan-Dec / n.a / n.a / 448,277 / 28.6 / 863,197 / 7.8 / 583,272 / 8.7
Curacao / Jan-Dec / 40,019 / 2.8 / 3,786 / 93.6 / 91,384 / 29.8 / 86,201 / -19.2
Dominica / Jan-Dec / 15,717 / n.a / 1,954 / n.a / 10,749 / n.a / 44,528 / n.a
Dominican Republic* / Jan-Dec / 865,942 / 21.8 / 412,625 / 31.6 / 1,265,978 / 21.0 / 723,637 / 0.2
Grenada / Jan-Dec / 35,166 / -3.7 / 5,591 / 19.4 / 43,151 / 10.7 / 58,425 / 11.8
Guyana / Jan-Dec / 49,625 / -0.9 / 14,144 / -0.3 / 8,136 / -0.7 / 29,006 / -9.1
Jamaica / Jan-Dec / 968,688 / 4.8 / 95,265 / -2.2 / 218,500 / 22.0 / 67,831 / 3.1
Montserrat / Jan-Dec / 1,541 / -21.0 / 297 / -20.8 / 2,413 / -12.5 / 4,124 / -9.0
Puerto Rico** / Jan-Dec / 1,152,747 / 4.3 / 13,627 / 15.4 / 29,965 / -5.6 / 128,629 / -2.3
Saba / Jan-Dec / 3,656 / -2.3 / 450 / -29.6 / 4,814 / 2.5 / 1,340 / -21.2
St Eustatius / Jan-Dec / 2,650 / 0.0 / 184 / -4.2 / 5,308 / 15.4 / 2,646 / 13.2
St Kitts and Nevis / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
St Lucia / Jan-Dec / 98,078 / 4.3 / 13,494 / 4.4 / 90,193 / 27.7 / 75,183 / -0.9
St Maarten * / Jan-Dec / 222,247 / 15.4 / 29,545 / 25.9 / 88,259 / 1.3 / 87,536 / 12.7
St Vincent and Gren. / Jan-Dec / 22,194 / -1.0 / 4,918 / -6.6 / 17,175 / -4.3 / 34,248 / 7.0
Trinidad and Tobago / Jan-Oct / 113,249 / 3.5 / 34,675 / 3.8 / 64,799 / 6.4 / 122,088 / 7.7
US Virgin Islands ** / Jan-Dec / 496,357 / 7.5 / 4,809 / 10.0 / 7,756 / 26.2 / 114,799 / 1.2
* Non-Resident Air Arrivals **Non-Resident Hotel registrations only
N.B U.S.V.I reported figures in this tables are Hotel Registrations whereas they reported Stay Over totals are Air Arrivals
N.B: Figures are subject to revision by reporting countries 1 USA total included in Other
SOURCE - Data supplied by member countries and available as at October 1, 2018
Table 4: Cruise Passenger Arrivals - 2003 & 2002
Destination /
Period
/ 2003 / 2002 / % ch.Antigua and Barbuda / Jan-Dec / 385,686 / 312,241 / 23.5
Aruba / Jan-Dec / 542,327 / 582,195 / -6.8
Bahamas / Jan-Dec / 2,970,174 / 2,802,112 / 6.0
Barbados / Jan-Dec / 559,122 / 529,319 / 5.6
Belize / Jan-Dec / 575,196
319 / 319,690 / 79.9
Bermuda / Jan-Dec / 226,097 / 200,156 / 13.0
Bonaire / - / - / - / -
British Virgin IslandsP / Jan-Jul / 178,699 / 113,590 / 57.3
Cayman Islands / Jan-Dec / 1,818,979 / 1,574,750 / 15.5
Cozumel (Mexico) / Jan-Dec / 2,708,913 / 2,343,135 / 15.6
Curacao / Jan-Dec / 279,378 / 319,067 / -12.4
Dominican Republic / Jan-Dec / 398,263 / 246,992 / 61.3
Dominica / Jan-Dec / 177,044 / 136,859 / 29.4
Grenada / Jan-Dec / 146,925 / 135,061 / 8.8
Haiti / - / - / - / -
Jamaica / Jan-Dec / 1,132,596 / 865,419 / 30.9
Martinique / Jan-Dec / 268,542 / 200,847 / 33.7
Puerto Rico / Jan-Dec / 1,234,992 / 1,203,911 / 2.6
St Kitts and Nevis / - / - / - / -
St Lucia / Jan-Dec / 393,240 / 387,180 / 1.6
St Maarten / Jan-Dec / 1,171,734 / 1,055,040 / 11.1
St Vincent and Gren. / Jan-Dec / 64,965 / 70,314 / -7.6
Trinidad and Tobago / Jan-Dec / 55,532 / 60,047 / -7.5
US Virgin Islands / Jan-Dec / 1,773,948 / 1,738,703 / 2.0
N.B: Figures are subject to revision by reporting countries P Preliminary figures
SOURCE - Data supplied by member countries and available as at October 1, 2018