CARIBBEAN TOURISM ORGANIZATION
LATEST STATISTICS 2005
May 21, 2007
Table 1: Tourist (Stop-over) Arrivals in 2005 /Destination / Period / Tourist
Arrivals / % Change /
Overall / Winter# / Summer# /
Anguilla / Jan-Dec / 62,084 / 15.0 / 12.5 / 16.7
Antigua & Barbuda * / Jan-Dec / 245,384 / -0.2 / 3.2 / -2.4
Aruba / Jan-Dec / 732,514 / 0.6 / 10.0 / -4.1
Bahamas * / Jan-Dec / 1,514,532 / 4.4 / -5.8 / 11.1
Barbados / Jan-Dec / 547,534 / -0.7 / 1.3 / -1.8
Belize / Jan-Dec / 236,573 / 2.5 / 4.1 / 1.4
Bermuda P / Jan-Dec / 269,576 / -0.7 / 11.0 / -3.9
Bonaire / Jan-Dec / 62,550 / -1.0 / 3.1 / -3.9
British Virgin Islands P / Jan-Dec / 337,135 / 10.7 / 12.7 / 9.4
Cancun (Mexico) ** / Jan-Dec / 2,134,180 / -8.5 / 12.2 / -20.1
Cayman Islands / Jan-Dec / 167,801 / -35.4 / -55.7 / -15.5
Cozumel (Mexico) / Jan-Dec / 276,515 / -25.0 / 9.7 / -47.3
Cuba P / Jan-Dec / 2,319,334 / 13.2 / 8.7 / 16.5
Curacao / Jan-Dec / 222,070 / -0.6 / 0.9 / -1.4
Dominica / Jan-Dec / 79,257 / -1.0 / 7.6 / -4.8
Dominican Republic * / Jan-Dec / 3,690,692 / 7.2 / 6.8 / 7.4
Grenada P / Jan-Dec / 98,244 / -26.6 / -36.5 / -20.1
Guyana / Jan-Dec / 116,596 / -4.4 / -11.7 / -1.3
Haiti / Jan-Dec / 112,267 / 16.4 / 15.5 / 16.7
Jamaica / Jan-Dec / 1,478,663 / 4.5 / 4.3 / 4.6
Martinique P / Jan-Dec / 484,127 / 2.8 / 1.7 / 3.5
Montserrat P / Jan-Dec / 9,690 / -4.4 / 0.2 / -6.3
Puerto Rico ** / Jan-Dec / 1,465,292 / 3.8 / 3.1 / 4.2
Saba / Jan-Dec / 11,462 / 4.1 / 13.2 / -1.1
St. Eustatius / Jan-Dec / 10,355 / -6.3 / -5.7 / -6.7
St. Lucia / Jan-Dec / 317,939 / 6.5 / 19.6 / -0.3
St. Maarten * / Jan-Dec / 467,861 / -1.5 / -0.5 / -2.2
St. Vincent & G’dines / Jan-Dec / 95,505 / 10.1 / 25.5 / 3.6
Suriname / Jan-Dec / 159,852 / 16.0 / 21.3 / 13.8
Trinidad & Tobago / Jan-Dec / 460,195 / 4.0 / 7.4 / 2.1
US Virgin Islands / Jan-Dec / 697,033 / 5.8 / 10.5 / 3.0
* 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 May 21, 2007
Table 2a: Tourist Arrivals by Month - 2005
Country / January / February / March / April / May / JuneTourists / % ch / Tourists / % ch / Tourists / % ch / Tourists / % ch / Tourists / % ch / Tourists / % ch
Anguilla / 5,430 / 18.6 / 6,208 / 11.6 / 6,997 / 19.7 / 6,117 / 1.9 / 5,588 / 8.9 / 4,766 / 19.1
Antigua & Barbuda * / 24,918 / 12.1 / 23,738 / 1.8 / 26,979 / 14.3 / 24,562 / -12.2 / 18,218 / -1.8 / 16,276 / -4.1
Aruba / 66,040 / 15.3 / 62,640 / 1.8 / 72,188 / 23.9 / 67,611 / 0.9 / 55,805 / -2.4 / 59,632 / 10.6
Bahamas / 103,973 / -3.3 / 125,615 / -7.5 / 165,334 / -2.0 / 145,391 / -10.0 / 136,734 / 3.1 / 149,679 / 6.0
Barbados / 47,242 / 5.6 / 49,338 / -1.1 / 54,963 / 1.4 / 46,979 / -0.6 / 40,368 / -10.0 / 36,289 / -5.8
Belize / 22,165 / 0.0 / 24,734 / 4.6 / 29,321 / 9.3 / 20,503 / 0.9 / 17,999 / 3.5 / 20,460 / 8.0
Bermuda / 8,524 / 8.9 / 11,311 / 2.4 / 19,581 / 20.9 / 24,420 / 8.9 / 31,985 / 3.1 / 35,707 / 1.4
Bonaire / 5,702 / -8.0 / 6,798 / 13.6 / 6,623 / 22.9 / 5,742 / -12.2 / 4,808 / -6.3 / 4,599 / 5.7
British Virgin Islands / 30,004 / 5.2 / 27,564 / -4.9 / 48,315 / 56.2 / 33,341 / -5.1 / 29,510 / 3.9 / 32,057 / 23.4
Cancun ** / 227,720 / 21.3 / 230,096 / 7.2 / 271,063 / 15.2 / 215,599 / 5.5 / 208,760 / 10.1 / 235,659 / 7.3
Cayman Islands / 9,601 / -62.6 / 13,202 / -58.8 / 18,810 / -49.5 / 15,423 / -54.5 / 12,061 / -52.7 / 14,008 / -47.9
Cozumel ** / 40,875 / 4.7 / 39,786 / -1.7 / 44,482 / 29.7 / 33,038 / 8.9 / 24,779 / -9.5 / 31,845 / 11.0
Cuba P / 238,729 / 10.7 / 232,938 / 4.0 / 252,009 / 9.6 / 215,757 / 10.7 / 142,354 / 2.6 / 140,868 / 10.5
Curacao / 19,209 / 3.6 / 19,628 / -0.9 / 22,731 / 20.0 / 17,930 / -16.6 / 16,150 / -0.5 / 14,441 / -1.9
Dominica / 6,208 / 8.1 / 7,087 / -1.2 / 6,938 / 49.1 / 5,903 / -12.2 / 6,500 / -3.7 / 5,353 / -2.3
Dominican Rep.* / 336,746 / 8.9 / 331,651 / 1.0 / 369,991 / 14.9 / 298,746 / 2.1 / 249,561 / 12.9 / 303,950 / 10.1
Grenada / 9,260 / -25.8 / 8,173 / -37.2 / 8,852 / -29.4 / 7,481 / -50.4 / 7,013 / -35.2 / 7,115 / -24.1
Guyana / 6,553 / -7.6 / 6,755 / -18.7 / 10,560 / 24.8 / 8,779 / -33.1 / 8,381 / 8.9 / 9,087 / 1.9
Haiti / 6,281 / -40.4 / 8,028 / 27.7 / 5,567 / 70.6 / 8,753 / 86.4 / 8,037 / 1.8 / 11,322 / 19.7
Jamaica / 116,844 / 6.9 / 123,022 / 2.4 / 155,103 / 13.5 / 123,578 / -5.7 / 110,821 / -0.8 / 132,710 / -0.5
Martinique P / 46,904 / 1.3 / 46,296 / 7.1 / 51,239 / 12.1 / 41,254 / -12.7 / 35,475 / 5.7 / 30,541 / 10.0
Montserrat / 656 / 9.9 / 652 / 2.8 / 970 / 6.6 / 693 / -15.9 / 706 / 3.4 / 737 / 12.3
Puerto Rico ** / 126,046 / 0.6 / 134,437 / 2.0 / 157,340 / 7.8 / 138,402 / 1.7 / 112,590 / 6.8 / 117,472 / 3.5
Saba / 962 / 12.3 / 1,035 / 14.0 / 1,355 / 27.2 / 1,186 / 0.6 / 918 / 0.8 / 678 / 1.0
St. Lucia / 25,997 / 20.7 / 27,229 / 5.7 / 30,320 / 21.4 / 38,901 / 29.1 / 28,469 / 8.7 / 20,753 / -5.6
St.Eustatius P / 917 / -6.0 / 902 / -2.0 / 939 / 3.5 / 834 / -17.2 / 871 / -0.3 / 834 / -9.3
St. Maarten * / 46,632 / 2.8 / 45,338 / -4.1 / 51,264 / 5.5 / 45,246 / -6.2 / 33,578 / -6.9 / 33,816 / 5.0
St. Vincent & G’dines / 7,963 / 31.9 / 7,515 / 17.5 / 9,764 / 89.0 / 7,255 / -12.7 / 6,670 / -3.2 / 7,444 / 2.7
Suriname / 11,934 / 63.8 / 11,518 / 0.2 / 13,768 / 23.6 / 12,248 / 12.9 / 11,484 / 25.8 / 12,284 / 23.2
Trinidad & Tobago / 44,282 / 52.4 / 44,785 / -11.3 / 42,673 / 19.3 / 35,329 / -12.2 / 34,448 / 16.2 / 33,539 / 9.8
US Virgin Islands / 65,375 / 12.9 / 63,212 / 13.4 / 82,601 / 20.4 / 67,910 / -3.6 / 57,883 / -0.3 / 60,209 / 4.5
* 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 January 8, 2008
Table 2b: Tourist Arrivals by Month - 2005
Country / July / August / September / October / November / DecemberTourists / % ch / Tourists / % ch / Tourists / % ch / Tourists / % ch / Tourists / % ch / Tourists / % ch
Anguilla / 6,093 / 11.1 / 4,460 / 5.0 / 1,525 / 29.5 / 2,093 / 40.1 / 5,708 / 29.4 / 7,099 / 17.4
Antigua & Barbuda * / 21,421 / -6.7 / 18,049 / -0.4 / 12,014 / -7.7 / 17,936 / 8.3 / 18,389 / -0.9 / 22,884 / -4.3
Aruba / 69,959 / 0.0 / 62,914 / -7.8 / 48,047 / -8.7 / 56,805 / -9.1 / 53,663 / -8.4 / 57,210 / -6.3
Bahamas * / 164,279 / 1.7 / 121,525 / -2.3 / 72,860 / 127.0 / 84,828 / 12.0 / 115,684 / 24.6 / 128,630 / 10.6
Barbados / 55,385 / -3.3 / 42,741 / -6.3 / 31,099 / -2.3 / 39,292 / -1.1 / 45,773 / 4.3 / 58,065 / 8.1
Belize / 20,062 / -7.7 / 18,335 / 4.9 / 10,013 / -4.0 / 12,011 / -1.3 / 16,711 / -1.0 / 24,259 / 6.1
Bermuda / 32,190 / -12.2 / 28,947 / -11.4 / 22,331 / -2.5 / 23,665 / 0.9 / 18,743 / -0.9 / 12,172 / -8.4
Bonaire / 5,897 / 24.5 / 4,272 / -2.6 / 2,942 / -18.8 / 4,029 / -31.0 / 5,603 / 2.0 / 5,535 / 0.9
British Virgin Islands P / 38,047 / 15.7 / 21,518 / 34.4 / 9,725 / 15.8 / 15,137 / -3.7 / 22,146 / -3.7 / 29,771 / -2.6
Cancun (Mexico) ** / 223,630 / -3.0 / 209,253 / -3.1 / 135,594 / 4.9 / 96,947 / -33.6 / 25,586 / -84.8 / 54,273 / -71.4
Cayman Islands / 16,610 / -49.8 / 11,917 / -48.6 / 8,494 / 70.5 / 11,104 / 464.2 / 14,979 / 255.4 / 21,592 / 92.8
Cozumel (Mexico) / 23,764 / -45.8 / 17,807 / -38.0 / 11,728 / -29.5 / 5,994 / -69.1 / 276 / -99.0 / 2,141 / -93.4
Cuba / 199,129 / 21.8 / 189,692 / 18.8 / 146,286 / 37.2 / 151,782 / 14.2 / 192,491 / 21.7 / 217,299 / 10.3
Curacao / 18,398 / -14.2 / 19,215 / -5.1 / 15,578 / -1.5 / 18,591 / 2.3 / 19,517 / 6.3 / 19,692 / 5.5
Dominica / 8,635 / -4.8 / 7,466 / -9.3 / 4,029 / -10.0 / 8,605 / -5.7 / 4,523 / -8.8 / 8,010 / 4.1
Dominican Rep.* / 412,849 / 8.5 / 319,705 / 1.2 / 195,593 / 7.1 / 219,649 / 11.6 / 268,759 / 4.8 / 383,492 / 6.2
Grenada P / 9,838 / -40.7 / 10,614 / -36.2 / 5,299 / -21.2 / 6,886 / 3.8 / 7,735 / 24.4 / 9,978 / 28.8
Guyana / 15,221 / -13.0 / 13,666 / -1.9 / 7,675 / 3.7 / 8,006 / 7.7 / 8,737 / 12.5 / 13,176 / -8.3
Haiti / 10,345 / -8.1 / 12,576 / 26.3 / 9,501 / 20.4 / 10,843 / 49.7 / 8,049 / 17.4 / 12,965 / 16.9
Jamaica / 151,289 / -5.6 / 117,898 / -9.0 / 72,926 / 12.3 / 87,467 / 3.1 / 121,740 / 25.4 / 165,265 / 21.6
Martinique P / 48,956 / 5.4 / 59,224 / 1.7 / 29,988 / 4.2 / 16,124 / -36.7 / 27,271 / -4.5 / 40,854 / 3.3
Montserrat P / 1,040 / 11.6 / 580 / -23.0 / 464 / -14.9 / 495 / -9.5 / 526 / -19.4 / 2,171 / -9.7
Puerto Rico ** / 133,565 / 3.9 / 125,841 / 3.4 / 81,177 / 9.3 / 91,317 / -3.2 / 117,281 / 5.2 / 129,824 / 5.2
Saba / 1,468 / 7.2 / 672 / -25.8 / 570 / -1.9 / 680 / -3.4 / 758 / 7.2 / 1,180 / 2.3
St. Eustatius / 900 / -25.4 / 837 / -13.2 / 622 / -13.1 / 842 / -1.6 / 947 / 12.5 / 910 / 4.8
St. Lucia / 28,839 / -3.6 / 26,474 / -5.7 / 16,016 / -9.8 / 23,511 / 6.6 / 23,538 / 1.4 / 27,892 / 4.1
St. Maarten * / 42,150 / 4.8 / 34,245 / -11.0 / 20,387 / -6.3 / 30,309 / 1.0 / 37,150 / -5.5 / 47,746 / 0.4
St. Vincent & G’dines / 11,514 / 6.4 / 8,871 / 0.9 / 4,191 / 22.4 / 6,271 / 16.6 / 6,400 / -3.4 / 11,647 / 0.1
Suriname / 18,934 / 6.5 / 16,936 / 28.8 / 10,955 / 15.2 / 11,266 / 1.1 / 13,572 / 22.8 / 14,953 / -2.3
Trinidad & Tobago / 45,306 / 4.1 / 39,802 / -3.3 / 28,287 / 2.4 / 31,517 / 1.4 / 33,372 / -3.1 / 46,855 / -4.4
US Virgin Islands / 61,732 / 1.3 / 48,975 / -2.2 / 25,653 / 0.1 / 38,159 / -1.7 / 55,760 / 6.9 / 69,564 / 11.0
* 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 May 21, 2007
Destination / Period / United States / Canada / Europe / Other /
Tourists / % ch. / Tourists / % ch. / Tourists / % ch. / Tourists / % ch. /
Anguilla / Jan-Dec / 41,733 / 16.7 / 1,792 / 15.7 / 8,113 / 0.9 / 10,446 / 20.8
Antigua & Barbuda * / Jan-Dec / 68,527 / -2.8 / 10,326 / 9.2 / 108,268 / -4.6 / 58,263 / 11.5
Aruba / Jan-Dec / 532,352 / 0.2 / 21,350 / 3.8 / 63,181 / 4.6 / 115,631 / -0.2
Barbados / Jan-Dec / 131,005 / 1.0 / 47,690 / -4.7 / 229,617 / -5.9 / 139,222 / 8.9
Belize / Jan-Dec / 145,977 / 6.3 / 13,579 / 13.9 / 33,462 / 2.1 / 43,555 / -10.7
Bermuda P / Jan-Dec / 203,998 / -2.4 / 28,666 / 8.2 / 26,678 / 3.1 / 10,234 / 0.3
Bonaire / Jan-Dec / 25,363 / -4.7 / 1,157 / -1.5 / 30,066 / 7.5 / 5,964 / -19.2
Cancun (Mexico) ** / Jan-Dec / 1,528,416 / -12.7 / 188,848 / 8.3 / 303,204 / 1.1 / 113,712 / 7.2
Cayman Islands / Jan-Dec / 118,843 / -42.1 / 10,480 / -13.5 / 12,716 / -16.8 / 25,762 / -5.7
Curacao / Jan-Dec / 45,542 / 5.7 / 5,223 / 27.4 / 94,919 / 5.8 / 76,386 / -11.7
Dominica / Jan-Dec / 18,492 / 5.2 / 1,977 / 14.7 / 10,258 / 0.5 / 48,530 / -4.1
Dom Republic * / Jan-Dec / 1,010,012 / 8.5 / 427,074 / -4.8 / 1,395,429 / 8.4 / 858,177 / 10.5
Grenada P / Jan-Dec / 25,139 / -16.6 / 4,331 / -18.4 / 22,247 / -38.5 / 46,527 / -25.3
Guyana / Jan-Dec / 60,071 / -7.5 / 15,876 / -0.2 / 8,704 / -3.9 / 31,945 / -0.4
Jamaica / Jan-Dec / 1,058,317 / 6.2 / 116,862 / 10.6 / 233,879 / -3.3 / 69,605 / -2.1
Montserrat P / Jan-Dec / 2,034 / -2.4 / 404 / 21.0 / 3,196 / 0.0 / 4,056 / -10.3
Puerto Rico ** / Jan-Dec / 1,282,369 / 4.2 / 18,708 / -10.4 / 39,337 / 6.4 / 124,878 / 1.1
Saba / Jan-Dec / 4,288 / 2.8 / 645 / 9.0 / 5,484 / 8.7 / 1,045 / -13.3
St. Eustatius / Jan-Dec / 2,309 / -14.1 / 194 / -8.1 / 5,400 / 29.4 / 2,452 / -38.5
St. Lucia / Jan-Dec / 112,557 / 5.1 / 16,506 / 7.8 / 100,085 / 2.2 / 88,791 / 13.7
St. Maarten * / Jan-Dec / 246,858 / -1.7 / 34,506 / 9.0 / 93,821 / -2.7 / 92,676 / -3.3
St. Vincent & G’dines / Jan-Dec / 27,153 / 8.2 / 6,187 / 18.5 / 19,928 / 6.8 / 42,237 / 11.9
Suriname / Jan-Dec / 4,673 / 4.7 / - / - / 99,590 / 14.6 / 55,589 / 19.7
Trinidad & Tobago / Jan-Dec / 166,848 / 4.6 / 47,588 / 9.2 / 91,163 / 1.8 / 154,596 / 3.1
U S Virgin Islands ** / Jan-Dec / 524,031 / 0.5 / 5,365 / 2.4 / 18,723 / 18.4 / 61,453 / -0.3
* Non-Resident Air Arrivals ** Non-Resident Hotel registrations only P Preliminary figures
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 OtherSOURCE - Data supplied by member countries and available as at May 21, 2007
Destination /
Period
/ 2005 / 2004 / % ch.Antigua & Barbuda / Jan-Dec / 466,851 / 522,753 / -10.7
Aruba / Jan-Dec / 552,819 / 576,320 / -4.1
Bahamas / Jan-Dec / 3,078,709 / 3,360,012 / -8.4
Barbados / Jan-Dec / 563,588 / 721,270 / -21.9
Belize / Jan-Dec / 800,331 / 851,436 / -6.0
Bermuda / Jan-Dec / 247,259 / 206,133 / 20.0
Bonaire / Jan-Dec / 40,077 / 53,343 / -24.9
British Virgin Islands P / Jan-Dec / 449,152 / 466,601 / -3.7
Cayman Islands / Jan-Dec / 1,798,999 / 1,693,293 / 6.2
Cozumel (Mexico) / Jan-Dec / 2,519,179 / 2,862,039 / -12.0
Curacao / Jan-Dec / 276,217 / 219,385 / 25.9
Dominica / Jan-Dec / 301,294 / 383,614 / -21.5
Dominican Republic / Jan-Dec / 289,805 / 456,321 / -36.5
Grenada P / Jan-Dec / 275,082 / 229,800 / 19.7
Haiti / Jan-Dec / 368,018 / 289,208 / 27.3
Jamaica / Jan-Dec / 1,135,843 / 1,099,773 / 3.3
Martinique P / Jan-Dec / 93,064 / 159,416 / -41.6
Montserrat / Jan-Dec / 285 / 363 / -21.5
Puerto Rico / Jan-Dec / 1,315,079 / 1,390,343 / -5.4
St Lucia / Jan-Dec / 394,364 / 481,279 / -18.1
St Maarten / Jan-Dec / 1,488,461 / 1,348,450 / 10.4
St. Vincent & the G’dines / Jan-Dec / 69,391 / 74,657 / -7.1
Trinidad & Tobago / Jan-Dec / 67,193 / 54,254 / 23.8
US Virgin Islands / Jan-Dec / 1,912,539 / 1,964,689 / -2.7
N.B: Figures are subject to revision by reporting countries P Preliminary figures
SOURCE - Data supplied by member countries and available as at May 21, 2007