Tag: tourism statistics
January guest numbers grow by 7.7% over 2024
(CNS): Overnight visitor numbers got off to a good start in January, according to the latest figures released by the Department of Tourism. The number of stay-over guests was 41,418, an increase of 7.7% from January 2024, making it the second-best January in recorded history and setting the pace for a strong 2025, officials said.
Visitor numbers in 2024 edged closer to 2019 record
(CNS): Almost 438,000 people visited the Cayman Islands in 2024 as overnight guests, even though the airport was closed on several occasions because of bad weather and storm warnings. While this fell short of 2019’s record-breaking number of stayover tourists, the figure was the third-highest since records began and 2% more than in 2023.
Bryan denies any failings over tourism policy
(CNS): In parliament last week, Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan denied that there are any issues relating to the UPM policy on tourism or that the decision to enhance and continue with the existing National Tourism Plan was a shortcoming on his part. Hitting back at the opposition for their criticisms of how he is handling […]
Stay-over visitors increase but still short of 2019 highs
(CNS): At the end of May this year, the Cayman Islands had welcomed 209,135 stay-over visitors, which is around 90% of the headcount during the same period in 2019, the last year before the global tourist market was struck by the global COVID pandemic. Officials from the Department of Tourism said that there has been […]
2024 stay-over visitors still below 2019 record numbers
(CNS): Over 137,000 stay-over visitors arrived in the Cayman Islands between January and March of this year, which is the second-highest figure for the first quarter of any year since records began and a 13.4% increase over the 2023 figure. The numbers were boosted because Easter was in March this year, leading to a standout […]
Minister hedges over tourism recovery for 2024
(CNS): The total number of visitors to the Cayman Islands by air and sea in 2023 easily exceeded the tourism ministry’s original target of 80% of the figures for 2019, the last full year before the borders were closed as a result of the pandemic. Last year, 429,284 stayover visitors arrived, which is 85% of […]
Guest numbers climb toward pre-pandemic levels
(CNS): Overnight guest arrivals in November 2023 reached 93% of the numbers for the same month in 2019, the last year before the Cayman Islands Government shut the borders to protect the country from COVID-19, according to Department of Tourism statistics. However, the pace of return was impacted by the borders here remaining closed longer […]
October air arrivals reach 86% of pre COVID levels
(CNS): The trend towards a full recovery of the Cayman Islands’ visitor numbers in the wake of the border closures continued in October with 20,568 stay-over visitors representing roughly 86% of 2019’s record breaking year and 16 percentage points higher than this year’s target of 70% of pre-pandemic numbers. During the ten months of 2023 […]
Inflation boosts government’s tourism revenue
(CNS): The number of overnight guests visiting the Cayman Islands this year is now close to pre-pandemic levels, providing a welcome increase in government revenue, which has been boosted by inflation that has led to an increase in hotel room rates. Tourism Accommodation Taxes and Fees have already surpassed the annual budget forecast in the […]
Tourism on road to recovery with one million visitors
(CNS): Official figures released by the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism show that 284,274 people vacationed here last year and 743,394 cruise passengers called at George Town port, as the tourism sector began recovering once the borders opened, cruise ships began returning and all restrictions were lifted by the summer. The figures for both sectors […]
CAL breaks records as tourism numbers keep climbing
(CNS): Cayman Airways Limited exceeded pre-pandemic numbers for both total passenger count and passenger revenue in October, setting new records for the national airline, a release from CAL stated. And according to Department of Tourism statistics, between 1 January and 30 September, a total of 180,624 visitors arrived in the Cayman Islands. With CAL alone […]
