Tourism Statistics and TrendsTOURIST ARRIVALS BY COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE, 1992 - 1996
Country |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
% Share 1996 |
| U.S.A. | 110,685 |
112,733 |
109,092 |
111,983 |
111,731 |
25.0 |
| Var.% | -- |
1.9 |
-3.2 |
2.7 |
-0.2 |
-- |
| Canada | 49,999 |
49,190 |
52,286 |
53,373 |
54,928 |
12.3 |
| Var.% | -- |
-1.6 |
6.3 |
2.1 |
2.9 |
-- |
| United Kingdom | 88,759 |
100,071 |
123,455 |
126,621 |
139,588 |
31.2 |
| Var.% | -- |
12.7 |
23.4 |
2.6 |
10.2 |
-- |
| Other Europe | 65,395 |
61,871 |
68,077 |
70,462 |
62,418 |
14.0 |
| Var.% | -- |
-5.4 |
10.0 |
3.5 |
-11.4 |
-- |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 15,946 |
16,002 |
15,688 |
17,645 |
15,786 |
3.5 |
| Var.% | -- |
0.4 |
-2.0 |
12.5 |
-10.5 |
-- |
| Other Caricom | 36,885 |
36,460 |
35,799 |
40,990 |
40,966 |
9.2 |
| Var.% | -- |
-1.2 |
-1.8 |
14.5 |
-0.1 |
-- |
| Rest of the World | 17,803 |
19,652 |
21,235 |
21,033 |
21,666 |
4.8 |
| Var.% | -- |
10.4 |
8.1 |
-1.0 |
3.0 |
-- |
| Total | 385,472 |
395,979 |
425,632 |
442,107 |
447,083 |
100.0 |
| Var.% | -- |
2.7 |
7.5 |
3.9 |
1.1 |
-- |
MONTHLY TOURIST ARRIVALS, 1992 - 1996
Month |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
| January | 34,331 |
33,553 |
37,956 |
35,736 |
38,809 |
| Var.% | -- |
-2.3 |
13.1 |
-5.9 |
8.6 |
| February | 33,504 |
34,349 |
38,538 |
36,594 |
39,539 |
| Var.% | -- |
2.5 |
12.2 |
-5.0 |
8.1 |
| March | 32,707 |
32,892 |
39,248 |
39,222 |
42,171 |
| Var.% | -- |
0.6 |
19.3 |
-0.1 |
7.5 |
| April | 32,861 |
35,758 |
37,577 |
38,056 |
39,815 |
| Var.% | -- |
8.8 |
5.1 |
1.3 |
4.6 |
| May | 28,358 |
30,024 |
32,310 |
31,159 |
32,964 |
| Var.% | -- |
5.9 |
7.6 |
-3.6 |
5.8 |
| June | 26,560 |
25,326 |
27,812 |
30,054 |
31,093 |
| Var.% | -- |
-4.7 |
9.8 |
8.1 |
3.5 |
| July | 37,600 |
40,023 |
46,799 |
44,220 |
43,997 |
| Var.% | -- |
6.4 |
16.9 |
-5.5 |
-0.5 |
| August | 35,841 |
33,608 |
34,968 |
40,597 |
37,692 |
| Var.% | -- |
-6.2 |
4.1 |
16.1 |
-7.2 |
| September | 24,999 |
24,495 |
27,102 |
30,636 |
28,718 |
| Var.% | -- |
-2.0 |
10.6 |
13.0 |
-6.3 |
| October | 29,118 |
30,338 |
31,983 |
33,797 |
31,664 |
| Var.% | -- |
4.2 |
5.4 |
5.7 |
-6.3 |
| November | 33,628 |
35,328 |
32,603 |
37,535 |
36,381 |
| Var.% | -- |
5.1 |
-7.7 |
15.1 |
-3.1 |
| December | 35,965 |
40,285 |
38,736 |
44,501 |
44,240 |
| Var.% | -- |
12.0 |
-3.9 |
14.9 |
-0.6 |
| Total | 385,472 |
395,979 |
425,632 |
442,107 |
447,083 |
| Var.% | -- |
2.7 |
7.5 |
3.9 |
1.1 |
ARRIVALS AT FRONTIERS OF TOURISTS FROM ABROAD, 1991 - 1995
Regions and Countries |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
Market Share % 1995 |
| Americas | 236,898 |
227,422 |
227,771 |
226,762 |
237,618 |
53.8 |
| Var.% | -- | -4.0 | 0.2 | -0.4 | 4.8 | -- |
| Caribbean | 57,515 |
55,413 |
54,187 |
51,049 |
58,635 |
13.3 |
| Var.% | -- | -3.7 | -2.2 | -5.8 | 14.9 | -- |
| East Asia/Pacific | -- |
-- |
1,484 |
1,239 |
2,556 |
0.6 |
| Var.% | -- | -- | -- | -16.5 | 106.3 | -- |
| Europe | 153,954 |
154,277 |
162,057 |
190,595 |
195,268 |
44.2 |
| Var.% | -- | 0.2 | 5.0 | 17.6 | 2.5 | -- |
| Not Specific | 3,370 |
3,773 |
4,667 |
7,036 |
6,665 |
1.5 |
| Var.% | -- | 12.0 | 23.7 | 50.8 | -5.3 | -- |
| Total | 394,222 |
385,472 |
395,979 |
425,632 |
442,107 |
100.0 |
| Var.% | -- |
-2.2 |
2.7 |
7.5 |
3.9 |
-- |
MONTHLY CRUISE PASSENGER ARRIVALS, 1992 - 1996
Month |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
| January | 41,523 |
46,984 |
55,632 |
50,965 |
59,611 |
| Var.% | -- |
13.2 |
18.4 |
-8.4 |
17.0 |
| February | 38,179 |
46,505 |
44,448 |
52,274 |
50,922 |
| Var.% | -- |
21.8 |
-4.4 |
17.6 |
-2.6 |
| March | 44,312 |
56,533 |
64,924 |
62,685 |
54,171 |
| Var.% | -- |
27.6 |
14.8 |
-3.5 |
-13.6 |
| April | 40,682 |
36,585 |
45,361 |
45,307 |
47,736 |
| Var.% | -- |
-10.1 |
24.0 |
-0.1 |
5.4 |
| May | 20,805 |
25,745 |
23,305 |
27,897 |
31,959 |
| Var.% | -- |
23.7 |
-9.5 |
19.7 |
14.6 |
| June | 21,954 |
26,472 |
29,049 |
28,187 |
28,248 |
| Var.% | -- |
20.6 |
9.7 |
-3.0 |
0.2 |
| July | 28,344 |
25,649 |
24,274 |
27,452 |
32,740 |
| Var.% | -- |
-9.5 |
-5.4 |
13.1 |
19.3 |
| August | 24,029 |
25,644 |
27,433 |
31,203 |
30,560 |
| Var.% | -- |
6.7 |
7.0 |
13.7 |
-2.1 |
| September | 21,536 |
22,424 |
14,731 |
19,615 |
22,253 |
| Var.% | -- |
4.1 |
-34.3 |
33.2 |
13.5 |
| October | 23,732 |
21,744 |
30,172 |
31,007 |
40,796 |
| Var.% | -- |
-8.4 |
38.8 |
2.8 |
31.6 |
| November | 43,183 |
40,369 |
48,248 |
52,973 |
46,965 |
| Var.% | -- |
-6.5 |
19.5 |
9.8 |
-11.3 |
| December | 51,423 |
54,000 |
51,925 |
55,105 |
64,014 |
| Var.% | -- |
5.0 |
-3.8 |
6.1 |
16.2 |
| Total | 399,702 |
428,654 |
459,502 |
484,670 |
509,975 |
| Var.% | -- |
7.2 |
7.2 |
5.5 |
5.2 |
| Cruise Ship Calls | 512 |
456 |
508 |
573 |
528 |
ROOMS IN TOURIST ACCOMMODATION, 1992 - 1996
Type |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
| Hotels | 1,995 |
3,648 |
3,956 |
1,702 |
1,859 |
| Var.% | -- |
82.9 |
8.4 |
-57.0 |
9.2 |
| Apartment Hotels | 2,048 |
1,829 |
1,626 |
1,915 |
2,129 |
| Var. % | -- |
-10.7 |
-11.1 |
17.8 |
11.2 |
| Apartments & Cottages | 1,568 |
-- |
-- |
1,393 |
2,217 |
| Var.% | -- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
59.2 |
| Guest Houses | 103 |
103 |
103 |
74 |
110 |
| Var.% | -- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-28.2 |
48.7 |
| Total | 5,714 |
5,580 |
5,685 |
5,084 |
6,315 |
| Var.% | -- |
-2.4 |
1.9 |
-10.6 |
24.2 |
Sources: Barbados Statistical Service & World Tourism Organization's Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Vol. II - 1997