Tourism Statistics and TrendsTOURIST ARRIVALS BY COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE, 1992 - 1996
Country |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
% Share 1996 |
| U.S.A. | 42,006 |
45,413 |
44,672 |
36,454 |
36,640 |
43.5 |
| Var.% | -- |
8.1 |
-1.6 |
-18.4 |
0.5 |
-- |
| Canada | 9,208 |
9,664 |
11,827 |
9,081 |
9,346 |
11.1 |
| Var.% | -- |
5.0 |
22.4 |
-23.2 |
2.9 |
-- |
| United Kingdom | 6,431 |
7,501 |
8,269 |
6,729 |
9,092 |
10.8 |
| Var.% | -- |
16.6 |
10.2 |
-18.6 |
35.1 |
-- |
| Other Europe | 3,169 |
3,238 |
3,756 |
3,104 |
2,852 |
3.4 |
| Var.% | -- |
2.2 |
16.0 |
-17.4 |
-8.1 |
-- |
| OECS | 6,123 |
5,035 |
5,654 |
5,206 |
6,738 |
8.0 |
| Var.% | -- |
-17.8 |
12.3 |
-7.9 |
29.4 |
-- |
| Other CARICOM | 4,114 |
3,708 |
4,111 |
3,512 |
3,572 |
4.2 |
| Var.% | -- |
-9.9 |
10.9 |
-14.6 |
1.7 |
-- |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 7,389 |
5,836 |
6,570 |
6,212 |
5,948 |
7.1 |
| Var.% | -- |
-21.0 |
12.6 |
-5.5 |
-4.3 |
-- |
| Netherlands Antilles | 4,364 |
3,306 |
3,332 |
3,271 |
3,644 |
4.3 |
| Var.% | -- |
-24.2 |
0.8 |
-1.8 |
11.4 |
-- |
| Rest of the World | 5,460 |
4,853 |
5,994 |
5,299 |
6,344 |
7.5 |
| Var.% | -- |
-11.1 |
23.5 |
-11.6 |
19.7 |
-- |
| Total | 88,264 |
88,554 |
94,185 |
78,868 |
84,176 |
100.0 |
| Var.% | -- |
0.3 |
6.4 |
-16.3 |
6.7 |
-- |
MONTHLY TOURIST ARRIVALS, 1992 - 1996
Month |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
| January | 7,454 |
9,178 |
9,295 |
8,004 |
7,277 |
| Var.% | -- |
23.1 |
1.3 |
-13.9 |
-9.1 |
| February | 8,328 |
8,309 |
9,285 |
7,835 |
8,094 |
| Var.% | -- |
-0.2 |
11.8 |
-15.6 |
3.3 |
| March | 8,041 |
7,944 |
9,897 |
7,728 |
9,071 |
| Var.% | -- |
-1.2 |
24.6 |
-21.9 |
17.4 |
| April | 7,539 |
8,671 |
8,502 |
8,298 |
7,382 |
| Var.% | -- |
15.0 |
-2.0 |
-2.4 |
-11.0 |
| May | 7,053 |
7,306 |
5,752 |
5,486 |
6,139 |
| Var.% | -- |
3.6 |
-21.3 |
-4.6 |
11.9 |
| June | 6,236 |
5,808 |
6,853 |
5,779 |
6,777 |
| Var.% | -- |
-6.9 |
18.0 |
-15.7 |
17.3 |
| July | 7,867 |
6,565 |
9,133 |
8,918 |
7,099 |
| Var.% | -- |
-16.6 |
39.1 |
-2.4 |
-20.4 |
| August | 8,021 |
6,739 |
7,119 |
7,698 |
5,856 |
| Var.% | -- |
-16.0 |
5.6 |
8.1 |
-23.9 |
| September | 4,792 |
5,435 |
4,512 |
756 |
3,269 |
| Var.% | -- |
13.4 |
-17.0 |
-83.2 |
332.4 |
| October | 5,601 |
5,968 |
6,766 |
2,968 |
5,798 |
| Var.% | -- |
6.6 |
13.4 |
-56.1 |
95.4 |
| November | 7,292 |
7,117 |
7,157 |
5,068 |
7,177 |
| Var.% | -- |
-2.4 |
0.6 |
-29.2 |
41.6 |
| December | 10,040 |
9,513 |
9,914 |
10,330 |
10,237 |
| Var.% | -- |
-5.3 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
-0.9 |
| Total | 88,264 |
88,553 |
94,185 |
78,868 |
84,176 |
| Var.% | -- |
0.33 |
6.36 |
-16.26 |
6.73 |
ARRIVALS AT FRONTIERS OF TOURISTS FROM ABROAD, 1991 - 1995
Regions and Countries |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
Market Share % 1995 |
| Americas | 75,513 |
79,439 |
75,071 |
81,711 |
68,613 |
87.0 |
| Var.% | -- |
5.2 |
-5.5 |
8.8 |
-16.0 |
-- |
| Caribbean | 27,020 |
26,887 |
23,511 |
23,981 |
22,353 |
28.3 |
| Var.% | -- |
-0.5 |
12.6 |
2.0 |
-6.8 |
-- |
| East Asia/Pacific | 51 |
42 |
45 |
31 |
21 |
0.0 |
| Var.% | -- |
-17.6 |
7.1 |
-31.1 |
-32.3 |
-- |
| Europe | 7,530 |
9,865 |
10,828 |
12,025 |
9,833 |
12.5 |
| Var.% | -- |
31.0 |
9.8 |
11.1 |
-18.2 |
-- |
| Not Specified | 809 |
373 |
385 |
418 |
401 |
0.5 |
| Var.% | -- |
-53.9 |
3.2 |
8.6 |
-4.1 |
-- |
| Total | 83,903 |
89,719 |
86,329 |
94,185 |
78,868 |
100.0 |
| Var.% | -- |
6.9 |
-3.8 |
9.1 |
-16.3 |
-- |
MONTHLY CRUISE PASSENGER ARRIVALS, 1992 - 1996
Month |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
| January | 13,599 |
9,141 |
11,878 |
16,155 |
15,637 |
| Var.% | -- |
-32.8 |
29.9 |
36.0 |
-3.2 |
| February | 9,071 |
10,085 |
12,367 |
14,516 |
14,741 |
| Var.% | -- |
11.2 |
22.6 |
17.4 |
1.6 |
| March | 8,756 |
12,934 |
15,094 |
14,126 |
12,168 |
| Var.% | -- |
47.7 |
16.7 |
-6.4 |
-13.9 |
| April | 8,626 |
10,990 |
10,669 |
14,447 |
12,179 |
| Var.% | -- |
27.4 |
-2.9 |
35.4 |
-15.7 |
| May | 3,932 |
3,783 |
6,282 |
6,634 |
4,570 |
| Var.% | -- |
-3.8 |
66.1 |
5.6 |
-31.1 |
| June | 3,360 |
6,742 |
5,886 |
3,417 |
3,853 |
| Var.% | -- |
100.7 |
-12.7 |
-42.0 |
12.8 |
| July | 2,542 |
3,244 |
6,804 |
5,126 |
2,997 |
| Var.% | -- |
27.6 |
109.7 |
-24.6 |
-41.5 |
| August | 2,160 |
3,698 |
6,481 |
5,176 |
2,595 |
| Var.% | -- |
71.2 |
75.3 |
-20.1 |
-49.9 |
| September | 2,249 |
2,729 |
6,046 |
4,110 |
3,084 |
| Var.% | -- |
21.3 |
121.6 |
-32.0 |
-25.0 |
| October | 2,496 |
2,496 |
7,447 |
6,246 |
3,213 |
| Var.% | -- |
0.0 |
198.4 |
-16.1 |
-48.6 |
| November | 7,770 |
10,403 |
11,373 |
14,081 |
2,277 |
| Var.% | -- |
33.9 |
9.3 |
23.8 |
-83.8 |
| December | 7,788 |
6,870 |
12,576 |
15,678 |
8,464 |
| Var.% | -- |
-11.8 |
83.1 |
24.7 |
-46.0 |
| Total | 72,349 |
83,115 |
112,903 |
119,712 |
85,778 |
| Var.% | -- |
14.9 |
35.8 |
6.0 |
-28.4 |
| Number of Calls | 322 |
355 |
356 |
334 |
320 |
ROOMS IN TOURIST ACCOMMODATION, 1992 - 1996
Type |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
| Hotels | 1,164 |
1,400 |
1,402 |
1,372 |
-- |
| Var.% | -- |
20.3 |
0.1 |
-2.1 |
-- |
| Guest Houses | 166 |
200 |
191 |
191 |
-- |
| Var.% | -- |
20.5 |
-4.5 |
0.0 |
-- |
| Total | 1,330 |
1,600 |
1,593 |
1,563 |
1,610 |
| Var.% | -- |
20.3 |
-0.4 |
-1.9 |
3.0 |
Sources: Department of Tourism, Statistics Division - St. Kitts & Nevis & World Tourism Organization's Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Vol. II - 1997