It was one other yr of constructive progress for the Cayman Islands final yr, buoyed by a surging month of December, Caribbean Journal has discovered.
The vacation spot reported 437,842 stayover guests in 2023, a 2 % improve over 2023.
That included the second-strongest December ever for the vacation spot, with 52,046 guests final month.
That was accompanied by an 8 % improve in tourism tax and price revenues, pushed by a 9 % improve in common day by day room charges.
It was a robust yr notably contemplating the challenges of final summer time’s lively storm season.
“It was gratifying to see such constructive progress in our stayover visitation numbers for 2024. Regardless of our robust outcomes, globally the tourism sector faces financial, geopolitical and local weather challenges,” Cayman Islands Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan stated in a press release supplied to Caribbean Journal. “As an business, domestically we aren’t immune to those international shocks. We weathered a difficult hurricane season which noticed the closure of Owen Roberts Worldwide Airport as a result of hurricane Beryl throughout one in all our busiest journey durations in July.”
The vacation spot noticed 1.4 % progress in tourism from the US and plenty of month-to-month information for the Canadian market, which posted its second-best-ever efficiency.
“2024 was a standout yr for the vacation spot not solely from a visitation perspective, but in addition for our enterprise improvement and advertising efforts,” stated Mrs. Rosa Harris, Director of Tourism.
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