Oceania 634,541 0.9% 569,251 0.8% 11.5% Middle East 1,935,216 2.7% 1,828,788 2.7% 5.8% Africa 328,752 0.5% 316,757 0.5% 3.8% Mexico (Air) 7,940,334 10.9% 7,145,001 10.6% 11.1% Mexico (Other) 19,861,014 27.4% 18,459,627 27.5% 7.6% Canada 12,934,202 17.8% 11,642,507 17.3% 11.1% Total 72,559,988 100.0% 67,188,967 100.0% 8.0% Source: ITA: National Travel & Tourism Office Travel to the Caribbean by US citizens in the first 11 months of 2016 has shown the slowest rate of growth of all destinations, with a 2% increase, compared with an overall increase of 8.0%. Consequently, the Caribbean’s share of such travel has fallen from 10.3% in 2015 to 9.8% in 2016. Cruise Traffic. Cruise Visitors: 2017 2017 2016 Per cent change Calls Passengers Calls Passengers Passengers Jan 44 89,734 52 101,534 -15.4% -11.6% Feb 38 91,420 38 81,574 0.0% 12.1% Mar 41 99,769 48 96,736 -14.6% 3.1% Apr 28 63,221 26 50,579 7.7% 25.0% YTD 151 344,144 164 330,423 -7.9% 4.2% Source: Aruba Port Authority. In April 2017 Aruba saw a 25.0% increase in the number of cruise passengers compared with April 2016. Year to date the volume of cruise traffic has grown by 4.2% compared with the same period for 2016. The CTO numbers for 2017 for cruise visitor traffic show: -
Oceania 634,541 0.9% 569,251 0.8% 11.5% Middle East 1,935,216 2.7% 1,828,788 2.7% 5.8% Africa 328,752 0.5% 316,757 0.5% 3.8% Mexico (Air) 7,940,334 10.9% 7,145,001 10.6% 11.1% Mexico (Other) 19,861,014 27.4% 18,459,627 27.5% 7.6% Canada 12,934,202 17.8% 11,642,507 17.3% 11.1% Total 72,559,988 100.0% 67,188,967 100.0% 8.0% Source: ITA: National Travel & Tourism Office Travel to the Caribbean by US citizens in the first 11 months of 2016 has shown the slowest rate of growth of all destinations, with a 2% increase, compared with an overall increase of 8.0%. Consequently, the Caribbean’s share of such travel has fallen from 10.3% in 2015 to 9.8% in 2016. Cruise Traffic. Cruise Visitors: 2017 2017 2016 Per cent change Calls Passengers Calls Passengers Passengers Jan 44 89,734 52 101,534 -15.4% -11.6% Feb 38 91,420 38 81,574 0.0% 12.1% Mar 41 99,769 48 96,736 -14.6% 3.1% Apr 28 63,221 26 50,579 7.7% 25.0% YTD 151 344,144 164 330,423 -7.9% 4.2% Source: Aruba Port Authority. In April 2017 Aruba saw a 25.0% increase in the number of cruise passengers compared with April 2016. Year to date the volume of cruise traffic has grown by 4.2% compared with the same period for 2016. The CTO numbers for 2017 for cruise visitor traffic show: -