Increase in Visitors to Jamaica Q4 2010
Treasure Beach Forum: TB Runnin's: Increase in Visitors to Jamaica Q4 2010
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By GoPatriots on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 09:00 am: Edit Post

Looks like the economy is picking up ever so slightly.
http://www.travelweekly.com/caribbean/article_ektid226778.aspx#

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By interesting on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 01:09 pm: Edit Post

Great article.

We have to be careful. Is this increase counting the cruise ship visitors? They hardly come on land and the spend very little, if any money, in Jamaica. What we need to do is differentiate the hotel visitors with the cruise ship visitors.

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By good to see on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 07:35 pm: Edit Post

The cruise ship passengers are counted as well as are the air arrivals. I would like to know the nights spent by paying guests in 2010 as opposed to 2009. It would also be enlightening to learn how many people stayed in steeply discounted accommodations, but that would be impossible to determine.