Annual Travel Statistics 2011.pdf - Jamaica Tourist Board

2010. Quebec, the second leading province (with 17.0% of the visitors), grew by 14.5%to reach 55,272 stopovers. The other two leading provinces Alberta and BritishColumbia produced 13.1% and 16.6% more visitors in 2011 compared to 2010respectively.Canada Visitor SummaryThe average length of stay for Foreign National Canadian visitors in 2011 equalledto the average of 9.0 nights for all visitors. (see page 37, Table 9a)In 2011 a total of 326,184 or 86.1% of Canadian visitors came to Jamaica forleisure, recreation and holiday, 26,104 or 6.9% came to visit friends & relatives,10,590 or 2.8% came on business, and 16,062 or 4.2% came for unstated purposes.(see page 34, Table 8.1a)The annual average growth rate for visitors from the Canada region over the pastfive years from 2007 to 2011 was 18.7%. (see page 23, Fig. 4g)In 2011 the age distribution shows 13.7% were aged under 18 years, 6.9% werebetween 18 – 24 years, 51.2% were between 25 – 49 years, 22.0% were between50 – 64 years and 6.2% were 65 and over. (see page 32, Table 7)The Gender mix of visitors from Canada, were 173,856 males (45.9%) and205,082 females (54.1%). The gender ratio of visitors from Canada is 118 femalesper 100 males. (see page 33, Table 8)January through March and December are the peak months for visitor arrivalsfrom Canada in 2010. This coincides with the cold winter climate experienced inCanada during this period (see pages 10, 11 and 26 Fig. 6)The most popular resort regions to which Canadian visitors stayed in 2011 wasOcho Rios with a total of 122,876 or 32.4% of Canadian visitors. 29.5% or111,624 Canadian visitors stayed in Montego Bay and another 21.8% or 82,538stayed in Negril. (see page 35, Table 8.2a)Overview 2011xvi