Annual Travel Statistics 2011.pdf - Jamaica Tourist Board

In 2011 the age distribution shows 15.4% were aged under 18 years, 8.3% werebetween 18 – 24 years, 50.2% were between 25 – 49 years, 18.0% were between50 – 64 years and 8.0% were 65 and over. (see page 32, Table 7)The Gender mix of visitors from UK, were 78,415 males (45.2%) and 95,092females (54.8%). The gender ratio of visitors from the United Kingdom is 121females per 100 males. (see page 33, Table 8)July, August and December were the peak months for visitor arrivals from UK in2011 with July being the only month with over 17,000 visitors. (see pages 10 and11, Table 4)Continental EuropeGermany continues to be the leading visitor producing country from Continental Europe.With a total of 19,939 stopover arrivals in 2011, the German market increased by 5.7%over the 18,857 recorded in 2010. However this is 1.4% below the 20,220 that wasrecorded in 2009 and 53.4% below the peak of 43,018 German visitors recorded in 1998.Italy, during the winter season posted negative growth of 24.1% with 4,950 stopoverarrivals compared to 6,521 in 2010. This negative trend was lessened during the summermonths recording a decrease of 6.0% with 6,750 stopover arrivals compared to 7,179 in2010. By the end of the year, Italy’s performance with a total of 11,700 stopover arrivals,was down 14.6% growth against the 13,700 stopovers in 2010.The Netherlands recorded growth in 2011 of 7.8% with 7,200 stopovers against the 6,677recorded in 2010.Overview 2011xviii