Annual Travel Statistics 2011.pdf - Jamaica Tourist Board

The performances of the following European countries albeit small numbers recordedmixed growth in 2011 compared to the corresponding period in 2010;Spain -32.2%;France 26.2%;Portugal -53.5%;Switzerland 10.4%;Belgium 0.9%.Austria -3.6%;Latin AmericaLatin America continues to be a market which holds much potential for Jamaica. Aftertwo years of negative growth, since 2009, stopover arrivals out of the Latin Americanmarket region reversed this trend in 2011 moving from 13,442 in 2010 to 16,589 in 2011.Of the top three visitor-producing countries in the South American sub-region, Ecuadorwith 2,979 increased by 101.1%; Argentina with 2,168 visitors increased by 21.9%; whileBrazil with 1,597 visitors declined by 5.1%;.From the Central American sub-region, Mexico with 2,124 and Panama with 1,217visitors both increased by 7.1%; and Costa Rica with 846 increased by 11.6%.CaribbeanArrivals from Caribbean territories to Jamaica increased by 13.6% with 66,216 visitors in2011 when compared to the 58,299 recorded in 2010.The Cayman Islands, with 18,035 stopovers, Trinidad and Tobago with 15,513, TheBahamas with 5,999 and Barbados with 5,422, continued to be the main providers ofvisitors to Jamaica from the Caribbean. These countries combined contributed 44,969stopovers or 67.9% of the total Caribbean arrivals.Overview 2011xix