Annual Travel Statistics 2011.pdf - Jamaica Tourist Board

CRUISE PASSENGERSAccording to the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA), an estimated 16 millionpassengers cruised the seas in 2011, up 6.7% from the 15 million passengers in 2010,with 11.2 million originating in North America. In 2011 the growth of the cruise industrycontinued with fourteen additional innovative, feature-rich ships, international ports ofcall and convenient departures from proximal embarkation cities. The guest capacities ofthese ships ranged from 162 to 3,652 passengers.The current cruise ship order book extending through 2015 includes 26 new builds, with45,600 berths at a value of nearly $12 billion. 9In 2011, the Caribbean continued to lead as the number one cruise destination,accounting for 39.8% of all itineraries in 2011, versus 43.1% in 2010. The passengernumbers for the Caribbean continues to be consistent and high, despite other rising cruisedestinations.Jamaica recorded over a million cruise passengers during 2011. This total of 1,125,481cruise passengers who visited our shores was a 23.7% increase over the 909,619 recordedfor the corresponding period in 2010. Seasonally, cruise arrivals recorded a largeincrease of 32.7% in the summer period (May to December) with 732,951 cruisepassengers, up from the 552,206 for 2010.With the exception of March, every month 2011, cruise passenger arrivals recordedincreases ranging from 9.7% in July to 72.7% in November.9 Source: Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association – Cruise Industry Overview 2012Overview 2011xxi