Annual Travel Statistics 2009.pdf - Jamaica Tourist Board

For the Summer period (May –December), the US market movedinto positive territory to an increaseof 4.7% with a total of 781,999stopovers, up from 746,709 inSummer 2008. The Northeastmarketing region with 352,346arrivals increased by 11.1%, theMid-west region with 117,760 increased by 4.1%, and the West with 88,514stopover arrivals increased by 0.6%. The South marketing region was the only USregion to record a decline in arrivals. With 223,379 stopover arrivals the Southdeclined by 2.2%.NortheastSouthMid-WestWestSTOPOVER ARRIVAL FROM U.S.A.Summer Season88.587.990.2117.8113.1111.5223.4228.5230.8352.3317.2327.40 40 80 120 160 200 240 280 320 360Arrivals in Thousands200920082007The US market began to improve during the Summer period, stopover arrivalsrecorded over a million visitors during 2009. Total visitors from this marketincreased by 1.9%, with 1,172,844 visitors compared to the 1,150,942 recorded in2008. The Northeastern and Southern states contributed 71.5% of the US visitorsto Jamaica during 2009. The Northeast the main producing region for the USmarket grew by 5.9%, with 524,476 stopovers in 2009 compared to 495,243stopovers in 2008. The South recorded a decrease in stopover arrivals of 2.2%,moving down from a total of 321,171 stopovers arrivals in 2008 The Midwestrecorded a percentage increase of 1.4%, moving from 210,586 in 2008 to 213,613in 2009. The West recorded a negative growth of 2.7%, with a contraction of 3,386visitors moving from 123,942 in 2008 to 120,556 in 2009.Overview 2009xiii