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stopovers arrived compared to the 123,274 arrivals in Summer 2008. With theexception of November and December that increased by 4.3% and 4.0%respectively, all other months recorded double-digit increases, ranging from thelowest increase in September of 19.0% to the highest increase in August of 39.4%.The main province of Ontario contributed 179,334 or 61.8% of stopover arrivals tothe Canadian total, an increase of 18.8% over the 150,994 who came from thatprovince in 2008. Quebec, the second leading province, grew by 31.5% to reach44,730 stopovers. The other two leading provinces grew by double digit increases,Alberta grew by 33.9% and British Columbia by 40.7% over 2008.Canada Visitor SummaryThe average length of stay for Foreign Nationals Canadian visitors in 2009was 9.6 nights, which is slightly higher than the average of 9.2 nights for allvisitors. (see page 37, Table 9a)In 2009 a total of 242,838 or 83.6% of Canadian visitors came to Jamaicafor leisure, recreation and holiday, 24,074 or 8.3% came to visit friends &relatives, 9,397 or 3.2% came on business, and 13,998 or 4.8% came forother/not stated purposes. (see page 34, Table 8.1a)The annual average growth rate for visitors from the Canada over the pastfive years from 2005 to 2009 was 25.5%. (see page 23)In 2009 the age distribution shows 13.6% were aged under 18 years, 6.9%were between 18 – 24 years, 51.1% were between 25 – 49 years, 22.1%were between 50 – 64 years and 6.3% were over 65 and over. (see page 32,Table 7)Overview 2009xvi
The Gender mix of visitors from Canada, were 133,456 males (46.0%) and156,851 females (54.0%). The gender ratio of visitors from Canada is 118females per 100 males. (see page 33, Table 8)January through March and December are the peak months for visitorarrivals from Canada in 2009. This coincides with the cold winter climateexperienced in Canada during this period (see pages 10, 11 and 26 Fig. 6)The most popular resort regions to which Canadian visitors stayed in 2009was Ocho Rios with a total of 88,025 or 30.3% of Canadian visitors. 29.3%or 84,929 Canadian visitors stayed in Montego Bay and another 21.8% or63,211 stayed in Negril. (see page 35, Table 8.2a)United Kingdom/EuropeDuring 2009, the number of visits abroad by UK residents decreased by 15.2%,from 69.0 million to 58.5 million. 6Stopover arrivals to Jamaica out of the European region recorded negative growthin 2009. Arrivals from Europe declined by 2.8% in 2009, moving from 284,700arrivals in 2008 to 276,799 arrivals in 2009. The United Kingdom, Germany, Spainand Italy are the most important visitor producing countries within this regionalmarket.6 UK National Statistics – Overseas Travel and Tourism March 2010Overview 2009xvii
Page 3 and 4: TABLE OF CONTENTSTABLE NO.PAGEDefin
Page 5 and 6: FIGURE NO.LIST OF CHARTS AND GRAPHS
Page 7 and 8: INTRODUCTIONThe statistics containe
Page 9 and 10: OVERVIEWINTERNATIONALThe World Tour
Page 11 and 12: The number of cruise arrivals to th
Page 13 and 14: the 939,352 in 2008. March was the
Page 15 and 16: For the Summer period (May -Decembe
Page 17: CANADACanada’s economic activity
Page 21 and 22: Continental EuropeGermany remains t
Page 23 and 24: CRUISE PASSENGERSAccording to the F
Page 25 and 26: Purpose of VisitOf the 1,831,812 st
Page 27 and 28: oom nights sold in Kingston & St. A
Page 29 and 30: New DevelopmentsAirliftAirTran Airl
Page 31 and 32: 1SUMMARY OF MAIN INDICATORS%Change2
Page 33 and 34: 3TABLE 2TOTAL STOPOVER ARRIVALS BY
Page 35 and 36: 5STOPOVER VISITORS BY MARKET SHARE2
Page 37 and 38: TABLE 47STOPOVER ARRIVALS BY COUNTR
Page 39 and 40: TABLE 49STOPOVER ARRIVALS BY COUNTR
Page 41 and 42: TABLE 411STOPOVER ARRIVALS BY COUNT
Page 47 and 48: 17SEASONALITY OF STOPOVER ARRIVALSF
Page 49 and 50: 19TABLE 5SOUTH (MIAMI)STOPOVER ARRI
Page 51 and 52: 21TABLE 5STOPOVER ARRIVALS BY COUNT
Page 53 and 54: 23Average Growth Rate : 2005 - 2009
Page 55 and 56: Stopover Arrivals by Top Ten States
Page 57 and 58: 27DISTRIBUTION OF STOPOVERSFROM THE
Page 59 and 60: 29DISTRIBUTION OF STOPOVERSFROM THE
Page 61 and 62: 31DISTRIBUTION OF STOPOVERSFROM OTH
Page 63 and 64: 33TABLE 8GENDER DISTRIBUTION OF STO
Page 65 and 66: 35TABLE 8.2STOPOVER ARRIVALS BY INT
Page 67 and 68: 37TABLE 9aAVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY (N
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39TABLE 9bAVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY (N
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41TABLE 10STOPOVER ARRIVALS BY SCHE
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CRUISE PASSENGERS
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45TABLE 12CRUISE SHIP PASSENGERS BY
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ACCOMMODATION
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51%80706050403020100HOTEL ROOM OCCU
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53TABLE 15HOTEL ROOM AND BED NIGHTS
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59%80706050403020100HOTEL ROOM OCCU
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61TABLE 22HOTEL ROOM NIGHTS SOLD BY
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63%8070605052HOTEL ROOM OCCUPANCYBY
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65HOTELS ROOM OCCUPANCY BY CATEGORY
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67TABLE 24HOTEL ROOMS BY CATEGORYAL
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69TABLE 25TOURIST ACCOMMODATION INV
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71TABLE 26VISITOR ACCOMMODATION BY
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73TABLE 27EMPLOYMENT IN ACCOMMODATI
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75TABLE 29ESTIMATED GROSS FOREIGN E
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77TABLE 31DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITU
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79TABLE 32AIRLINES SERVING JAMAICA2
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