Table A4. Tourism Economy of the Wider Caribbean

TABLE A4. TOURISM ECONOMY OF THE WIDER CARIBBEAN
Country/Territory	GDP Per Capita (PPP) (2000)	Tourist Arrivals (stay-over) (2000)	Cruise Arrivals (2000)	International Tourism Receipts (2000)	Tourism Penetration Ratio (2000)	Value of Tourism Economy (2002)	Contribution of Tourism Economy to GDP (2002)	Projected Travel and Tourism Growth Rate (2002-2014)

	US$	Thousands	Thousands	US$ (millions)	Avg. number of tourists per thousand inhabitants	US$ (millions)	Percent of GDP	Percent growth perannum

Anguilla	8,200	44	n.d.	55	76	58	58	5
Antigua and Barbuda	8,200	237	429	291	n.d.	528	72	5
Aruba	28,000	721	490	837	161	1,064	47	4
Bahamas	15,000	1,596	2,513	1,814	63	2,497	46	6

Barbados	14,500	545	533	711	56	1,032	37	5
Belize	3,200	196	58	121	16	194	23	6
Bermuda	33,000	328	210	431	86	729	26	4
British Virgin Islands	16,000	281	189	315	352	343	85	3

Cayman Islands[a]	24,500	354	1,031	559	152	468	31	6
Colombia	6,200	557[a]	n.d.	1,028[a]	n.d.	5,541	6	5
Costa Rica	6,700	1,088[a]	n.d.	1,229[a]	n.d.	2,057	12	6
Cuba	1,700	1,774	n.d.	1,857	4	2,572	11	6

Dominica	4,000	70	240	47	23	64	22	5
Dominican Republic	5,700	2,973	182	2,860	11	4,136	18	6
Grenada	4,400	129	180	70	25	99	23	6
Guadeloupe[b]	9,000	807	329	454	27	658	33	4

Guatemala	3,700	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	1,656	8	5
Haiti	1,800	140	305	54	n.d.	182	5	4
Honduras	2,700	471[a]	n.d.	262[a]	n.d.	568	8	6
Jamaica	3,700	1,323	908	1,333	14	2,025	27	5

Martinique	11,000	526	286	370	49	568	10	4
Mexico	9,100	3,045[b]	1,505[b]	2,346[b]	n.d.	60,700	9	8
Montserrat	5,000	10	n.d.	9	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.
Netherlands Antilles[c]	11,400	693	347	765	64	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.

Nicaragua	2,700	486[a]	n.d.	111[a]	n.d.	204	7	7
Panama	6,000	484[a]	n.d.	576[a]	n.d.	1,527	15	6
Puerto Rico	10,000	3,341	1,302	2,388	6	3,506	5	4
St. Kitts and Nevis	7,000	73	165	58	43	93	25	5

St. Lucia	4,500	270	444	277	45	380	51	5
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	2,800	73	86	75	n.d.	110	29	5
Trinidad and Tobago	9,500	399	82	213	n.d.	787	9	5
Turks and Caicos Islands	7,300	151	n.d.	285	13	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.

United States	36,200	74,100[d]	n.d.	82,042[a]	n.d.	1,160,300	11	4
Venezuela	6,200	469	135	563[a]	n.d.	9,000	6	6
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	15,000	607	1,768	1,157	69	1,629	42	4

Regional Total (excl. U.S.)		24,261	13,716	25,523		104,974
Regional Total (incl. U.S.)		98,361		105,565		1,265,274

Sources:

1. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, (PPP) is gross domestic product converted to international dollars using Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) rates and divided by the population of the country that year. World Factbook (CIA, 2000). Published online at http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/.

2. Tourist arrivals (stay-over) includes visitors staying in the country at least 24 hours. Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Caribbean Tourism Statistical Report 2001