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 2001–2002 (St Michael, Barbados: CTO, 2002). |
| 3. Cruise arrivals: CTO (2002). |
| 4. Tourism receipts: includes expenditures by tourists, cruise passengers, and other same-day visitors. Estimates supplied by the relevant national agency. CTO (2002). |
| 5. Tourism penetration ratio is a basic but useful measure of tourism interaction quantifying the average number of tourists per thousand local inhabitants, in the country at any one time. CTO (2002). |
| 6. Value of tourism economy: WTTC (World Travel and Tourism Council) The Impact of Travel & Tourism on Jobs and the Economy - 2002: Country Reports (London, UK: WTTC, 2002). |
| 7. Contribution of tourism economy to total GDP: CTO (2002). |
| 8. Projected travel and tourism growth rate: CTO (2002). |
|
| Notes: |
| n.d. = no data |
| a. Supplementary data for Tourist Arrivals (stay-over) and International Tourism Receipts: when not available from CTO (2002), taken from Development Data Group, The World Bank, World Development Indicators 2002 (Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, 2002). Online. |
| b. Mexico data from CTO refers to Cancun and Cozumel only. |
| c. Netherlands Antilles includes Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, St. Eustatius, and St. Maarten. |
| d. US tourist arrivals figure refers to Florida only and includes domestic and international tourist arrivals (source: "visit Florida" http://www.flausamedia.com/Subcategories/florida%20facts/Fact%20Pages/ffrecfct.htm). |
