Canadian numbers to Caribbean “sluggish” says CTO
BRIDGETOWN — The Canadian market to the Caribbean was “sluggish” in 2019, with only 0.4% growth and 3.4 million tourist visits, according to new stats released today by the Caribbean Tourism Organization.
While the increase was minimal, CTO’s acting secretary general Neil Walters noted that Canada was one of only two main markets to have sustained growth to the Caribbean in each of the last three years.
The U.S. market was up 10%, with a record 15.5 million visitors, surprising considering how big of a hit the D.R. took from the U.S. in 2019. The European market was down 1.4% to 5.8 million visitors.