The Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organisation has announced that Tourist arrivals to the Caribbean hit a record high last year, despite some destinations being severely impacted by hurricanes that swept through the region in 2017.
CTO Acting Director of Research and Information Technology, Ryan Skeete was quoted as saying by the Jamaica observer News Paper, that there was a strong performance during the last four months of 2018, including a robust showing by countries impacted by the 2017 hurricanes, evidence he says that suggests Caribbean tourism is on the upswing.
Delivering the CTO’s annual Caribbean Tourism Performance Report 2018 & Outlook for 2019, Skeete said the outlook for Caribbean tourism in 2019 is cautiously optimistic.
He told reporters that having registered declines during the first eight months of last year, signs of a rebound emerged in September when the region recorded a three per cent increase in visitor arrivals.
