Caribbean destinations are seeking to manage a profound post-outbreak visitor surge highlighted by a series of new flight options across several countries and strong 2023-2024 passenger growth projections around the region.
“Our islands continue to get strong and better post-COVID,” said Kenneth Bryan, chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), at a June 8 press briefing during the group’s Caribbean Week conference in New York.
“Many islands are doing better than they were in 2019,” Bryan said. “As you know our average daily rates are through the roof, although some countries haven’t gone back to the [visitor] volume [posted pre-pandemic].”
Growth Patterns
Several Caribbean nations are celebrating visitor arrivals that approach or break levels achieved in 2019, prior to the pandemic. Edmund Bartlett, Jamaica’s tourism minister, said the country continues to experience significant traveler growth.
“Between January 1
