2011 Third Quarter Tourism Statistics
In the third quarter of 2011 Bermuda hosted 79,917 tourists, and gross hotel receipts amounted to $83 million, according to statistics released by Government.
Arrivals from the United States, Bermuda’s largest tourist market, increased 4.9% compared to the third quarter of
2010. A total of 61,651 American visitors travelled to the Island compared with 58,783 visitors in the same period of 2010. In contrast, visitors from Canada fell by 17.2%, and visitors from the U.K. declined by 7.5%.
During the third quarter of 2011, cruise ship passengers travelling to Bermuda increased by 25.8% to 187,487 passengers when compared to the previous year. The report attributed the increase to “3 additional ships sailing to the Island in July and August and 10 additional cruise ship calls in September.”
The hotel industry employed 2,649 workers, while employment at cottage colonies and housekeeping decreased by 79 to 440 workers.
Air visitors spent an estimated $121 million during the third quarter of 2011, a $7.9 million [7%] increase yearover-
year. “This growth was linked to visitors spending 7.9% more on accommodations and food,” the report said.
Cruise ship passengers spent an estimated $33.4 million in the third quarter, a $7.3 million [28%] increase year-over-year
The full 9-page report is below, click ‘Fullscreen’ for greater clarity:
Of course not one comment on a positive story.
Not that positive when you look at the chart trend… we’re trending along the bottom of the ten year chart for the third quarter….
Where are all the OBA blogers gone?
Last year they said it was down due to hurricanes and storms…this year there was none…so not really up now is it….and not exactly steller numbers…but i’ll give you this…it’s in the right direction
You can only go up—-when you are that far down…lol.
Still waiting for the breakdown of visitors by type i.e. tourist (discretionary) vs. business travel. The Department of Statistics used to release this information before Dr. Brown became the Tourism Minister but stopped during his tenure.
Over everything else, what is the bed night count?