Tourism cruise ship arrivals, 2009.

Tourism cruise ship arrivals, 2009.

                                               %change
Destination           Period       Arrivals   vs. 2008

Antigua & Barbuda     Jan-Aug       482,887      +18.9
Aruba                 Jan-May       356,210       +4.3
Bahamas               Jan-May     1,436,165       +9.8
Barbados              Jan-Aug       415,989       -0.5
Belize                Jan-Jun       365,557       +8.4
Bermuda               Jan-Jun       124,553       -5.7
British Virgin Is.    Jan-Mar       265,370      -10.3
Cayman Islands        Jan-Jul       955,846       -5.4
Cozumel (Mexico)      Jan-May       978,385      -21.4
Dominica              Jan-Jul       317,117      +38.8
Dominican Republic    Jan-Apr       343,779      +15.5
Grenada               Jan-Jun       218,533      +20.6
Jamaica               Jan-Jun       550,924      -14.7
Martinique            Jan-Apr        35,141      -32.0
Puerto Rico           Jan-May       618,857      -18.1
St. Lucia             Jan-Aug       451,572       +8.3
St. Maarten           Jan-Jun       781,063       +1.1
St. Vincent & Gren.   Jan-Jun       101,614      +50.7
U.S. Virgin Islands   Jan-Aug     1,053,387      -14.9

* Non-Resident air arrivals. Dom. Rep. data from
DR Tourism Dept.

** Non-resident Hotel registrations only

Source: The Caribbean Tourism Organization, latest
data supplied by member countries, available as of
Sept. 17, 2009