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VISITOR ARRIVALS THIRD QUARTER 2006
(Jan to Sep)
Visitor arrivals to Grenada for the third quarter of the year
amounted to 234,571, representing a decline of 11.52%. From
this total, cruise passengers recorded a 60% share; stayover
arrivals represented 39% and Same Day arrivals 1%.
Stayover arrival performance continues to
be strong in all the major source markets and for the period
January - September 2006, a growth of 24.38% was realized with
a total of 90,936 in comparison to 73,645 for the
corresponding period in 2005.
STAYOVER ARRIVALS
Markets Performance For the period January to September, 2006,
United States arrivals accounted for 24% of total stayover
arrivals and grew by 8.22% with a total of 21,554 compared to
19,916 for the same period 2005. Stayover arrivals from the US
market stayed for average of 7.10 nights with 50% of arrivals
visiting for leisure.
The United Kingdom market recorded the
highest growth rate in stayover arrivals - a growth of 68%
with a total of 18,820 representing and a market share of
20.10% signaling the recovery of the long-haul market after a
significant decline of 58% for the same period in 2005
compared to 2004.
For the period under review, the Canadian
market showed the second highest growth rate in arrivals, a
58.23% representing a total of 5,049 when compared to 3,191
for the same period in 2005. Stayover Arrivals from the
Canadian market stayed for an average of 8.94 nights.
Stayover arrivals from the Other Europe
category grew by 9.86% moving from 5,049 in 2005 to 5,547 in
2006. France, Italy, Sweden and Switzerland registered
increases of 23.82%, 22.16%, 27.08%, 49.00% respectively;
however, Germany was the only country that recorded a decline
- 11.69%. Overall, Europe had a market share of 26.02%.
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Comparative Stayover Arrivals
January – September, 2006
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| Country
of Residence
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2006
YTD
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2005
YTD
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Actual
Change
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%
Change
|
%
of Total Arrivals
|
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United
States
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21,554
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19,916
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1,638
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8.22%
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23.70%
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Canada
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5,049
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3,191
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1,858
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58.23%
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5.55%
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CARIBBEAN
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CARICOM
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Antigua
and Barbuda
|
357
|
377
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-20
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-5.31%
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0.39%
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Barbados
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3,722
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3,225
|
497
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15.41%
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4.09%
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Dominica
|
444
|
431
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13
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3.02%
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0.49%
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Guyana
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1,461
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1,740
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-279
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-16.03%
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1.61%
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Jamaica
|
883
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799
|
84
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10.51%
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0.97%
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St.
Kitts and Nevis
|
221
|
162
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59
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36.42%
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0.24%
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St.
Lucia
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1,586
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1,684
|
-98
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-5.82%
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1.74%
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| St.
Vincent & Grenadines
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2,156
|
1,585
|
571
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36.03%
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2.37%
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Trinidad
and Tobago
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12,410
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10,043
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2,367
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23.57%
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13.65%
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| Other
CARICOM
|
179
|
177
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2
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1.13%
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0.20%
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| Total
CARICOM
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23,419
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20,223
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3,196
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15.80%
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25.75%
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| Other
Caribbean
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1,065
|
891
|
174
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19.53%
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1.17%
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| Total
Caribbean
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24,484
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21,114
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3,370
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15.96%
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26.92%
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| EUROPE
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Major
Europe
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United
Kingdom
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18,280
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10,909
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7,371
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67.57%
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20.10%
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Germany
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1,850
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2,095
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-245
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-11.69%
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2.03%
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France
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733
|
592
|
141
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23.82%
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0.81%
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Italy
|
463
|
379
|
84
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22.16%
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0.51%
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Sweden
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244
|
192
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52
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27.08%
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0.27%
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Switzerland
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374
|
251
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123
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49.00%
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0.41%
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| Other
Europe
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1,883
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1,540
|
343
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22.27%
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2.07%
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| Total
Europe
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23,827
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15,958
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7,869
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49.31%
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26.20%
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LATIN
AMERICA
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South
America
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800
|
596
|
204
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34.23%
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0.88%
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Central
America
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109
|
128
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-19
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-14.84%
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0.12%
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| Total
Latin America
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909
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724
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185
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25.55%
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1.00%
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| Grenadians
Residing Abroad
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13,387
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11,543
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1,844
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15.98%
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14.72%
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| All
Others
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1,726
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1,199
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527
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43.95%
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1.90%
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