Travel and Tourism - Bahamas - August 2018
“The tourism industry in the Bahamas is showing every sign of going from strength to strength. The robust arrivals figures for 2018, which indicated such a dramatic increase over 2017, are certainly pointing in that direction. There are challenges however.”
– Jessica Kelly, Senior Tourism Analyst
This report looks at the following areas:
What is one of the major weaknesses of the inbound market?
Why did the government decide to raise the VAT in 2018?
What caused the lengthy delay in the opening of Nassau’s Baha Mar luxury resort?
Why are cruise passengers a challenge for the tourism industry?
- BAHAMAS: KEY FACTS
- INTRODUCTION
- DATA SOURCES
- BACKGROUND
- HISTORY
- GEOGRAPHY
- ATTRACTIONS
- NASSAU
- ECOTOURISM
- WATER-BASED ACTIVITIES
- WEDDINGS AND HONEYMOONS
- TOURISM AND THE ECONOMY
- INTERNATIONAL TOURISM REVENUES
- Figure 1: International tourism revenues, 2014-18
- CASINO REVENUES
- THE TOURISM ECONOMY AND ITS EFFECT ON GDP AND EMPLOYMENT
- Figure 2: Direct contribution of travel & tourism economy to GDP & employment, 2013-17
- ARRIVALS
- INTERNATIONAL
- Source markets for the Bahamas
- Figure 1: International tourist arrivals by source market, 2012-16
- DOMESTIC
- Figure 4: Domestic expenditure, 2014-18
- MARKET CHARACTERISTICS
- INTERNATIONAL
- Purpose of visit
- Seasonality
- Figure 2: International arrivals by month showing seasonality, 2013-16
- Length of stay
- DOMESTIC
- Purpose of visit/Length of stay
- Seasonality
- TRANSPORT
- AIR
- Figure 3: International arrivals at all airports, 2013-17
- Lyndon Pindling International Airport
- Figure 4: Passenger movements at Lyndon Pindling International Airport, 2013-17
- Airlines operating to and from the Bahamas
- New routes and more frequent flights
- ROAD
- RAIL
- SEA
- Cruise arrivals
- Figure 5: International sea & cruise arrivals, 2013-17
- ACCOMMODATION
- Figure 6: Number of licensed hotels & rooms* in the Bahamas, by destination, 2016
- The Baha Mar controversy
- Other new developments in Nassau
- TOURISM NEWS
- THE ROLE OF THE MINISTRY OF TOURISM AND AVIATION
- WHAT NEXT?
- INDEX TO TTI DESTINATION REPORTS
- Country reports
- INDEX TO TRAVEL & TOURISM ANALYST
- Index grouped by geographic area
- SPECIAL REPORTS INDEX
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