The Caribbean Tourism Group is projecting a 20 p.c maximize in tourism arrivals in 2021, the Barbados-dependent company said this week.
That will come right after the Caribbean observed a 65 per cent reduction in arrivals in 2020 owing to the pandemic.
That 20 per cent forecast will possible be accompanied by a equivalent raise in visitor expenditure, the CTO reported.
“The Caribbean’s functionality in 2021 will depend mostly on the results of the authorities in the marketplace and the location in combatting, made up of and managing the virus. Now, there are some encouraging indications like the vaccine roll-out having spot in North The us, Europe and the Caribbean,” the CTO explained in a its 2020 tourism general performance report for the region.

“However, this will have to be tempered by some other factors these types of as: lockdowns in our critical source marketplaces which are predicted to continue on into the 2nd quarter, international travel self esteem not expected to select up until eventually the summertime 2021, a steep slide in the number of individuals arranging to journey overseas and the possible necessity by the authorities in our essential marketplaces for their citizens to vaccinate in advance of touring overseas.”
Even amid the pandemic, the Caribbean’s 65.5 per cent drop in tourist arrivals was better than the world-wide tourism drop, which was just about 74 %.
— CJ