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Tourism Growth Hits Double-Digits Again
Written by Free Press Staff
For a second year, the Turks and Caicos Islands were a favoured Caribbean
destination,
showing a 12-percent increase in tourist arrivals compared to 2009.
Most of the growth came in the first quarter of 2010, which showed a
significant increase over the same period in 2009.
Things slowed down in the second half of 2010, but the year ended with an
overall double digit increase.
The major source markets for the destination continue to be the United States,
Canada and Europe.
This bodes well for the TCI when compared to similar Caribbean destinations
like Bermuda, which only
showed a 2.6-percent increase, and Cayman, with a 6-percent increase in
2010.
The numbers, released by the Tourist Board on March 5, are being supported by
the Turks and Caicos Islands
Airport Authority and the Turks and Caicos Hotel and Tourism Association, which
have both confirmed
those statistical findings.
The Tourist Board is looking forward to a bright 2011, when it expects the
county to surpass the
1 million mark for tourist arrivals for both long stay and cruise passengers.
The board, with information
from private sector partners and wholesalers, has stated that bookings are up
between
30-50 percent in comparison to last year. This will be made possible in part
due to new airlift whichbegan
last month with inaugural flight for JetBlue from New York (JFK) and Boston
(BOS), and with Continental Airlines (EWR).
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