NASSAU, Bahamas — President of the Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) Robert “Sandy” Sands said yesterday that hotel bookings for the holiday season are strong and added that visitor arrivals for the first three months of 2023 may be historic, The Nassau Guardian reported on Wednesday, December 21, in an article written by Assistant Editor Travis Cartwright-Carroll.
“Bookings for the festive season are very strong and we are very encouraged by the bookings over this period,” Sands told reporters.
“ I can also report that many hotels in New Providence are also looking at very strong bookings for this period as well.
“It doesn’t stop there. Bookings for the first quarter also in New Providence are very strong.
“So we are looking forward to perhaps a historical year in terms of visitor arrivals in 2023.”
His comments came after Sandals Royal Bahamian resort General Manager Adrian Whitehead said that the resort will be near 100 percent occupancy for the first three months of the upcoming year.
In October, the Central Bank reported that the tourism sector output remained buoyant, bolstered by healthy growth in the high-value-added air segment and recovered sea traffic, given the relaxed pandemic restrictions and pent-up demand for travel in the key source market.
See complete article in The Nassau Guardian at https://thenassauguardian.com/sands-new-year-could-see-historic-visitor-arrivals/
