NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Minister of Tourism Dionisio D’Aguilar said tourism revenues for the first six months of 2018 are very “bullish” with a $165 million estimated take from an exceptional year for tourism thus far.
D’Aguilar said in a press release revealing the numbers that it is expected that the year will finish strong.
According to the release, stopover visitor arrivals to The Bahamas were up 15.2 percent for the first six months of 2018, compared to the same period last year. That percentage increase translates to an additional 110,000 visitors to the country during that time frame.
“Tourism officials estimate that an average stopover visitor to The Bahamas spends ‘north of 1,500 bucks’,” the release states.
According to D’Aguilar, the double-digit increase in stopover visitors has been a result of an uptick in arrivals from the United States of 8.4 percent and from Canada by more than 30 percent. https://thenassauguardian.com/2018/09/11/bullish-tourism-revenues-for-first-six-months-of-2018/
