DOMINICAN REPUBLIC VISITOR ARRIVALS 3,443, % 36.4% Cruise Passengers. Cruise ship calls VISITOR PROFILE % 23.1%

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1 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Visitor Arrival Summary Tourist arrivals to the Dominican Republic continued on its upward trend in 2004, increasing by 5.4 percent to a total of 3,443.2 thousand. This growth was achieved in spite of fewer arrivals in September and October after the destination was impacted by a hurricane. The United States, the main tourist market accounting for 27.0 percent of total arrivals registered a 7.5 percent increase. Tourists from Canada (up 8.3 percent) and the United Kingdom (up 15.2 percent) also recorded increased numbers arrivals to this destination. The Italian market made a recovery in 2003 but this was not sustained in 2004 as the thousand who came from this market were 8.4 percent fewer than those in A similar trend also arose with tourists from German dropping by 4.1 percent below the level of The Rest of Europe and all other Countries recorded increase of 2.2 and 7.3 percent respectively. In 519 cruise calls thousand cruise passengers arrived in the Dominican Republic, representing a 14.7 percent increase in arrivals. Robust growth in the winter season of 37.9 percent coupled with significant decreases in winter season netted this result. TOURISM HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2004 VISITOR ARRIVALS Tourist Air Arrivals Summer Winter 3,443, % 36.4% Cruise Passengers Cruise ship calls 456, VISITOR PROFILE Average Length of Stay (nights) Tourist Arrivals by Place of Stay Hotels Other % 23.1% Tourist Arrivals by Purpose of Visit Holiday Business Other 96.8% 2.0% 1.2% TOURISM AND OTHER RELATED ECONOMIC STATISTICS Visitor Expenditure (US$ millions) Consumer Price Index (% ch. 2004/ 03) $3, % GDP at Factor Cost (US$ millions) Hotel and Restaurant contribution to GDP $16, % ACCOMMODATION STATISTICS SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATISTICS Rooms Room Occupancy Rates 59, % Land Area (square Kilometres) Population (thousand mid year 2004) 48,442 9,

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3 TOURIST AIR ARRIVALS BY NATIONALITY DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Nationality Non-Nationals Dominicans* TOTAL *Dominican nationals resident overseas. VISITOR ARRIVALS* BY MODE OF ARRIVAL Mode of Arrival Air Sea* n.a n.a n.a TOTAL *Includes Cruise passenger arrivals FOREIGN VISITOR AIR ARRIVALS BY NATIONALITY %Share Country of Residence U.S.A Canada Italy Germany United Kingdom Other Europe Other TOTAL

4 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FOREIGN VISITOR AIR ARRIVALS % Change Month /03 January February March April May June July August September October November December TOTAL * Including Dominican nationals resident overseas, MONTHLY CRUISE ARRIVALS % Change Month /03 January n.a February n.a March n.a April n.a May n.a June n.a July n.a August n.a September n.a October n.a November n.a December n.a TOTAL TOURIST ACCOMMODATION (Rooms) Rooms Hotels n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a Apartments n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a Villas/Cottages n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a Other n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a TOTAL * Preliminary **Source: Banco Central de la Republica Dominica 162

5 GRENADA Visitor Arrival Summary During the first eight months of 2004, tourist arrivals to Grenada had risen by 6.9 percent to thousand tourists. This level of performance was anticipated to continue until year s end. With the passage of Hurricane Ivan in September, arrivals plummeted during the last four months by 36.0 percent. Overall, thousand tourists (the second highest number to visit in any one year) visited, a decrease of 6.0 percent when compared to the record thousand in Stay- over arrivals from the United States totaled 30.1 thousand in 2004 compared to 35.1 thousand in 2003, a decrease of 14.3 percent with these arrivals representing 22.5 percent of total arrivals. Similar declining levels of tourists were recorded in the Canadian and European markets. The Caribbean has emerged as the largest source market (29.9 percent of the total) for Grenada due mainly to the many relief workers who assisted after the hurricane. Consequently an increase of 4.3 percent was recorded in this market. The Grenadians residing aboard segment had an increase in market share of almost 2 percentage points from 12.7 percent in 2003 to 14.3 percent in This translated to some 2.3 thousands or 14.1 percent more returning for touristic activities. The performance of the cruise passenger arrivals to Grenada was remarkable mainly due to the winter and early summer growth. By the end of August arrivals had risen by 84.6 percent. The end-of-year count showed thousand passengers had arrived at this destination, an increase of 56.4 percent over This was achieved with less cruise calls, 249 in 2004 compared with 267 in TOURISM HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2004 VISITOR ARRIVALS Tourist Arrivals Summer Winter 133, % 39.7% Cruise Passengers Summer Winter Cruise Ship calls Yachts calls 229, % 62.9% 249 4,157 VISITOR PROFILE Average Length of Stay (nights) Tourist Arrivals by Purpose of Visit Holiday Business Other % 15.7% 8.5% Tourist Arrivals by Place of Stay Hotels Guest Houses/Apartments Private Other 33.9% 11.8% 46.4% 7.9% TOURISM AND OTHER RELATED ECONOMIC STATISTICS Total Expenditure (US$ millions) I Tourism Budget (US$ thousands) I b $156.8 $4,182 ACCOMMODATION STATISTICS Rooms 860 Room Occupancy Rates II 71.0% Hotel and Restaurant contribution to GDP GDP at Factor Cost (US$ millions) Consumer Price Index (% ch. 2004/ 03) SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATISTICS Land Area (square Kilometres) Population (thousand mid year 2004) 7.9% $ %

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7 GRENADA TOURIST ARRIVALS BY COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE % Share Country of Residence United States Canada United Kingdom Other Europe Trinidad & Tobago Other CARICOM Grenadians abroad Rest of the World TOTAL MONTHLY TOURIST ARRIVALS % Change Month /03 January February March April May June July August September October November December TOTAL

8 CRUISE PASSENGER ARRIVALS GRENADA % Change Month /03 January February March April May June July August September October November December TOTAL Number of Calls Cruise Ships Yachts TOURIST ACCOMMODATION (Rooms) Type of Accommodation Hotels Guest Houses Apartments/Cottages TOTAL Source: Grenada Department of Tourism 166

9 Visitor Arrival Summary GUADELOUPE (including Les Saintes, Desirade, Marie Galante, St Barthelemy and St Martin) Data was unavailable for Guadeloupe in CTO estimated that tourist arrivals totalled thousand in 2003, this was some 33 thousand more than the estimated thousand of TOURISM HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2004 VISITOR ARRIVALS *Tourist Arrivals III Summer 1 Winter 1 623,134 40% 60% Cruise Passengers Summer Winter Cruise calls 195, % 37.4% 284 VISITOR PROFILE Average Length of Stay (nights) Tourist Arrivals by Purpose of Visit VI Holiday Business Other % 12% n.a. Tourist Arrivals by Place of Stay VI Hotels Guest House/Apartments Private Other 70% 24% n.a. 6% TOURISM AND OTHER ECONOMIC STATISTICS Total Expenditure (US$ millions) VI $314.5 Tourism Budget (US$ thousands) b Consumer Price Index (% ch. 2003/ 02) $8, % ACCOMMODATION STATISTICS Rooms I 7,603 Room Occupancy Rates I 44.9% SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATISTICS Land Area ** (square Kilometres) Population (thousand mid year 2003) 1, * Estimated by Office Départmental du Tourisme, Guadeloupe ** Including dependencies 1 Distribution based on data on hotel registrations 167

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11 GUADELOUPE ESTIMATED TOURIST ARRIVALS Guadeloupe n.a n.a Lles Du Nord n.a n.a n.a n.a TOTAL e e TOURIST ARRIVALS AT HOTELS * % Share Country of Residence United States n.a n.a n.a n.a Canada n.a n.a n.a n.a France n.a n.a n.a n.a Other Europe n.a n.a n.a n.a Americas/Caribbean n.a n.a n.a n.a Rest of W orld n.a n.a n.a n.a TOTAL n.a n.a n.a n.a MONTHLY TOURIST ARRIVALS AT HOTELS % Change Month 1999 * /02 January n.a n.a n.a n.a February n.a n.a n.a n.a March n.a n.a n.a n.a April n.a n.a n.a n.a May n.a n.a n.a n.a June n.a n.a n.a n.a July n.a n.a n.a n.a August n.a n.a n.a n.a September n.a n.a n.a n.a October n.a n.a n.a n.a November n.a n.a n.a n.a December n.a n.a n.a n.a TOTAL n.a n.a n.a n.a * The reader is cautioned when using the monthly percentage change since the number of reporting hotels may vary from year to year. This is particularly true for 2000, where the sample changed. 169

12 CRUISE PASSENGER ARRIVALS GUADELOUPE % Change Month /02 January n.a February n.a March n.a April n.a May n.a June n.a July n.a August n.a September n.a October n.a November n.a December n.a TOTAL Number of Calls TOURIST ACCOMMODATION (Hotel Rooms Only) Area Guadeloupe* n.a n.a 4159 Les Saintes n.a n.a 83 Saint Barthelemy n.a n.a 567 Saint Martin n.a n.a 2623 Marie Galante & Desirade n.a n.a 171 TOTAL n.a 7603 * Grand Terre and Basse Terre Source: Office Departemental du Tourisme de la Guadeloupe 170

13 GUYANA Visitor Arrival Summary Guyana registered a robust 20.9 percent rise in tourist arrivals which brought the total number to thousand tourist in In the winter season arrivals rose by 27.7 percent while in the summer season there was an upsurge of 18.1 percent with small decreases in October and November. A total of 64.9 thousand originated in the US market in 2004 which was a 30.9 percent increase. This was the largest number of Americans to visit in a single year as they continue to be the main source (53.2 percent of total arrivals) of tourists. Significantly, more tourists (13.4 percent) came from Caribbean countries which accounted for 23.0 percent of all arrivals in Canadians and Europeans also increased their levels of visitation to the destinations by 12.4 percent and 11.3 percent respectively. The south American market, one of the smallest market for Guyana) was the only one where no growth was recorded. He re arrivals fell below the level of 2003 by 14.0 percent. TOURISM HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2004 VISITOR ARRIVALS Tourist Arrivals Summer Winter 121, % 30.3% Arrivals by Sea NOT AVAIL ABLE VISITOR PROFILE Average Length of Stay (nights) III Tourist Arrivals by Purpose of Visit Holiday Business Other % 10.9% 24.8% Tourist Arrivals by Place of Stay Hotels Guest House/Apartments Private Other 13.7% 0.7% 85.2% 0.3% TOURISM AND OTHER RELATED ECONOMIC STATISTICS Total Expenditure (US$ millions) e $86.6 Tourism Budget (US$ thousand) IX $700 ACCOMMODATION STATISTICS GDP at Factor Cost (US$ millions) Consumer Price Index (% ch. 2004/ 03) SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATISTICS $ % Rooms VI 730 Land Area (square Kilometres) Population (thousand mid year 2003) 215,

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15 GUYANA TOURIST ARRIVALS BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN %Share Country of Origin United States Canada Europe Caribbean South America Other TOTAL n.a ** 1998 figures are from January - November only MONTHLY TOURIST ARRIVALS % Change Month /03 January February March April May June July August September October November December TOTAL

16 GUYANA VISITOR ARRIVALS BY MODE OF ENTRY AND BY SEX Mode of Entry Air n.a n.a n.a Overland n.a n.a n.a Sea n.a n.a n.a Not Stated - 1 n.a n.a n.a TOTAL n.a n.a n.a Sex Male n.a n.a n.a Female n.a n.a n.a Not Stated n.a n.a n.a TOURIST ACCOMMODATION* (Rooms) Area Georgetown n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a Rest of Country n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a Total n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a TOURIST ACCOMMODATION (Rooms) Type of Accommodation Hotel/Guest House n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a Resort Lodge n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a TOTAL n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a *Tourist hotels only Sources: Ministry of Trade and Tourism; Statistical Bureau - Guyana 174

17 HAITI Visitor Arrival Summary Tourist arrivals for Haiti was unavailable for the entire year in For 2003, CTO estimated that total arrivals was around thousand, representing decline of 22.6 percent when compared to Data for the performance of the major market were unavailable in TOURISM HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2004 VISITOR ARRIVALS Tourist Arrivals III Summer Winter 108, % 30.5% Cruise Passengers III Summer Winter 357, % 32.5% VISITOR PROFILE Tourist Arrivals by Purpose of Visit VI Holiday Business Other 31.0% 18.0% 51.0% Tourist Arrivals by Place of Stay VI Hotels Private/Unregistered 37.1% 62.9% TOURISM AND OTHER RELATED SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATISTICS Total Expenditure (US$ millions) III Consumer Price Index (% ch. 2002/ 01) ACCOMMODATION STATISTICS $54 9.9% GDP at Factor Cost (US$ millions) III Hotel and Restaurant contribution to GDP II $ % SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATISTICS Rooms IX 1,758 Land Area (square Kilometres) Population (thousand mid year 2001) 27,750 8,

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19 HAITI TOURIST ARRIVALS BY COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE Country of Residence % Share 2002 United States n.a n.a n.a Canada n.a n.a n.a France n.a n.a n.a Other Europe n.a n.a n.a Dom. Republic n.a n.a n.a Other Caribbean n.a n.a n.a Latin America n.a n.a n.a Rest of World n.a n.a n.a TOTAL n.a n.a MONTHLY TOURIST ARRIVALS Month % change 2002/01 January February March April May June July August September October n.a - November n.a - December n.a - TOTAL * n.a - 177

20 HAITI MONTHLY CRUISE PASSENGER ARRIVALS Month % change 2002/01 January February March April May June July August September October n.a - November n.a - December n.a - TOTAL n.a n.a TOURIST ARRIVALS BY PLACE OF STAY PLACE OF STAY Hotels n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a Private Accommodation n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a Total n.a Source: Secretairerie D etat Au Tourisme, Haiti 178