The Department of Tourism falls over itself to show annual improvements in tourist arrivals. But we all know that traditional Bermuda tourism is dead: our market is now dominated by business travellers and “package” cruise passengers.
The following chart (compiled from Caribbean Travel Organisation statistics) shows just how reliant Bermuda is on cruisers to spin a happy tale, showing the steep acceleration in cruise arrivals in Bermuda over the past few years.
And this is before next years’ great Panamax megaship invasions at Dockyard.
Dr. Brown’s argues that the new SDO resorts will bring more traditional tourists. The answer is “kinda” in that these resorts are mainly real estate developments – those folks OWN their properties and will not spend as much money in the local economy as traditional tourists.
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