Tourist arrivals and hotel occupancy on track to better 2019

The year 2024, has entered it its third month and the signs are that both tourist
arrivals and occupancy this year will surpass the numbers for 2019, the best
performing year on record for Antigua and Barbuda tourism.
The latest figures released by the Antigua and Barbuda Hotels and Tourism
Association shows that occupancy for January 2024 increased marginally over
both 2023 and 2019, the base year.
Hotel occupancy for this January was 80.8 percent, compared with 79.8 for 2023
and 79.0 percent for 2019.
Arrivals by air were also up slightly for 2024 versus 2019. Overall total for January
was 30,690 compared with 30243 for January 2019. The United States continues
its good performance as it was the only source market that recorded an increase, all
the others showed declines. With 13,724 arrivals for January, The US market
accounts for 45 percent of visitors to the country.
The UK, the second leading source market for Antigua and Barbuda tourism was
done from 8776 visitors in 2019 to 7812 in 2024.
All other markets recorded declines from 2019 to 2024.
One of the issues affecting arrivals into Antigua and Barbuda is a decline in airlifts
into the destination. This has particularly affected arrivals out of the UK as both
BA and Virgin have reduced flights into Antigua and Banrbuda.