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SXM Travel Stats? #226802
05/20/2020 07:29 AM
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https://www.travelpulse.com/news/de...strong-2019-visitor-arrivals-growth.html

Anybody have a good website where these kind of stats are published?

I find articles or dated stuff but would be interesting to see 2019 compared to 2020 and then the future as a recovery begins.

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Re: SXM Travel Stats? [Re: PelicanPirate] #226960
05/22/2020 03:39 PM
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As a recovery begins, I think it is going to prove very slow for tourists to return to all the Caribbean islands. Many people just won't be able to afford to travel and the airlines and cruise companies will not be offering services as they did previously for quite some time. It is very sad for those islands like St. Maarten/St. Martin that depend totally on the tourism industry for their economic survival. Perhaps this pandemic will cause a shift in their thinking and perhaps another means will be brought about to aid in their economy. The government needs to come up with some programs to train the people to do other things to supplement the hospitality industry. Hopefully this will happen so the people of this great island will be able to stand alone and lead enriching lives and not totally dependent on people from other nations coming to their shores. Perhaps a factory of some sort could be established or a training facility not available in other islands. Sometimes something good can come from something really bad so we can all hope that some positive changes may result after this pandemic has eased off. Tourism will return for sure, but perhaps it will take even a few years for it to be stabilized again. In the meantime the residents need to live as best they can and try to remain hopeful as they look to the future.




Re: SXM Travel Stats? [Re: islandgem] #226961
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Maybe, some changes might come.

Emanuel Macron said exactly that after Irma on his visit that they need to diversify the island’s income sources.

I guess the mostly likely pushers of that would be French and Dutch Govt incentives. Although I find the islanders to be very vibrant, bright, resourceful. But somebody has to bring Factory #1 in.

Curaçao is a great contrast to SXM with the oil industry/refineries. But they are out of the hurricane belt.


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