Inbound tourism volume in the Bahamas 2010-2021, type

The Bahamas experienced an increase of around 17 percent in the volume of inbound tourism in 2021, according to data published by the UNWTO. In that year, less than 900 thousand overnight tourist arrivals and 1.2 million same-day visitor arrivals were registered in the North American archipelago.Profile of visitors to the BahamasMost of the people who visited the Bahamas in 2021 traveled for leisure or personal purposes. Only 31 thousand tourist arrivals to this destination were motivated by business or professional reasons. International tourists primarily arrived from other American countries, mostly from the United States, which is partly explained by the proximity of this islands to the state of Florida.Impact of tourism in the BahamasIn 2021, there were more than five visitors per inhabitant in the Bahamas. However, this relation was around 20 to one in pre-pandemic years. Due to this great influx of visitors, the Caribbean country’s economy has become highly dependent on tourism. For instance, visitor spending accounted for approximately one-third of the Bahamas GDP, which translated into a major blow during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic when this share went down to only 10 percent. In addition to this, tourism also contributes significantly to the country's employment in the service sector, which makes up nearly 90 percent of the total employment.

根据联合国世界旅游组织（UNWTO）发布的数据，巴哈马在2021年接待的国际游客数量同比增长了约17%。当年，该北美群岛共登记了不足90万次的过夜游客和120万次当日游客。巴哈马游客画像：2021年访问巴哈马的游客大多以休闲或个人目的为主，仅有3.1万游客因商务或职业原因前来。国际游客主要来自其他美洲国家，尤其是美国，这在一定程度上可归因于这些岛屿与佛罗里达州的地缘之便。巴哈马旅游业的影响：2021年，巴哈马的游客数量超过每居民5人。然而，在大流行前，这一比例约为20比1。由于游客的大量涌入，加勒比海国家的经济已高度依赖于旅游业。例如，游客消费占巴哈马国内生产总值（GDP）的约三分之一，这在新冠病毒（COVID-19）大流行期间造成了沉重的打击，当时这一比例降至仅10%。此外，旅游业还对国家服务业的就业做出了显著贡献，服务业就业人数占总就业人数的近90%。