In July, Antigua and Barbuda received record stayover arrivals

Thursday, August 19, 2021

In Antigua and Barbuda, tourism stayover arrivals for July 2021 have exceeded the levels of the pre-covid times, as pent-up demand for visiting various places have made tourists rush to this twin-island paradise during the traditionally low season of the country.

The Ministry of Tourism has recently declared that arrivals related to stayover tourism for July came with 23,405 tourists visiting the paradise island via the V.C. Bird International Airport. The air arrival figures of July 2021 have outshined the arrivals of 2019, which was a record-breaking year for Antigua and Barbuda, stood at 23,031.

To quote Minister of Tourism, The Honourable Charles Fernandez, “there has been a visible change in the travel behaviour of our visitors brought on by the covid-19 pandemic and we continue to see a steady increase in arrivals during the summer months.”

“July has been an extremely strong month with demand for the destination from the US Market as well as the UK market, booming, with growth above 2019 figures. We are also beginning to see an uptake from our Caribbean and Canadian market.”

Almost 15,350 of Antigua and Barbuda’s tourists’ air travelled from the United States in July 2021 compared to 10,221 in July 2019. This is followed by 6521 from the United Kingdom compared to 5378. Antigua and Barbuda received 839 tourists from the Caribbean and 107 from Canada during the month with airlift still not up to pre-covid levels.

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