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Inbound tourism receipts — Jamaica

Inbound tourism receipts in Jamaica in 2011 — 2,060,000,000 US$. Ranked 62 in the world out of 168. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 71.8%.

2011 2.06B US$ −1.67% vs 2010
World rank 62of 168
Period maximum 2.22B US$2008
Period minimum 1.2B US$1995

Trend over time

1995–2011 · US$

Inbound tourism receipts — Jamaica, 1995–20111B1.5B2B2.5B1995199719992001200320052007200920111995: 1,199,000,000 US$1996: 1,218,000,000 US$1997: 1,290,000,000 US$1998: 1,380,000,000 US$1999: 1,486,000,000 US$2000: 1,577,000,000 US$2001: 1,494,000,000 US$2002: 1,482,000,000 US$2003: 1,621,000,000 US$2004: 1,733,000,000 US$2005: 1,783,000,000 US$2006: 2,094,000,000 US$2007: 2,142,000,000 US$2008: 2,222,000,000 US$2009: 2,070,000,000 US$2010: 2,095,000,000 US$2011: 2,060,000,000 US$
Change over the period: +861M (+71.81%) Average annual rate: 3.44 %

Comparison, 2011

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Jamaica

Jamaica 2.06B US$
World 1.31T US$
Latin America & Caribbean 68.75B US$
Caribbean computed 21.59B US$
Upper-middle-income countries computed 171B US$
Inbound tourism receipts — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2011 2.06B −35M −1.67%
2010 2.1B +25M +1.21%
2009 2.07B −152M −6.84%
2008 2.22B +80M +3.73%
2007 2.14B +48M +2.29%
2006 2.09B +311M +17.44%
2005 1.78B +50M +2.89%
2004 1.73B +112M +6.91%
2003 1.62B +139M +9.38%
2002 1.48B −12M −0.8%
2001 1.49B −83M −5.26%
2000 1.58B +91M +6.12%
1999 1.49B +106M +7.68%
1998 1.38B +90M +6.98%
1997 1.29B +72M +5.91%
1996 1.22B +19M +1.58%
1995 1.2B — —

Caribbean, 2011

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

DO Dominican Republic 4.39B PR Puerto Rico 3.14B CU Cuba 2.5B BS Bahamas 2.16B JM Jamaica 2.06B AW Aruba 1.36B VI United States Virgin Islands 1.12B BB Barbados 984M SX Sint Maarten 729M TT Trinidad and Tobago 650M CW Curaçao 540M KY Cayman Islands 472M HT Haiti 456M VG British Virgin Islands 388M LC Saint Lucia 321M GD Grenada 117M DM Dominica 106M KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 94M
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About the indicator

Receipts from inbound tourism in current US dollars — spending by foreign visitors inside the country on accommodation, food, transport, entertainment and shopping, including prepaid tours. International passenger transport is recorded under a separate item of the balance of payments.

Source: Tourism Statistics (UN Tourism / UNWTO), license UN Tourism terms of use.

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