Surpassing all previous records, the nation welcomed a total of 9,654,838 visitors in 2023, marking a historic milestone in its journey as a leading global tourism destination.
The Ministry of Tourism, Investments & Aviation has announced that tourism performance has outpaced projections for the first seven months of 2023, with The Bahamas recording more than 5.89 million arrivals from January through the end of July. Current tourism performance puts the country well on the way to closing out the year at 8 million plus visitors.
Nassau/Paradise Island welcomed 74, 361 stopover visitors during the month of January, a hike of 13% over arrivals in 2014. Hotel performance also showed significant improvements with a 7% increase in occupancy levels. The average daily hotel rate in January increased by 11% and total room revenues for large hotels reached a 13% increase of over January 2014 levels.