The Cayman Islands Department of Tourism is reporting strong tourism numbers for the destination – and the Canadian market is getting a lot of the credit.

When visitation from the top 10 countries for January - December 2019 is compared to 2022, Canada recorded the second fastest recovery to pre-pandemic visitation to the Cayman Islands, ahead of the UK (fourth) and the U.S. (fifth).

Between July and December 2022, Canada recorded two record-breaking months, and three that were ahead of 2019 month over month numbers.

Raymond Mathias, BDM, Canada for the The Cayman Islands Department of Tourism, said that despite pandemic-induced limited air service in 2022, which has now returned to normal scheduling, 19,852 Canadian travellers arrived in the Cayman Islands last year. That’s 66% of the country’s record year of 2019.

Canada exceeded its December visitation 12% over December 2019, he added.

Source: Travelweek