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SXM tourism numbers less than before Irma
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LinkSurprising to me that stayover tourism for 2023 was still 25% less than 2016.
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Re: SXM tourism numbers less than before Irma
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Southbound--we have only rarely gone to SXM in high season, other than several years for Regatta. We haven't been during high season since Irma, for sure, and the crowds have been light, as you say, during low season.
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Re: SXM tourism numbers less than before Irma
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Airport chaos and the cost of flights may be impactful. Anecdotally, I know two couples from the Boston area who switched their vacation plans from SXM to Aruba. I don't understand why the longer flights to Aruba should be so much cheaper than the shorter flights to SXM. But after paying more, you're then faced with a third-world arrival experience. I suspect the supply side of the supply and demand equation weighs heavily on those Aruba flights. They’re running between 3 and 5 daily nonstop flights from BOS to AUA. Compare that to the one nonstop they run on Saturday to SXM.
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Re: SXM tourism numbers less than before Irma
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I have no idea where they get those numbers!! When we were there in oct into nov. There were a few times we had to turn around because the traffic was SO BAD on Airport road day and night!!!
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Re: SXM tourism numbers less than before Irma
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For what it is worth, I think the numbers used for this report are based on those staying in hotels where, indeed, occupancy is down from pre-Irma days. The various hotel general managers who I am friendly with, however, all cite AirBnB, VRBO and others as the reasons that their occupancy rates are down. Considering how many listings for accommodations appear on those sites, this could well be the case.
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Re: SXM tourism numbers less than before Irma
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I could be wrong, often am, but I would have thought the numbers would be based on people who arrived at the airport or elsewhere and went through immigration (as opposed to those in transit). That makes NO sense that the number of stayover visitors would not include those staying at places through VRBO, etc. I agree that VRBO, etc., is a huge number of people. Irma did take out several hotels/timeshares, yes, like the Westin, the Sonesta Great Bay, the Summit, the Towers and the Ocean Club, off the top of my head. That is a fair number of people. I would not be surprised if at least some people who owned at the Towers/ Summit/Ocean Club/etc, would be totally disenchanted with SXM and choose to go elsewhere afterward.
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Re: SXM tourism numbers less than before Irma
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Kim--I can't tell, are you agreeing with me?
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