I UOT O - INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL STATISTICS
Source of Information : Jamaica Tourist Board
Planning, Research and Statistics Department, Kingston
Departures records
"Visitors" : All visitors to Jamaica regardless of length
of stay and includes cruise ship passengers and members of
the armed forces.
"Tourists" : Is the same as above but for the exclusion of
armed forces.
"Cruise passengers" : Those persons travelling on special
cruises or who are passengers on vessels in transit via
Jamaica and land while the vessel is in port.
"Stop-Overs" : The total of long stay and short stay tourists,
i.e. visitors staying overnights or longer.

Number of foreign stop-over departures at frontiers by country of usual residence
Frontier Departures
1972 1973

Country of
usual residence
Africa sol
Australia 492
Austria 272
Belgium 234
Canada 36 867
Central/South America 6 838
Commonwealth Caribbean ‘5 129
France 1 025
German Democratic Republic 3 037
Jermany, F.R. 168
Mexico 215
Netherlands 502
India/Pakistan 187
Italy 619
Scandinavia 760
Spain 371
Switzerland 873
United Kingdom 17 737
U.S.A. 325 315
All other countries 5 212
Totals 407 806 418 257
Total number of foreign visitor departures at frontiers
Visitors 1972 : 493 488 1973 : 517 410
Total number of foreign tourist departures at frontiers
Tourists 1972 : 479 256 1973 : 509 707
Total number of foreign cruise passenger arrivals
Cruise passengers 1972 : 71 450 1973 : 91 450
Average length of stay of foreign tourists in Jamaica
1972 : T.9 nights 1973 : 8.3 nights
VOL 27 - 1973