87,026
Canadian stay-over arrivals in Barbados, 2025
Revised Jan–Dec 2025 count of Canadian stay-over visitors, about 12% of 707,046 total stay-over arrivals.
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100 yrs
MSC's lease on Ocean Cay in the Bahamas
Signed in 2015 to turn a sand-mining site into a private island. A second island, Sandy Cay, opens in 2028.
Source · Wikipedia · Ocean Cay
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6
Explora Journeys ships planned by 2028
The luxury brand has three ships now. Its guests will share MSC's new Sandy Cay island when it opens in 2028.
Source · MSC Group · Sept 2026
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160 ft
Height of MSC World Atlantic's Cliffhanger swing
The ship floated out in Saint-Nazaire and sails 7- and 14-night Caribbean voyages from Port Canaveral from November 2027.
Source · MSC Cruises
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60th
Barbados independence anniversary, 30 November
The Barbados Food and Rum Festival runs 5 to 8 November, and Air Transat starts Montréal–Barbados nonstops on 13 December.
50
Rooms at Nobu Hotel San Juan, due in 2028
Nobu's first Puerto Rico hotel will be a small urban property with a Nobu restaurant at street level and a rooftop bar, developed with KTT.
4
Countdown Cruises with PPA pros before the invitational
Holland America will run four Caribbean sailings with pro meet-and-greets, lessons and island clinics between November 2026 and January 2027.
61%
Jamaican tourism insurance claims still unresolved
Share of Hurricane Melissa claims not yet fully settled and paid, per a Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association member survey; 39% have been settled.
18%
Drop in Jamaica tourism revenue after Hurricane Melissa
Alongside a 17% fall in visitor arrivals and about $550 million in lost earnings, as reported by the Associated Press.
Source · Associated Press
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53,439
UK stay-over visitors to Antigua and Barbuda, Jan–Aug 2026
Up 11.2% on the same period of 2025, according to the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority.
3,000+
Extra BA seats, Gatwick–Antigua, spring 2027
From keeping the daily winter schedule running through April 2027 instead of ending in March.
551,698
Belize overnight arrivals, 2025
Preliminary Belize Tourism Board figure, up 0.8% on 2024; cruise passengers rose 8.1% to 967,214.
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