Saint Kitts and Nevis recorded a total of 301,400 tourists in 2020, ranking 150th in the world in absolute terms.
That smaller countries regularly perform lower in a comparison of the absolute number of guests, is obvious. By putting the tourist numbers in relation to the population of Saint Kitts and Nevis, the result is much more comparable picture: With 5.6 tourists per resident, Saint Kitts and Nevis ranked 11th in the world. In Caribbean, it ranked 7th.
Saint Kitts and Nevis generated around 367.00 million US Dollar in the tourism sector alone. This corresponds to 37.60 percent of its the gross domestic product and approximately 1 percent of all international tourism receipts in Caribbean.
On average, each of the tourists arriving in 2018 spent about 243 US Dollars.
Development of the tourism sector in Saint Kitts and Nevis from 1995 to 2020
The following chart shows the number of tourist arrivals registered in Saint Kitts and Nevis each year. Anyone who spends at least one night in the country but does not live there for more than 12 months is considered a tourist. Insofar as the survey included the purpose of the trip, business trips and other non-tourism travel purposes have already been excluded. The number of people passing through within the same day, and e.g. crew members of ships or flights are also not considered as tourists in most countries. If the same person travels in and out more than once within the same year, each visit counts again.
The red line represents the average of all 21 countries in Caribbean.
Revenues in tourism
In 1995, tourism revenues amounted to 63.00 million USD, or about 20.10 percent of the gross national product. This corresponded to about 203,000 tourists at that time and roughly 310 USD per person. Within 23 years, the country's dependence on tourism has increased noticeably. Before the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, sales took up $367.00 million billion, 34.03 percent of gross national product. Thus, each visitor spent an average of $287 on their vacation in Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Full figures for 2020, the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, are not currently available. However, national and international travel has been restricted worldwide, and some countries have even been closed off from the outside world altogether. Dramatic revenue losses are expected, with some countries experiencing losses of up to more than 80%.
All data for Saint Kitts and Nevis in detail
Year
Number of tourists
Receipts
% of GNP
Receipts per tourist
2020
301,399.99
2019
1.11 m
2018
1.28 m
367.00 m $
34.03 %
287 $
2017
1.19 m
355.00 m $
33.47 %
297 $
2016
1.06 m
332.00 m $
32.91 %
315 $
2015
1.04 m
317.00 m $
33.08 %
306 $
2014
818,000
343.00 m $
35.95 %
419 $
2013
695,000
101.00 m $
12.03 %
145 $
2012
666,000
95.00 m $
11.87 %
143 $
2011
723,000
94.00 m $
11.49 %
130 $
2010
624,000
90.00 m $
11.84 %
144 $
2009
548,000
83.00 m $
11.10 %
151 $
2008
533,000
110.00 m $
14.64 %
206 $
2007
379,000
125.00 m $
18.13 %
330 $
2006
350,000
132.00 m $
20.48 %
377 $
2005
365,000
121.00 m $
22.11 %
332 $
2004
383,000
103.00 m $
20.32 %
269 $
2003
247,000
75.00 m $
15.96 %
304 $
2002
240,000
57.00 m $
11.85 %
238 $
2001
334,000
62.00 m $
13.52 %
186 $
2000
247,000
58.00 m $
13.75 %
235 $
1999
226,000
69.00 m $
16.97 %
305 $
1998
250,000
71.00 m $
18.53 %
284 $
1997
194,000
72.00 m $
19.22 %
371 $
1996
172,000
68.00 m $
20.36 %
395 $
1995
203,000
63.00 m $
20.10 %
310 $
Our data on tourist numbers, revenues and expenditures are based on information from the World Tourism Organization. However, to ensure international comparability, the data for some years or countries were manually researched and corrected if they obviously included visitors without overnight stays. In these cases, the data were taken from the official communications of the respective national tourism authorities.
The WTO additionally points out that in some countries the number of tourists is only counted at airports, in others also at border crossings or even hotels. A comprehensive and reliable indication is therefore hardly possible in any country.
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