Topic: Cruise arrivals

The tourist arrivals numbers for the month of May offered both good news and bad news for Cayman. The good news is that stayover tourism continued its record pace in 2026, with 40,015 tourists arriving by air, a 16.5% increase over 2025. The number was only the second time in Cayman's history with more than 40,000 air arrivals in May and second only to the 40,591 air arrivals in 2019.

Government is considering reviving plans for a landing dock for cruise passengers in West Bay in an effort to “spread the love” from tourism around the island, Deputy Premier Gary Rutty has said.

Several cruise ships have diverted away from Grand Cayman due to Hurricane Melissa, leaving several thousand visitors unable to set foot on island. All three...

August was one of the worst months for Cayman Islands tourism in the last 25 years, according to statistics released by the Department of T

The premium price tag for Cayman's hotel rooms has led to government revenues from tourism accommodation taxes and fees in the first six months of 2023 being $3 million higher than the amount projected for the entire year.

Government officials have completed a day of meetings with cruise line chiefs, in a bid to work out details of how Cayman can begin safely receiving cruise ship tourists again.

Nearly 2.4 million visitors arrived in the Cayman Islands in 2018, the highest number recorded for a single year.

A record number of tourists arrived in the Cayman Islands in 2017, with just over 2.1 million people arriving on these shores by air and sea.