The Bahamas leads the Caribbean and Central America in extracting an annual $655 million economic boost from the cruise industry despite consistently ranking in the bottom 40 per cent on key visitor satisfaction metrics.
The Nassau Tribune reports that the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA), first post-COVID study of the sector's economic impact on the region ranked the Bahamas as number one for total passenger spending.
Some 13,846 Bahamian jobs were created, earning a combined $250 million annually.
Direct spending by the cruise lines themselves in The Bahamas was also said to be the highest out of all 33 countries surveyed at $160.2 million annually, with the majority of this sum devoted to the payment of port fees, taxes, and surveys.
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