Publish in Special Reports - Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Chile has replaced Argentina as Latin America’s fourth-largest tourism market after showing a strong increase in 2016. Here the Torres del Paine national park. (Photo: Juan Ernesto Jaeger/Fundacion Imagen de Chile)
Panama, Dominican Republic remain stars in receipts per capita and GDP.
BY LATINVEX STAFF
The number of international arrivals and the receipts they generated grew in Latin America last year, according to a Latinvex analysis of data from the World Tourism Organization (TWO).
Meanwhile, Chile has replaced Argentina as Latin America’s fourth-largest tourism market after showing a strong increase in 2016, while Colombia replaced Argentina as the region’s fourth-largest tourism earner.
Ranking Keywords: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay
THE NUMBERS
Latin America Tourism (2016): Receipts
Latin America Tourism (2016): Receipt Winners & Losers
Latin America Tourism (2016): Receipts-GDP Ratio
Latin America Tourism (2016): Average Expenditure per Visitor
Latin America Tourism (2016): Arrivals
Latin America Tourism (2016): Arrival Winner & Losers
Latin America Tourism (2016): Arrival-Population Ratio