Trip Advisor Top Caribbean Destinations Punta Cana #3

LTSteve

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According to Trip advisor here are the top 5 most popular tourist destinations in the Caribbean:

1. Jamaica
2. Puerta Rico
3. Punta Cana, DR.
4. Aruba
5. Barbados

Don't shoot the messenger. You may have your own favorite.
 

Robert

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According to Trip advisor here are the top 5 most popular tourist destinations in the Caribbean:

1. Jamaica
2. Puerta Rico
3. Punta Cana, DR.
4. Aruba
5. Barbados

Don't shoot the messenger. You may have your own favorite.

I like how all the others are countries. What does that tell you?
 

AlterEgo

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I like how all the others are countries. What does that tell you?



I wish I had a dollar for every time someone has said they never heard of the DR, or don’t know where it is, but if I say Punta Cana the light bulb goes off. 
 

KyleMackey

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I like how all the others are countries. What does that tell you?

Good catch. Strange omission of sorts. I would hope that any professional writer would catch that mistake prior to publication. Here is the link. No data. https://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g147237-Caribbean-Vacations.html

Data
The 10 Most Visited Caribbean Islands
1. Dominican Republic,
Actual 2017 stay-over tourists: 6,187,542

2. Cuba
Estimated 2017 stay-over tourists: 4,700,000

3. Jamaica
Actual 2017 stay-over tourists: 2,352,915

4. Puerto Rico
Estimated 2017 stay-over tourists: 1,672,707

5. Bahamas
Actual 2017 stay-over tourists: 1,335,933

6. Aruba
Actual 2017 stay-over tourists: 1,070,548

7. US Virgin Islands
Estimated 2017 stay-over tourists: 874,094

8. Barbados
Estimated 2017 stay-over tourists: 642,350

9. Martinique
Actual 2017 stay-over tourists: 535,646

10. St. Maarten
Estimated 2017 stay-over tourists: 528,154

https://www.caribbeanandco.com/10-most-visited-caribbean-islands/

Not included the overall Cancun area.
About 4.8 Million