The 2023 edition of the Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago took place between February 15th and 22nd, resulting in a total visitor expenditure of almost 420 million Trinidad and Tobago dollars. This figure exhibits an increase 485 percent versus the previous year, which was the lowest Carnival tourism spending recorded in the Caribbean country since 2013. In U.S. dollars, this figure amounted to approximately 62 million.
Expenditure of visitors during the Carnival season in Trinidad and Tobago from 2013 to 2023
(in million Trinidad & Tobago dollars)
estimates for the entire Carnival period which extends around two weeks prior to the main days²
Supplementary notes
¹Total number of people surveyed in 2023.
²The Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago takes place every year on the Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday.
The 2021 Edition of the Carnival was cancelled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Numbers were rounded.
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Central Statistical Office (Trinidad and Tobago). (April 29, 2022). Expenditure of visitors during the Carnival season in Trinidad and Tobago from 2013 to 2023 (in million Trinidad & Tobago dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/814358/trinidad-tobago-carnival-visitor-spending/
Central Statistical Office (Trinidad and Tobago). "Expenditure of visitors during the Carnival season in Trinidad and Tobago from 2013 to 2023 (in million Trinidad & Tobago dollars)." Chart. April 29, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/814358/trinidad-tobago-carnival-visitor-spending/
Central Statistical Office (Trinidad and Tobago). (2022). Expenditure of visitors during the Carnival season in Trinidad and Tobago from 2013 to 2023 (in million Trinidad & Tobago dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/814358/trinidad-tobago-carnival-visitor-spending/
Central Statistical Office (Trinidad and Tobago). "Expenditure of Visitors during The Carnival Season in Trinidad and Tobago from 2013 to 2023 (in Million Trinidad & Tobago Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/814358/trinidad-tobago-carnival-visitor-spending/
Central Statistical Office (Trinidad and Tobago), Expenditure of visitors during the Carnival season in Trinidad and Tobago from 2013 to 2023 (in million Trinidad & Tobago dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/814358/trinidad-tobago-carnival-visitor-spending/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Expenditure of visitors during the Carnival season in Trinidad and Tobago from 2013 to 2023 (in million Trinidad & Tobago dollars) [Graph], Central Statistical Office (Trinidad and Tobago), April 29, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/814358/trinidad-tobago-carnival-visitor-spending/
