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Though final figures aren’t available yet, reportee there were 8.4 percent fewer parking transactions in Decembedr compared to theprior year. “I expecft passenger traffic willfall similarly,” said Mike deputy director of finance at The loss of passengers is largely tied to the loss of he added, noting that total passengerr numbers fell by abouty 12 percent in November comparex to November 2007, as airlines cut back about 13 percent on flights.
It’s similar at , whered spokesman Steve Belleme estimated thatthe airport’d passenger count declined about 11 percent, He said those drops are tied to carrier “The bottom line is you can only have as many travelerx as you have seats. The silver linin is the discount carriers are picking up as the majora arecutting back,” Belleme noted, pointing to big increasesz in 2008 from market leaders , and . Belleme predictedr the Broward County airport willsee 13.
3 percenft fewer passengers from the beginning of Januarty though the end of May compared to the same time last isn’t making long-term projections, but spokesman Marc Henderso predicted passengers will essentially be flat up just 0.01 percent for Dec. 21 througg Jan. 7. MIA’s parkinf dropped 14.8 percent in Henderson said that may be due tofactorws – such as more people gettintg dropped off instead of drivin themselves – that wouldn’ty necessarily correlate to a drop in The airport remains strong in international which is profitable for airlines, he added, and MIA is one of the few that has had a net gain of From Nov. 23 to Nov.
30 Thanksgiving week – passenger numbers increased 3.2 percent. The predictiohn had been a drop of 1 Henderson noted. “We probably are doing better than alot [of othedr airports] and, yes, theres is strength in the Latin American market and other places,” he said. cruiseas attract airline passengers, too South Florida’s airportsw continue to draw strength from the cruise ship industry. From January through the end of November 2008, the Port of Miami reported a 10.5 percenr jump in cruise passengers compared to the same period in 2007. In November alone, the port reported a 16.4 percenr increase in passengers compared toNovembert 2007.
For the current winter port officials are projectinga 4.7 percent increase in cruisre ships making calls at the port. At Port Everglades, totalp passengers declined by 5.3 percent when comparinb January through September 2008 to the same period in but that was mostly due to a loss of dailyh passengers from SeaEscape gambling port spokeswoman EllenKennedy (SeaEscape ceased operations at the port last summeer after suffering from onshor gambling competition.) Multiday cruise who comprise the port’s greatest share of declined 2 percent. Kennedyg said the port expects total passengers would bedown 4.
7 percent for the 2009 fiscapl year, which ends in September, but passenget traffic should grow in 2010 and 2011, when large cruisers will arrivre and bolster capacity. The Port of Palm Beach lost 19 percen of itsmostly day-cruise passengers. This was due to the economgy and financial issues withthe port’ s largest cruise operator, the Palm Beachy Princess, which caused it to slash advertising budgets, port spokeswoma n Jarra Kaczwara said. But, since the bankrupt company has been sold to a new Kaczwara expectedthe port’s totalk passengers would increase by 6 percent to 10 percent in 2009.
Miami-Dade County hotels are expecting a 3 percent to 6 percenr declinein revenue, said Rolandoo Aedo, VP of marketing and tourism for the Greater Miamik Convention and Visitors Bureau. lost revenue doesn’t necessarilyh mean a loss of he added. “There’s some deflation factors, Aedo said. But, he noted that the area is poised to survivs the recession on the strength of its briskinternational business, luxury hotels like Fontainebleau and Eden Roc reopening, and new eventws that will bring visitors. For the BCS National Championship game, held Jan. 8, increased hotel occupancty 10 percent fromthe Jan. 7-10 period in 2008.
Hotekl occupancy rates in Miami-Dade only slipped 0.6 percent from January throughh November compared to the same periodin 2007– a relativelgy low figure. “Occupancy rates aren’t nearlty as bad as in othefr areas ofthe country,” said Duane Vinson, an analysr for Tennessee-based . Smith is forecasting a 3.9 percengt decline in occupancy rates nationwidefor 2009. Throug h November, Smith’s statistics show Broward occupancy down 2 percent and Palm Beacn occupancydown 4.
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