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Bahamas

Seven hundred islands ninety minutes from Miami: Nassau's megaresorts, the Out Islands' barefoot luxury — and the superyacht capital of the western Atlantic.

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Bahamas at a glance

Key indicators
Visitors 2025
11M
mostly cruise; stay-over is the premium minority
Out Islands shelf
from $900
Kamalame Cay, Fowl Cay, The Other Side — the connoisseur tier
Atlantis
3,400
rooms on Paradise Island — the volume anchor
Exuma cays
365
one per day of the year — the yachting product

Who comes to the Bahamas

Official statistics
12.5M
visitors in 2025 — an all-time record (+11.4%; cruise = 86.5% of volume)
United States
85.1% of stopovers
Canada
6.6%
Europe
4.7%

Stopover (non-cruise) arrivals by origin, Jan–Jul 2025

Source: Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, Investments & Aviation · Verified September 2026

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Curated selections

Out Island Barefoot

Kamalame, The Other Side · from $900

Nassau Megaresort

Baha Mar, Atlantis · from $350

Exuma Private Cays

Fowl Cay · from $1,500

Research dossier

From the TIO Comparisons series
Caribbean · 2026

The Bahamas: in the cruise shadow

What we are watching

Signals

The full Bahamas Market Brief is in production. These are the desk notes shaping it.

2026TIO desk

Stay-over vs cruise mix

The value gap between the two Bahamases keeps widening — policy and pricing to watch.

2026TIO desk

Rosewood Baha Mar's shelf

Nassau's top end quietly repriced; the US weekend market absorbed it.

2026TIO desk

Out Island scarcity

Few new keys are possible; the shelf's pricing power is structural.

Reports on the destination

Destination reports
Issue № 01 · Autumn–Winter 2026/27
Destination
Market Brief
The Bahamas · Market Intelligence

Destination Market Brief

For the traveller

Where the The Bahamas market actually stands — demand, pricing, districts decoded, the booking calendar, and the honest frictions. Verified against 2026 data.

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Issue № 02 · 2026–2030
Hotel Development
Brief
The Bahamas · Investment Intelligence

Hotel Development Brief

For the investor and developer

Supply, pipeline, capital lanes and scenarios to 2030 — who is building what in The Bahamas, where the returns are, and what kills the unprepared.

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