Wedding/Honeymoon Tourism Worldwide - July 2018

INTRODUCTION
DATA SOURCES
OVERVIEW
 TO HAVE AND TO HOLD
A NICHE WITHIN A NICHE
 DEFINITIONS
LOCATIONS: MANY GUISES 
WHAT IS THE WEDDING/HONEYMOON INDUSTRY WORTH?
 THE US
 THE UK
THE INTERNATIONAL TOURISM INDUSTRY
Figure 1: Top 10 destinations worldwide for tourism arrivals, 2014-16
POPULAR WEDDING/HONEYMOON DESTINATIONS 
Figure 2: International tourist arrivals, selected wedding/honeymoon destinations, 2017
TOURISM AN ECONOMIC DRIVER
Figure 3: Tourism revenues for selected wedding/honeymoon destinations, 2012-16
Figure 4: Travel & tourism economy showing direct & total contribution to GDP of selected wedding/honeymoon destinations, 2017
THE CARIBBEAN: A LEADING WEDDING/HONEYMOON DESTINATION
 WHERE DO THE TOURISTS COME FROM?
Figure 5: Source markets for tourism to the Caribbean, 2012-16
The Bahamas
Legalities
Jamaica
Legalities
THE US: AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES 
Figure 6: Top 10 source market to the US, 2016
 CROSS-BORDER COMMUTING
Las Vegas and Hawaii
Las Vegas
Hawaii
EUROPE: THE ETERNAL WEDDING AND HONEYMOON DESTINATION 
 TUSCANY AND CYPRUS
Tuscany
Legalities
Cyprus
Legalities
WEDDINGS AND HONEYMOONS IN ‘EXOTIC’ DESTINATIONS
 THE MALDIVES
Legalities
 THE SEYCHELLES
Legalities
GAY TOURISM 
 RECOGNITION OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGES
WEDDINGS, HONEYMOONS AND THE CRUISE INDUSTRY
Figure 7: Global ocean-cruise passengers, 2014-18
 WHERE DO CRUISERS COME FROM?
 WEDDINGS AT SEA
THE ROLE OF RELIGION 
Figure 8: Religions followed by the residents of selected countries, 2018
 THE US VERSUS EUROPE
 THE SCEPTICAL MILLENNIALS
DEMOGRAPHICS
 IN ASIA, THE MILLENNIALS ARE ON THE MARCH
 IN THE WEST TOO, MILLENNIALS ARE MAKING AN IMPACT
FEWER TRADITIONAL MARRIAGES THAN BEFORE 
 UK
Figure 9: Number of religious & civil marriages in England & Wales, at 10-year intervals, 1975-2015
 US
Figure 10: Marital status of people aged 15 & over in the US, 2017
National Marriage Week
OVERSEAS MARRIAGES
Figure 11: Number of weddings by UK nationals by country, 2016
 DESTINATION WEDDINGS CAN EASE TENSIONS
MILLENNIALS FUELLING THE MARKET
 OLDER MILLENNIALS ARE TYING THE KNOT
 RESEARCHING WITH THE HELP OF HIGH-TECH
MARKETING WEDDINGS AND HONEYMOONS
 ROMANCE IS KEY INGREDIENT
 WEDDING MOVIES AND TV REALITY SHOWS
 TRADE SHOWS AND WEBSITES
WHAT NEXT?