CARIBBEIN
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Caribbein Research — The Living Chart

Every year, $1.95 billion sails out of these waters.

Booking-platform fees skimmed from Caribbean stays, tours, transfers and charters — earned in island economies, banked in Dublin and San Francisco. Watch it happen on a real map, then tap any of the 30 islands.

Thirty islands. One leak. One dome.

Three acts on a real map: tourism money flows in, platform fees drain out to Dublin and San Francisco — then the Caribbein dome closes and the fees stay home. Tap any island at any time for its sourced one-pager (EN & FR).

◤ SAN FRANCISCO DUBLIN ◥
Bookable market Data-only (Cuba, Haiti)

Where the money goes

A parametric model calibrated to the Saint-Martin bottom-up deep-dive, with every island input sourced (at least three public sources per island, 2024–25 data).

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Total platform fees leaving the region, per year
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Lodging — OTA & rental-platform fees
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Tours & activities
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Airport transfers & rides
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Dining reservations & delivery
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Boat & yacht charters (P2P slice)

30 islands · figures in USD millions per year · Cuba & Haiti modelled for context only (non-bookable). Excluding them, the bookable total is $1,898M.

The research

Everything on this page links back to the underlying work — the interactive overview, the raw model inputs, and sixty sourced island one-pagers.

# Island Platform fees / yr One-pagers