A CAYMAN ECONOMIC INDICATOR? Tourism arrivals plummet. “Tourist air arrivals dropped again in October compared to the same month in the previous year, continuing a trend that has lasted 14 months now. . . . The latest tourism statistics for the Cayman Islands show that October 2009’s air arrivals are down 13 per cent on the same month the previous year to 13,018 while cruise arrivals for October 2009 are down 6.85 per cent on the previous year, to 98,610.” Most tourists come from the United States.