Jami'an Yawon shakatawa na Antigua da Barbuda sun ba da rahoton cewa, a karon farko a cikin shekaru sama da goma sha biyar, Antigua da Barbuda sun nuna mafi yawan baƙi baki ɗaya ta hanyar iska daga Janairu zuwa Yuni (148,139), tare da ƙaruwa mai mahimmanci a cikin manyan kasuwannin tushen don makoma: Amurka, Kanada, UK da Caribbean. Wannan yana wakiltar karuwar +7% gabaɗaya daga 2017. Mafi kusa da wurin da aka zo a baya shine a cikin 2008 (146,935).
Musamman, watan Yuni ya nuna karuwa mai yawa: Kanada yana da mafi girma fiye da shekara-shekara tare da fiye da 170%, sannan Amurka (14.35%), Caribbean (8.69%) da Birtaniya (8.27%). Bugu da kari, wurin da aka nufa yana ganin matsakaicin 11.57% ya karu a cikin masu shigowa teku (502,527 daga Janairu – Mayu), da matsakaicin karuwar 8.6% na yawan mazauna.
An saita wannan haɓakar don ci gaba tare da haɓakar haɓakar jirgin sama daga Arewacin Amurka a cikin Faɗuwar 2018, buɗe sabon wurin shakatawa na tauraro 5 da wurin shakatawa, Hodges Bay, a cikin Oktoba 2018 da kuma cikakken jadawalin balaguro.
"Muna farin ciki da wannan kyakkyawan yanayin ci gaban masu zuwa, ta hanyar ruwa da iska. Yana da matukar kwarin gwiwa ga masana'antar yawon shakatawa, kuma ina so in taya hukumar yawon bude ido ta Antigua da Barbuda murna, kamfanoni masu zaman kansu, masu ruwa da tsaki da duk abokan huldar yawon bude ido da suka taimaka mana wajen cimma wadannan sakamako masu kyau na watanni 6 na farkon shekara. Ba za mu huta ba, kuma muna ƙoƙarin samun mafi alheri. Za mu ci gaba da saka hannun jari a cikin ababen more rayuwa da sabis da wayar da kan Antigua da Barbuda, don tabbatar da ganin ci gaban ci gaban masu zuwa,” in ji Ministan yawon shakatawa da saka hannun jari, Honourable Charles 'Max' Fernandez.
"Rabin farko na 2018 ya nuna ci gaba mai ban mamaki, musamman a kasuwanninmu masu mahimmanci. Muna sa ran yin aiki ba tare da ɓata lokaci ba don jawo hankalin sabbin baƙi da masu dawowa, inganta samfuran yawon shakatawa na kan tsibirin tare da haɓaka damar shiga ta tashar jirgin sama da tashar jiragen ruwa mai samun lambar yabo. Muna ninka jigilar jirgin mu daga Miami, muna gabatar da sabon sabis na kai tsaye daga New York da Kanada, da kuma maraba da sabbin jiragen ruwa zuwa wani jadawali mai yawa. Haɗe da dabarun tallanmu masu tayar da hankali, muna da kwarin gwiwa cewa za mu ci gaba da ganin ci gaba mai ban mamaki a rabin na biyu na shekara,” in ji Shugaba na Hukumar Kula da Yawon shakatawa na Antigua da Barbuda, Colin C. James.
A cikin 2017, tsibiran sun kai wani mataki na yawon buɗe ido wajen karɓar baƙi sama da miliyan ɗaya na iska da na ruwa. Alkaluman isowa da zama na farkon rabin shekara sune alamomi masu kyau cewa Antigua da Barbuda an saita don wani rikodin shekara a cikin yawon shakatawa.
