The tourists just keep arriving

TOURIST arrivals were up by 13.5 per cent during the first five months of the year, according to government statistics released yesterday.

The increased arrivals lend weight to government predictions that tourist numbers will break all records this year, reaching 2.7 million.

A total of 807,424 tourists arrived at the island’s ports and airports between January and May 2000, compared to 711,670 during the same period last year.

May arrivals were also up, by 9.5 per cent, compared to the same month last year. Some 299,355 tourists arrived in May this year.

Overall, the number of visitors to the island increased by 14.4 per cent during the first five months of the year, reaching 1,070,021.

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