Air & Cruise arrival stats down

Posted Tue, Jan 26th 2010, 18:04
(Grand Cayman - CITN) -

The latest tourism arrival statistics for 2009 are in and to no surprise it shows the global economic recession is having an impact on the islands.

Air arrivals for 2009 were down to just over 271,000 compared to last year when over 300,000 visitors arrived by air.

Cruise arrivals were also down with 1,520,000 cruise ship passengers visiting Cayman shores in 2009. That is just over 30,000 less visitors than last year.

 

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