Tourist arrivals hold steady in April
Visitor numbers reached 119,713, down from 119,774 in the same period last year.
23 May 2018, 9:00 AM
Tourist arrivals during April remained largely unchanged compared to the same period last year, registering a marginal decline of -0.1 percent.
Visitor numbers reached 119,713, down from 119,774 the previous year, according to statistics released Tuesday by the tourism ministry.
Despite the dip, total arrivals are 12.7 percent higher than the first four months of 2017 as growth exceeded expectations during the peak season in the first quarter.
Some 539,816 tourists were recorded as of April, up from 478,827 last year.
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