OFFICIALS WELCOME RECORD TOURISM ARRIVALS IN JULY

Stay-over tourism arrivals for July 2022 have topped the corresponding months in 2019 as well as in 2021.
The Tourism and Investment Ministry is reporting growth in arrivals of 7% for the month of July 2022 compared with the same month in 2019.
The country welcomed 24,673 visitors to the destination last month.
This was an increase over the 23,405 in July 2021 and 23,031 in the same month in 2019.
Tourism Minister Hon. Charles Fernandez has welcomed the figures and is bullish on the prospects, despite some downside risks from international factors.