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The latest figures released by the Fiji Bureau of Statistics on visitor arrivals to the country in May show a new record being set for May hosting more than 45,000 visitors.
Tourism Fiji Chief Executive Officer Josefa Tuamoto said the bullish May results brought the total number of international visitors for the five month period to 216,525.
“This represents a 22.3 percent increase over the 177,067 figure recorded for the same period on 2009,” he said.
Tuamoto added the May result had been buoyed by yet another very strong performance from the Australian market where figures for the month increases to 21,203, an increase of 6375 visitors over the 14,828 recorded for the same period in 2009.
The surged figures of visitor arrivals follow the record breaking results in April 2010 with 44,496 visitors recorded to have come to Fiji according to the Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum.
The Bureau of Statistics in their report indicated Visitor arrivals in May eclipses the previous highest ever visitor number recorded for a month of May in Fiji’s tourism history beating the 44,112 set in May 2008.
US figures showed good growth as evidenced by a 24.5 per cent mark up, Japan figures were up 34 per cent, South Korea figures rose by 21.5 per cent, Canada figures increased by 14 per cent, EEC figures climbed by seven per cent and New Zealand figures continued their upward trend with a three percent increase.
By Rachna Lal
