The tourism figures for the first half of 2016 are out and they are impressive. Between January and June of 2016, overnight tourist arrivals to Belize increased by 16.5% over 2015. A total of 213 thousand visitors travelled to Belize in the first half of the year - which is a record high, and thirty thousand more than the same period last year. January was strongest month with a 24% increase, and while that is the high season May - which is the low season - also showed strong growth with a 20% increase.
And while there is increased airlift from South America with COPA, most of the increased visitors come from the US - in fact, there was a 25.9% increase in US travellers between January and June.
And while overnight is booming in unprecedented ways, Cruise arrivals showed only modest growth. January arrivals were way down with a 19% increase in that month, but May more than made up for it with a 41% increase. Overall cruise visits fir the first half of 2016, have increased by a modest 2.6% - translating into 14 thousand more visitors.
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