year, and nine percent for the year to date, latest Government statistics showed. Cruise visitors were down 8.5 percent for the week, but up 16.7 percent for the year to date.

A total of 371,336 visitors have reached our shores so far this year, an increase of 35,810 visitors or 10.7 percent. In the week ending Monday, 10,607 visitors arrived by air and 6,368 arrived by cruise ship.