Tourist spending in the second quarter rose more than 14 percent to $133.5 million compared to the same period last year.And the Island's large resort hotels saw a rise in both sales revenue and bookings.The increase in expenditure was associated with visitors spending more on accommodations and food as well as groceries and leisure activities and other tourist-related goods, according to the Government's Quarterly Bulletin of Statistics.It also revealed hotel gross receipts totaled $82.1 million in the April to June quarter, an increase of more than $10 million.Resort hotels registered sharp increases in sales revenue, the bulletin said, from $61.4 million in Q2 of 2010 to more than $70 million in the same period this year.Revenue earned from room occupancy sales equated to $45.9 million or 55.8 percent of total hotel gross receipts. This represented a 15.2 percent increase over the same quarter in 2010. Sales receipts for food purchased on tourist properties registered the largest increase $5.6 million or 34.1 percent. Alcohol sales also recorded an increase of 23.4 percent.In contrast, other hotel department sales declined by 3.7 percent.Air arrivals, as previously reported, rose by 3.8 percent in Q2 of this year compared to the same quarter of 2010.A total of 80,462 visitors arrived by air to the Island, up from the 77,512 that visited in 2010.Air arrivals from the United States grew by seven percent, to 61,232, compared the previous year. This increase was credited to the introduction of AirTran, a new low-cost airline offering daily flights from Atlanta, Georgia and Baltimore, Maryland, two major tourist market areas.Arrivals from the ‘all other countries' category and the United Kingdom increased by 5.9 percent and 1.4 percent, respectively.In contrast, tourists from Canada registered a 12.9 percent decline. This decrease was attributed to WestJet Airline reducing its flight service to the Island to three times a week in the second quarter of 2011, from daily flights in the same quarter of 2010.The increase in air arrivals resulted in a 3.8 percent rise in bookings at tourist accommodations.Resort hotels and housekeeping accommodations registered the largest increases in visitors 8.2 percent and 5.3 percent respectively .Occupancy at small hotels grew by 4.0 percent while visitors staying at guest houses also increased by 1.8 percent. The number of guests staying at private homes declined by 3.9 percent.According to the bulletin, a total of 161,036 cruise passengers travelled to Bermuda during the second quarter of 2011 six percent less year-over-year.The decline was a result of five fewer visits by the Norwegian Dawn cruise liner while new staterooms and suites were being added to the ship during the month of May.Cruise ship passengers spent an estimated $28.2 million while visiting the Island, or $1.8 million less than in the same quarter last year.