Belize City, Wednesday, 11th July 2018: The latest statistics for the middle of 2018 shows that tourism arrivals to Belize continue to register groundbreaking levels and moving on a steady upward trend. Overnight tourism arrivals in June registered double digit increases for the past three consecutive years while the first half of the year registered a 17.1% cumulative increase.
During the month of June, cruise ship arrivals registered a 57.2% increase while at the end of the first half of this year, there was also an overall increase of 10.2% in cruise visitors to Belize as compared to the first half of 2017.
The following is a breakdown of the most recent statistics, indicating that Belize continues to maintain double digit growth in overnight arrivals.
OVERNIGHT ARRIVALS REGISTERED 17% INCREASE OVER FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR
Overnight tourist arrivals increased by 15% in June 2018. Overnight arrivals in June have increased by at least 10% in each of the past three years. Arrivals in June and July have closely approached the high season numbers of January and February, particularly over the past six years. There is a 17% cumulative increase in overnight arrivals over the first half of the year
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2016
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2017
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2018
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% change
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% change
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Vs ‘15
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Vs ‘16
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Vs ‘17
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Jan
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38,274
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24.0
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38,531
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0.7
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48,662
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26.3
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Feb
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37,624
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18.5
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39,221
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4.2
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45,896
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17.0
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Mar
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43,063
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10.0
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44,475
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3.3
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55,488
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24.8
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Apr
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30,656
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11.2
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38,090
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24.2
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40,340
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5.9
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May
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29,709
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20.2
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32,146
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8.2
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35,726
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11.1
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Jun
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34,268
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17.4
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37,690
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10.0
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43,389
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15.1
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Jul
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36,212
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16.9
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38,628
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6.7
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Aug
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25,865
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8.3
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30,799
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19.1
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Sep
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18,115
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26.9
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19,508
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7.7
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Oct
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21,726
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14.7
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22,656
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4.3
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Nov
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29,510
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-1.3
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36,203
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22.7
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Dec
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40,561
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1.5
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49,131
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21.1
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385,583
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13.0
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427,076
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10.8
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269,502
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17.1
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CRUISE SHIP ARRIVALS FOR FIRST HALF OF 2018 EXPERIENCED 10.2% INCREASE
In June 2018, there were 20 cruise ship calls which amounted to over 73,000 cruise passengers arriving in Belize. This represented a sizeable increase of 57.2% or over 26,000 more cruise visitors when compared to June 2017. At the end of the first half of the year, there has been an overall increase of 10.2% in cruise visitors as compared to the first half of 2017. Arrivals for 2018 includes visitors from both Belize City and Harvest Caye Seaports.
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2016
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2018
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vs. ’16
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vs. ’17
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Jan
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