Tourism blessing

Barbados has welcomed more than 720 000 visitors so far this year, with 58 270 arriving for July alone.
President of the Barbados Tourism Authority (BTA), David Rice, at a Press conference reviewing the Rihanna Loud Concert yesterday, said the July numbers showed a 13 per cent increase over last year’s arrivals or the equivalent of 6 726 more visitors to the country for the period.
Rice also revealed to the DAILY NATION that the country had recorded 2 466 more visitors in the final week of July, which showed a 17.8 per cent increase over the corresponding period last year.
Between July 25 and 31, 16 351 visitors came to Barbados. Of those 4 922 came from Britain, 4 740 from the United States, another 2 288 from CARICOM countries and 1 872 from Trinidad and Tobago. (CT)
 
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