Tourist arrivals cross 1 million mark in July

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Tourist arrivals crossed the 1 million mark in July reflecting a near 17% growth year on year.

This year’s end July performance is the best ever with 1.17 million tourists visiting, up by 16.7% from 1.0 million a year earlier.

India remains the largest source market with 200,508 arrivals, up 18% in the first seven months, followed by China with 168,473, up by 37%.UK came third with 110,649 arrivals up by 18% over the first seven months of 2015.

Tourist arrivals in July rose by 19% t0 209,351.

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