As predicted by tourism trade key gamers, arrivals from the UK have been on the rise late in the summertime season topping the general variety of guests in September.
Specifically, UK guests in September recorded a share of 28.8% of general arrivals with a complete variety of 97,741, information launched on Wednesday by the island’s Statistical Service reveals.
Russia was second-placed with 26.2% (88,983), Poland adopted with 6.1% (20,625), then Ukraine with 4.4% (14,767), Greece with 4.1% (13,944) and Germany with 3.7% (12,608).
All in all, vacationer arrivals in September stood at 339,242, recording a rise of 288.4% in comparison with the identical month final yr.
Due to the pandemic, solely 87,334 arrivals have been recorded in September 2020 in comparison with a complete of 524,707 in September 2019.