Cayman Islands See Most Stay-Over Arrivals in 10 years

Welcoming 309,091 stay-over visitors for 2011, the Cayman Islands has outperformed its projected arrival figure of 302,000 visitors to record a bumper year for tourist arrivals.

The 309,000 stay-over visitor figure represents a 7.2-percent increase over the 2010 performance and is the best stay-over visitor arrival figure the Cayman Islands has recorded in 10 years.

The month of December showed the best stay-over visitor arrival figures for any December since the year 2000 and with 33,353 visitors landing on Cayman’s shores, represented a 6.3 percent increase over the arrival figure of 31,391 for December 2010.

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