Arrivals of tourists fell to 509.662 in June 2019 compared with 511.073 in the same month of 2018, recording a decrease of 0.3%, according to the Passengers Survey published on Wednesday by the Statistical Service, CNA reports.
Between January – June 2019 arrivals of tourists dropped to 1.631.023 from 1.645.149 in the corresponding period of 2018, a fall of 0.9%, said Cystat.
The Survey indicated that tourist arrivals from Russia decreased by 5.1% in June 2019 compared with June 2018, whereas tourists from Sweden decreased by 12.5%.
Tourist arrivals from the United Kingdom remained at the same level as last year, recording a marginal rise of 0,1%. Arrivals from Israel saw a big increase of 39.7%.
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