April 2016 Visitor Arrivals to Solomon Islands Increase 2.8%

Solomon Islands has reported a 2.8% increase in visitor arrivals for the month of April 2016.

Official Solomon Islands Government statistics show a total of 1,799 international visitors arrived during the month compared to 1,750 in April 2015.

Australian numbers dominate the statistics with the 763 figure recorded representing a 1.1% increase on 2015, 43.5% of the total.

Asian numbers showed the strongest growth, the 278 figure recorded for the month indicating a 30.5% increase over the 213 figure recorded in April 2015.

SIVB CEO, Josefa ‘Jo’ Tuamoto again attributed the strong increase in Asian numbers to the efforts his team have gone to in recent times attending major travel industry events in Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.

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