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Number of foreign tourist arrivals at frontiers by month

Months

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January
february
March
April
May
June
Tuly
August
September
Jctober
fovember
December

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Frontier Arrivals
1972 1973

36. 423
38 053
38 812
28 676
30 124
23 808
28 734
33 921
28 751
39 967
41 135
56 981

38 159
43 171
37 594
36 305
33 145
26 087
34 130
7 761
33 102
38 733
47 083
66 854

Number of foreign tourist arrivals by mode of transport at point of entry
1972 1973 1972 1973
408 220 456 221 Sea 18 183 15 183

Number of foreign tourist arrivals by main purpose of visit

1972 197 1972 1973
Holiday 245 000 284 L450 .
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Education 13 159 14 730

Number of foreign tourist nights in accommodation by country of usual residence (2)

Country of
usual residence

Canada
Fiji
france
3ermany, F.R.
Hong Kong
Indonesia
[Italy
Japan
Malaysia/Singapore
Netherlands
Yew Caledonia
New Zealand
Papua/New Guinea
South Africa
Switzerland
United Kingdom/Ireland
U.S.A.
All other countries
Totals

Accommodation Nights
1972 1973

687 000
261 000
159 000
503 000
172 000
273 000
382 000
407 000
603 000
403 000
184 000
473 000
236 000
161 000
138 000
3 689 000
1 846 000
1 966 000
14 594 000 16 543 000

645 000

tr rep e.

2) Based on data concerning actual length of stay of tourists obtaines from the
"International Visitor Survey" in 1971/1972 end 1972/1973.
VOL 27 - 1973