{ UOT O - INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL STATISTICS

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Number of foreign visitor arrivals at frontiers by month

Months

Frontier Arrivals
1972 1973

Tanuary 105 631
february 129 145
March 145 632
April 135 090
May 123 790
June 123 114
July 151 133
August 140 812
September 73 871
Jctober 87 930
November 114 515
December 117 293
Totals 1 447 956
Breakdown of total foreign tourist spending in Bahamas (%)

110 272
136 827
160 125
144 555
112 634
107 896
141 913
140 269
T2 437
87 448
107 330
121 695

1972 1973
Accommodation 41.1 % 48.0 %
Meals 15.1 % 14.1 %
Local Transport 7.6 % 5.7%

1972 1973
Entertainment 13.1 % 12.9 %
Shopping 15.1 % 11.5 %
Other 8.0% 7.8%

International Tourist Receipts and Expenditures
Source of Information : Ministry of Tourism
Method of Collection : 1973 Exit Study
Total receipts and expenditures from foreign tourism in millions of US dollars
1972 1973 1972 1973
Total Receipts 285.7 315.7 Total Expenditures n.a. n.a.
International n.a. na. International n.a.
fare Receipts Fare Payments

Total receipts and expenditures from foreign tourism in millions of units of local
currency

1972 1973
Total Receipts n.a. na.

International
"are Receipts

n.&amp;.

n.a.

1972 1973
Total Expenditures n.a. n.a.

International n.a
Fare Pavments sue

n.a.

Number of bed-nlaces and rooms available in hotels and similar establishments

1972 1973
Capacity in bed-places n.&amp;s n.a.
Capacity in rooms 11 227 11 567

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