Annual

TOURISM

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

Travellers (thousand)

Arrivals

2.685,3

2.512,3

2.646,4

2.871,0

3.142,3

3.534,9

3.565,0

Departures

2.681,4

2.509,5

2.647,3

2.870,5

3.146,0

3.529,0

3.569,6

Tourist arrivals (thousand)

2.100,0

1.950,0

2.088,0

2.222,7

2.434,3

2.686,2

2.696,7

Main countries

United Kingdom

850,0

720,0

846,3

1.015,2

1.155,6

1.362,9

1.486,7

Germany

235,0

240,0

250,1

208,4

238,8

233,7

214,2

Greece

65,0

75,0

67,7

70,8

83,1

100,1

89,8

Switzerland

110,0

88,0

95,3

83,7

88,7

79,0

76,6

Netherlands

58,0

58,0

45,7

48,2

53,6

55,4

50,7

Nordic countries

230,0

235,0

225,0

242,4

265,3

264,2

270,8

Russia and other ex Soviet Union countries

95,0

130,0

221,9

197,6

134,2

146,0

128,5

Same-day visitors (thousand)

153,4

138,5

105,6

134,2

143,3

226,1

154,6

Transit at ports

54,7

45,5

40,0

38,9

49,6

74,4

29,3

Cruise-ship visitors

38,7

41,0

54,6

75,3

76,6

135,2

106,3

Same-day tourists

60,0

52,0

11,0

20,0

17,1

16,5

19,0

Guestnights of tourists in tourist accommodation (thousand)

14.194

12.687

13.139

14.410

16,126

16816

n.a.

Foreign exchange receipts from tourism (C£mn)

810

780

843

878

1.025

1.194,0

1283*

Capacity in tourist accommodation (number of beds)

78.427

84.549

84.368

86.151

84.173

85303

88302

Return of Residents (thousand)

360,0

364,7

422,0

484,1

540,4

587,6

684,2

*Provisional

(Last Updated 22/04/2002)