Sentences with phrase «record number of tourists»

«A record number of tourists visited New York City in 2015, and city officials expect more in 2016, in spite of slowing economies in some places and a stronger dollar,» says Jay Rosen, vice president and senior analyst at Moodys.

According to the Museums Association, visitor numbers have fallen by more than one million in the past six months compared to the previous financial year, in spite of a record number of tourists to the UK.

A former Portuguese, Dutch and British colony, this Unesco World Heritage site is now attracting record numbers of tourists lured by its unusual architecture and cuisine, which reflect centuries of foreign influences.

«The ceremony has also served as a glittering spotlight for Turks & Caicos — a paradise nation that has welcomed a record number of tourist visitors over the past year.

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This week, Australia's statistics agency reported that the country received a record number of Chinese tourists.

Furthermore, the presence of tourist divers didn't correlate with the number or average depth of reef sharks recorded by telemetry, indicating that shark behavior was unaffected by the divers» presence during the study.

In a top tourist and retiree destination like Ambergris Caye, new buildings going up indicate growing interest in the region. It is easy to recognize the attraction of the island, and construction on Ambergris Caye is trying to keep up with the rapid growth of the tourism industry there, which saw record numbers across the board last year.

According to the data, the number of international tourist arrivals exceeded the record achieved during the same period of the pre-crisis year 2008.

Indonesia's resort island of Bali has welcomed an increased number of South Korean tourists, recording 168,181 visitors throughout January until November 2017, or approximately 23 percent higher than the previous year.

In recent years, the number of Chinese tourists visiting Australia has seen double - digit growth; two - way tourist flows between the two countries recorded an impressive two million trips in 2016.

«Last year's introduction of British Airways» Boeing 777 service with increased capacity to include more premium seats also helped us to deliver a record number of high value tourist arrivals in 2016.»

Washington had a record number of visitors last year, yet the city, unlike London or Paris, isn't its country's center of finance or its main tourist destination.