| Table 5 | |||||||||
| VISITOR ARRIVALS BY PURPOSE OF VISIT 1988 - 2001 | |||||||||
| PURPOSE OF VISIT | |||||||||
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total | |||||||||
| Year | Vacation | % Change | Business | % Change | Excursion | % Change | Visitors | ||
| 1988 | 23,080 | 5,127 | 41,275 | 69,482 | |||||
| 1989 | 26,201 | 13.5 | 2,560 | (50.1) | 43,044 | 4.3 | 71,805 | ||
| 1990 | 29,212 | 11.5 | 1,969 | (23.1) | 59,325 | 37.8 | 90,506 | ||
| 1991 | 29,078 | (0.5) | 1,924 | (2.3) | 59,542 | 0.4 | 90,544 | ||
| 1992 | 30,062 | 3.4 | 2,014 | 4.7 | 61,104 | 2.6 | 93,180 | ||
| 1993 | 36,237 | 20.5 | 1,421 | (29.4) | 73,692 | 20.6 | 111,350 | ||
| 1994 | 42,352 | 16.9 | 1,353 | (4.8) | 82,075 | 11.4 | 125,780 | ||
| 1995 | 36,280 | (14.3) | 2,251 | 66.4 | 68,555 | (16.5) | 107,086 | ||
| 1996 | 35,413 | (2.4) | 2,085 | (7.4) | 48,741 | (28.9) | 86,239 | ||
| 1997 | 40,506 | 14.4 | 2,675 | 28.3 | 70,684 | 45.0 | 113,865 | ||
| 1998 | 41,092 | 1.4 | 2,782 | 4.0 | 69,922 | (1.1) | 113,796 | ||
| 1999 | 43,726 | 6.4 | 3,056 | 9.8 | 59,947 | (14.3) | 106,729 | ||
| 2000 | 40,642 | (7.1) | 3,147 | 3.0 | 68,680 | 14.6 | 112,469 | ||
| 2001 | 44,051 | 8.4 | 3,914 | 24.4 | 57,009 | (17.0) | 104,974 | ||
| Source: Immigration Department | |||||||||