TABLE 4: EXCURSIONIST ARRIVALS BY MONTH  1990 - 2006
	MONTH	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	% change '06/'05
	January	6,615	5,229	6,038	6,906	6,948	9,382	3,190	7,313	8,112	6,374	5,788	7,290	5,162	5,175	5,927	8,056	9,414	16.9%
	February	6,157	4,836	5,699	7,249	7,682	8,978	4,357	6,525	7,251	5,147	6,864	5,934	5,856	5,663	6,234	7,929	8,702	9.7%
	March	6,031	4,796	7,297	6,292	7,697	9,740	3,752	8,975	8,387	6,672	8,152	5,722	7,780	5,878	6,382	9,768	10,328	5.7%
	April	5,226	5,714	5,355	7,227	6,702	8,573	4,232	5,340	6,867	5,753	7,036	5,640	6,431	4,949	6,287	7,675	10,091	31.5%
	May	4,931	5,558	4,462	5,396	6,206	6,320	4,443	5,525	6,478	4,886	5,810	4,949	6,058	6,101	4,553	5,273	7,369	39.7%
	June	4,278	4,110	3,892	4,725	5,127	5,507	3,313	4,392	4,775	4,695	5,793	4,505	5,007	4,352	4,239	4,934	6,935	40.6%
	July	5,168	5,283	4,875	6,094	6,789	6,603	3,324	5,927	5,754	5,375	5,911	4,624	6,064	6,478	5,684	7,021	7,803	11.1%
	August	6,217	7,308	6,470	7,846	9,185	8,611	5,913	7,271	7,045	7,971	6,852	5,694	7,596	8,091	8,395	7,088	8,871	25.2%
	September	2,305	3,047	3,173	4,168	4,710	877	2,288	2,597	2,683	3,108	2,630	2,334	2,980	2,515	2,987	3,559	3,871	8.8%
	October	3,253	4,487	4,293	4,931	5,875	823	3,755	4,449	4,182	3,431	3,652	2,758	4,231	3,735	3,640	4,084	4,782	17.1%
	November	4,823	4,449	5,033	6,215	7,510	1,213	4,801	6,007	4,154	2,960	4,723	3,812	4,659	3,703	5,364	6,627	7,742	16.8%
	December	4,321	4,725	4,517	6,643	7,644	1,928	5,373	6,363	4,234	3,575	5,469	3,747	5,325	5,727	7,109	9,088	8,375	-7.8%
	TOTAL	59,325	59,542	61,104	73,692	82,075	68,555	48,741	70,684	69,922	59,947	68,680	57,009	67,149	62,367	66,801	81,102	94,283	16.3%
	Annual % Change		0.4	2.6	20.6	11.4	-16.5	-28.9	45.0	-1.1	-14.3	14.6	-17.0	17.8	-7.1	7.1	21.4	16.3
	Source: Immigration Department