From CH5 News:
Tourism statistics up for 9th straight month
Somebody must be doing something right because for
the ninth consecutive month a record number of
tourists have arrived at Belize's main port of entry,
the Philip Goldson International Airport. Figures for
June record 10,681 bona fide tourist arrivals for the
month compared to 8,202 during the same period last
year, an impressive increase of 32.2 percent. Reasons
offered for the radically improved situation include a
well focused international advertising campaign by the
Belize Tourism Board, favourable press reports and a
buoyant economy in the United States of America,
Belize's major source of visitors. BTB officials expect
the trend to continue, fueled by increased promotional
efforts and the steadily improving quality of the
nation's tourism product. In related news Cabinet has
endorsed a proposal to build two large upscale hotels
on northern Ambergris Caye near Punta Azul. The two
properties will have a total of five hundred rooms.
Funding will be provided by Rochamel Development
Company Ltd., the respective hotel management
companies and the Government of Belize. The
project's feasibility study is now being finalised and
work should begin by the end of the year.