TABLE 3: MONTHLY TOURIST ARRIVALS BY AIR AND SEA 1998 - 2004
	1998			1999			2000			2001			2002			2003			2004
MONTH	SEA	AIR	TOTAL	SEA	AIR	TOTAL	SEA	AIR	TOTAL	SEA	AIR	TOTAL	SEA	AIR	TOTAL	SEA	AIR	TOTAL	SEA	AIR	TOTAL
January	1,882	3,105	4,987	2,361	2,602	4,963	1,371	2,240	3,611	1,657	2,847	4,504	1,185	2,683	3,868	1,522	2,496	4,018	2,118	2,462	4,580
February	1,775	3,403	5,178	2,233	3,291	5,524	1,721	2,714	4,435	1,811	3,741	5,552	1,536	3,141	4,677	1,696	2,805	4,501	2,826	2,737	5,563
March	1,791	2,921	4,712	2,477	3,431	5,908	1,616	3,171	4,787	2,039	3,555	5,594	1,967	3,735	5,702	2,017	2,913	4,930	3,149	2,697	5,846
April	1,755	2,903	4,658	1,892	3,158	5,050	1,837	2,984	4,821	2,262	3,792	6,054	1,517	2,955	4,472	2,010	2,777	4,787	3,040	2,965	6,005
May	1,072	2,317	3,389	1,441	2,303	3,744	1,357	2,337	3,694	1,370	2,595	3,965	1,283	2,500	3,783	1,442	2,473	3,915	2,426	2,704	5,130
June	895	1,930	2,825	1,212	1,926	3,138	1,302	2,088	3,390	1,177	2,321	3,498	999	1,998	2,997	1,257	2,116	3,373	1,853	2,148	4,001
July	1,193	2,397	3,590	1,532	2,502	4,034	1,627	2,209	3,836	1,531	2,764	4,295	1,178	2,593	3,771	1,710	2,832	4,542	2,815	2,670	5,485
August	1,382	2,021	3,403	1,755	2,051	3,806	1,597	1,901	3,498	1,578	2,438	4,016	1,318	2,218	3,536	1,676	2,180	3,856	2,048	2,198	4,246
September	477	674	1,151	795	970	1,765	438	593	1,031	373	534	907	292	495	787	338	629	967	727	451	1,178
October	715	1,241	1,956	962	1,408	2,370	550	1,100	1,650	550	1,046	1,596	575	1,044	1,619	700	1,012	1,712	1,410	84	1,494
November	946	2,092	3,038	1,287	1,345	2,632	1,136	2,400	3,536	999	2,292	3,291	1,526	2,260	3,786	2,297	2,244	4,541	3,889	521	4,410
December	2,090	2,897	4,987	1,489	2,359	3,848	1,806	3,694	5,500	1,548	3,145	4,693	1,965	3,006	4,971	2,813	2,960	5,773	4,628	1,421	6,049
TOTAL	15,973	27,901	43,874	19,436	27,346	46,782	16,358	27,431	43,789	16,895	31,070	47,965	15,341	28,628	43,969	19,478	27,437	46,915	30,929	23,058	53,987
Annual % change				22%	-2%	7%	-16%	0%	-6%	3%	13%	10%	-9%	-8%	-8%	27%	-4%	7%	59%	-16%	15%
Source: Immigration Department