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Crowds heading for Belize
Saturday, 06 Jan, 2005
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Belize is breaking records across the board: in arrivals at its border, cruise ship port and at the international airport.
The number of visitors last years rose 4.6% over the same period in 2003, according to tourism officials.
Canadian visitation was up by 23%. American visitors: up 7.3%.
There was also substantial growth in cruise visitors with 357 ships entering the Belize port. Growth there was more than 55% last year over 2003.
Report by David Wilkening
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