TOURISM
					1,991	1,992	1,993	1,994	1990	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005		2006		2007
No. of Tourist Resorts					67	69	69	69	64	73	73	73	79	84	86	87	87	87	87	87		89		92
Tourist Arrivals					196112	235852	241020	279982	195,156	314,869	338,733	365,563	395,725	429,666	467,154	460,984	484,680	563,593	616,716	395,320		601,923		675,889
Growth in Tourist Arrivals (%)					0.5	20.3	2.2	16.2	23.1	12.5	7.6	7.9	8.3	8.6	8.7	-1.3	5.1	16.3	9.4	-35.9		52.3		12.3
Beds in operation (annual average)					9,046	9,662	10,351	11,638	-	-	-	-	-	15,118	16,478	15,812	16,131	16,692	16,621	13,946		16,244	1_/	17,533
Total Bed Capacity					9046	9662	10351	11638	8,729	12,312	13,508	14,031	16,096	17,531	18,730	18,765	18,827	19,110	19,595	20,198		20,499		21,741
	Resorts				7,855	8,487	9,061	10,160	7,621	10,688	11,472	11,958	13,808	15,044	15,914	16,318	16,400	16,444	16,858	17,298		17,712		18,498
	Hotels				158	158	158	216	166	312	312	276	418	466	744	688	670	670	636	636		707	1_/	830
	Marinas								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50		90		90
	Guest Houses				374	408	467	472	339	400	246	313	293	321	356	367	282	360	425	425	1_/	391		400
	Safari Vessels				659	609	665	790	603	912	1,478	1,484	1,577	1,700	1,716	1,392	1,475	1,636	1,676	1,789	1_/	1,599		1,923
Increase in Bed Capacity  of Resorts (over previous yr)					3.070463	8.045831	6.763285	12.1289	0.94	5.20	7.34	4.24	15.47	8.95	5.78	2.54	0.50	0.27	2.52	2.61		2.39		4.44
Bed Capacity Utilization Rate (%)					63.2	66.2	64.8	67.9	60.3	70.5	72.8	77.4	76.2	69.7	68.2	65.6	69.0	77.2	83.9	64.5		81.4		92.9
Tourist Bed-nights('000)					1725	1975	2092	2350.803	1,682	2,725	3,039	3,271	3,467	3,718	3,937	3,933	4,067	4,705	5,110	3,300		4,826		5,293
Increase in Tourist Bed-nights									15.0	15.9	11.5	7.6	6.0	7.3	5.9	-0.1	3.4	15.7	8.6	-35.4		46.2		9.7
Average Duration of Stay (days)					8.8	8.4	8.7	8.4	8.6	8.7	9.0	8.9	8.8	8.7	8.4	8.5	8.4	8.3	8.3	8.3		8.0		8.5
Tourism Tax (In Million Rf)					108.1	129.1	136	161.3	95.1	188.8	215.8	257.0	257.7	276.0	276.6	292.7	305.2	359.8	409.5	345.0		495.7		547.3  (Prov)
Tourism Revenue (In Million Rf)					159.7	191.1	217.1	280.5	141.7	338.6	400.9	505.5	525.1	627.9	693.3	715.9	883.1	899.7	921.5	911.8		1,777.0		2,520.0 (Prov)
Tourism Expenditure (In Million Rf)					8.5	9.6	10.5	13.0	6.6	19.1	17.70	23.90	15.80	22.90	27.70	31.40	35.9	34.9	56.3	57.4		100.8		118.8(Prov)
Tourism Receipts (In million US$)					95.3	138	146.3825	180.7218	88.7	210.7	265.6	286.0	303.0	313.5	320.7	327.1	337.1	401.6	470.9	286.6		433.7 (Est.)		493.6 (Est.)
Tourism Contribution to GDP (%)					32.9	33.4	32.6	33.5	34.1	34.5	35.0	34.1	32.8	32.7	33.0	31.9	30.9	32.7	32.3	22.7 5_/		27.1 5_/		28.0 5_/
1_/ Revised
5_/ Revised on 18th April 2007