Table 10.7 :   MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF TOURIST ARRIVALS BY NATIONALITY, 2008
Country of Nationality	Total	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total	683,012	64,621	67,963	71,623	62,670	48,764	40,283	47,675	51,824	50,687	56,363	57,961	62,578
Europe	497,560	52,326	52,121	57,469	47,767	31,397	24,749	31,411	36,149	34,336	38,405	43,977	47,453
Austria	13,462	1,622	2,034	1,652	1,020	825	449	828	727	594	826	1,575	1,310
Belgium	3,368	358	394	472	250	150	121	260	190	192	307	314	360
Denmark	1,834	226	310	186	118	96	74	144	71	94	191	124	200
France	48,100	6,784	7,163	6,019	5,801	2,437	1,096	1,455	2,393	1,674	3,295	4,565	5,418
Germany	69,240	6,000	6,182	7,949	6,015	6,983	3,964	4,163	4,103	5,292	6,647	6,880	5,062
Italy	103,823	13,473	13,630	14,865	11,246	4,212	3,683	5,432	8,305	5,972	5,579	6,711	10,715
Nether land	5,595	432	447	470	529	400	376	550	440	458	512	445	536
Portugal	4,150	129	151	321	289	339	423	626	480	578	406	200	208
Russia	48,978	5,507	3,339	4,730	4,313	3,345	2,225	2,691	3,511	2,834	3,997	6,397	6,089
Spain	8,217	427	404	819	469	513	550	834	1,365	847	706	713	570
Sweden	3,542	305	274	324	188	115	100	101	92	122	332	884	705
Switzerland	26,983	2,815	2,883	3,265	2,933	1,465	1,214	1,459	1,099	1,665	2,544	3,080	2,561
United Kingdom	116,821	9,638	11,238	12,544	11,150	7,972	8,037	9,136	9,789	10,448	9,541	8,470	8,858
Other Countries	43,447	4,610	3,672	3,853	3,446	2,545	2,437	3,732	3,584	3,566	3,522	3,619	4,861
Asia	145,558	9,706	12,940	10,748	11,485	13,687	12,240	12,348	12,085	13,346	14,174	11,607	11,192
China/Taiwan/Hongkong	43,744	2,822	5,786	2,199	2,547	3,835	3,348	4,122	3,548	4,868	4,544	3,335	2,790
India	16,663	1,436	1,313	1,467	1,337	2,001	1,425	1,147	1,231	1,036	1,425	1,037	1,808
Japan	38,193	2,269	2,985	3,088	2,832	2,305	3,062	3,746	3,966	4,288	3,413	3,178	3,061
Korea	20,934	1,438	1,164	1,632	2,103	2,705	2,001	898	911	1,610	2,879	2,353	1,240
Singapore	4,956	290	318	430	342	433	601	449	489	279	340	404	581
Sri Lanka	9,725	732	741	762	1,014	914	779	1,043	990	582	637	742	789
Thailand	3,952	154	173	411	745	755	304	300	240	207	321	117	225
Other Countries	7,391	565	460	759	565	739	720	643	710	476	615	441	698
Africa	5,694	357	269	479	574	434	539	477	444	469	636	342	674
South Africa	3,732	232	142	346	419	274	393	233	223	351	481	211	427
Other Countries	1,962	125	127	133	155	160	146	244	221	118	155	131	247
America	14,485	1,076	1,291	1,514	1,229	1,142	1,093	1,032	1,100	1,160	1,279	1,114	1,455
Canada	2,966	243	323	282	277	212	167	199	228	263	237	225	310
U.S.A	8,853	683	789	972	711	679	704	614	611	651	829	675	935
Other Countries	2,666	150	179	260	241	251	222	219	261	246	213	214	210
Oceania	10,574	667	629	886	877	1,564	966	1,022	896	1,026	922	502	617
Australia	9,368	591	549	781	778	1,356	856	932	812	915	813	459	526
Other Countries	1,206	76	80	105	99	208	110	90	84	111	109	43	91
Middle East	9,141	489	713	527	738	540	696	1,385	1,150	350	947	419	1,187
Kuwait	1,340	178	271	83	46	68	69	94	113	20	55	55	288
Lebanon	1,139	28	47	59	106	56	74	147	177	178	121	27	119
Saudi Arabia	2,747	90	196	135	308	140	144	537	396	36	324	123	318
United Arab Emirates	1,394	64	54	111	89	102	202	212	105	56	160	81	158
Others	2,521	129	145	139	189	174	207	395	359	60	287	133	304
Source: Ministry of Tourism, Arts & Culture
Department of Immigration & Emigration