Table 10.1 :   FLOW OF TOURISTS BY NATIONALITY, 2006 - 2008
Country of
Nationality	No. of Tourists				Percentage Share				% Change Over Previous Year
	2005	2006	2007	2008	2005	2006	2007	2008	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	395,320	601,923	675,889	683,012	100	100	100	100	-35.9	52.3	12.3	1.1
Europe	306,856	457,535	495,371	497,560	77.6	76.0	73.3	72.8	-35.5	49.1	8.3	0.4
Italy	70,115	118,929	117,246	103,673	17.7	19.8	17.3	15.2	-46.5	69.6	-1.4	-11.4
United Kingdom	87,264	107,995	125,158	116,821	22.1	17.9	18.5	17.1	-23.4	23.8	15.9	-6.7
Germany	55,782	70,830	72,269	69,240	14.1	11.8	10.7	10.1	-23.6	27.0	2.0	-4.2
France	21,640	43,627	45,301	48,100	5.5	7.2	6.7	7.0	-53.1	101.6	3.8	6.2
Switzerland	19,321	26,251	26,183	26,983	4.9	4.4	3.9	4.0	-33.9	35.9	-0.3	3.1
Russia	14,582	21,955	31,845	48,978	3.7	3.6	4.7	7.2	-19.3	50.6	45.0	53.8
Austria	9,358	14,100	13,673	13,462	2.4	2.3	2.0	2.0	-28.3	50.7	-3.0	-1.5
Spain	3,510	6,678	8,798	8,217	0.9	1.1	1.3	1.2	-53.6	90.3	31.7	-6.6
Nether land	4,151	8,050	6,479	5,595	1.1	1.3	1.0	0.8	-37.5	93.9	-19.5	-13.6
Portugal	2,238	3,655	4,188	4,150	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	-38.0	63.3	14.6	-0.9
Belgium	1,595	3,990	3,552	3,368	0.4	0.7	0.5	0.5	-48.3	150.2	-11.0	-5.2
Greece	1,703	3,584	4,850	4,926	0.4	0.6	0.7	0.7	-42.3	110.5	35.3	1.6
Sweden	1,318	1,800	2,149	3,542	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	-46.9	36.6	19.4	64.8
Norway	1,141	1,613	1,808	2,596	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	-14.3	41.4	12.1	43.6
Denmark	1,095	1,499	1,819	1,834	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	-12.8	36.9	21.3	0.8
Finland	357	518	789	865	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	-54.7	45.1	52.3	9.6
Other Countries	11,686	22,461	29,264	35,210	3.0	3.7	4.3	5.2	-45.6	92.2	30.3
Asia	71,902	121,427	150,813	145,558	18.2	20.2	22.3	21.3	-38.5	68.9	24.2	0.8
Japan	23,269	39,528	41,121	38,193	5.9	6.6	6.1	5.6	-50.4	69.9	4.0	-7.1
China/Taiwan/Hong Kong	12,332	27,705	38,566	43,744	3.1	4.6	5.7	6.4	-47.2	124.7	39.2	26.0
India	10,260	12,071	17,327	16,663	2.6	2.0	2.6	2.4	-6.7	17.7	43.5	-3.8
Korea	6,543	16,157	20,976	20,934	1.7	2.7	3.1	3.1	-32.4	146.9	29.8	-0.2
Sri Lanka	7,165	7,954	9,654	9,752	1.8	1.3	1.4	1.4	-14.2	11.0	21.4	1.0
Thailand	1,114	2,251	3,663	3,952	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.6	-66.1	102.1	62.7	7.9
Singapore	3,258	4,255	4,456	4,956	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	8.0	30.6	4.7	11.2
Malaysia	2,366	2,915	2,999	3,137	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.5	-18.6	23.2	2.9	4.6
Pakistan	940	1,119	1,013	1,191	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	-38.5	19.0	-9.5	17.6
Philippines	565	666	982	871	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	13.2	17.9	47.4	-11.3
Bangladesh	643	1,050	1,284	455	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	387.1	63.3	22.3	-64.6
Other Countries	3,447	5,756	8,772	1,710	0.9	1.0	1.3	0.2	-45.4	67.0	52.4	-80.5
Africa	3,460	4,169	4,846	5,694	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.8	-35.0	20.5	16.2	17.5
South Africa	2,392	2,973	3,293	3,732	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	-37.8	24.3	10.8	13.3
Other Countries	1,068	1,196	1,553	1,962	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	-27.8	12.0	29.8	26.3
America	7,244	10,813	14,198	14,485	1.8	1.8	2.1	2.1	-22.9	49.3	31.3	2.0
U.S.A	4,833	7,150	9,348	8,853	1.2	1.2	1.4	1.3	-19.4	47.9	30.7	-5.3
Canada	1,426	2,196	2,851	2,966	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	-31.1	54.0	29.8	4.0
Argentina	78	116	191	245	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-47.3	48.7	64.7	28.3
Other Countries	907	1,351	1,808	2,421	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.4	-22.7	49.0	33.8	33.9
Oceania	5,858	7,979	10,661	10,574	1.5	1.3	1.6	1.5	-36.9	36.2	33.6	-0.8
Australia	5,087	6,892	9,406	9,368	1.3	1.1	1.4	1.4	-38.1	35.5	36.5	-0.4
Other Countries	771	1,087	1,255	1,206	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	-27.9	41.0	15.5	-76.9
Source: Ministry of Tourism, Arts & Culture
Department of Immigration & Emigration