Visitors to Guam on the rise
July Visitors Traveling to Guam by Air Exceed 100,000 http://www.visitguam.org
TUMON BAY, Guam, USA, August 30, 2004 Q Visitor air arrivals on Guam numbered a record-breaking 100,616 in July. The 100,616 visitors do not include sea arrivals.
According to the Guam Visitors BureauUs research department, this is the first time since September 2002 that such a threshold for civilian air arrivals has been broken.
Air arrivals from North America, including the U.S. mainland, Canada and Hawaii, increased an average 36 percent over the same period in 2003, with
2004 air arrivals at 4,839 versus 3,555 last year.
The 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of Guam and the military buildup on Guam – in combination with a strengthening economy and international travel market – are credited in part for the increase in travelers to Guam from North America.
Japan tallied nearly 78,000 or 77 percent of the total visitor figure for the month, a substantial increase over July 2003 by more than 50 percent.
Civilian air arrivals from Korea and Taiwan, two other primary sources of visitors for Guam, also recorded levels above July 2003.В
With the addition of the July civilian air arrivals of 100,616, GVB has recorded 939,183 visitors for its fiscal 2004 and 664,506 for the calendar year.
ABOUT GUAM
Situated in the Western Pacific, approximately 1,550 miles south of Japan and 3,800 miles west of Hawaii, Guam provides beautiful, pristine beaches, championship golf courses, world-class diving and snorkeling, and a variety of cultural and historical sites, activities and events.В Its geographic location makes Guam the gateway to Micronesia and, with excellent air service to cities throughout Asia, a convenient stop-over point for trans-Pacific travelers.В Guam has more than a dozen luxury resorts and an equally diverse selection of moderately priced hotels.
August 31, 2004
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