nine percent more visitors arrived than during the same week in 1993.

Government figures released yesterday showed that 5,122 visitors arrived between February 27 and March 6 -- that's 412 more than during the same period last year.

So far this year, visitor arrivals are nearly 12 percent ahead of 1993.

The total is 30,934 compared to 27,441 to March 6, 1993.