slight increase in the number of passengers that arrived by cruise ship.

According to Government figures, for the period of September 25 to October 1 the number of people arriving by air dropped to 8,031 which was 503 less than the 8,594 that arrived the previous week.

However, over the same period, 5,539 visitors arrived by cruise ship which was 862 more than the 4,677 visitors which arrived by cruise ship the previous week.

The total number of visitors arriving between September 25 and October 1 was 13,597 which was 1,557 less than the same time last year.

From January 1 to October 1, 306,554 people arrived by air which was 8.1 percent less than the number for the same period last year.

And cruise ship arrivals dropped to 145,347 between January 1 and October 1 which was 2,550 less than the same time last year.