The 2009 second quarter bulletin, when compared to the same period last year, showed:

• Air arrivals were down 14.2 percent, brining 74,979 visitors to the Island this year

• Air arrivals for people coming on vacation were down 12.4 percent

• Air arrivals for people coming for business were down 16.4 percent

l Air arrivals for people coming for a convention were down 41.9 percent

l Air arrivals for people coming to visit friends or family were down 0.8 percent

• Air arrivals from the core US market were down 12 percent

l Air arrivals from the rest of the US market were down 13 percent

• Air arrivals from Canada were down 10.8 percent

• Air arrivals from the UK were down 19 percent

• Air arrivals from Europe were down 28 percent

• Cruise arrivals were down 3.7 percent, bringing 124,553 visitors to the Island this year

• Yacht arrivals were down 7.98 percent, bringing 3,529 visitors to the Island this year

For the year to date the number of total visitors was 235,525, down 11.28 percent. In the past 30 years the total visitor number has surpassed 200,000 only eight times. This year's total visitor number is the fifth best since the modern recording system was implemented.

• 201,565 visitors came to the Island in 1982

• 213,931 visitors came to the Island in 1987

• 200,607 visitors came to the Island in 1994

• 200,676 visitors came to the Island in 1996

• 228,768 visitors came to the Island in 2006

• 232,806 visitors came to the Island in 2007

• 220,634 visitors came to the Island in 2008

• 203,061 visitors came to the Island in 2009