

	Table 10.2 : MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF TOURIST ARRIVALS BY NATIONALITY, 2002
	Country of Nationality	Total	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
	Total	484,680	36,211	47,024	49,280	42,647	31,529	23,641	34,341	41,243	39,760	42,579	42,310	54,115
	Europe	373,428	29,977	37,178	40,114	33,828	22,081	16,396	25,087	30,875	29,001	32,384	33,765	42,742
	Austria	10,480	1,243	1,398	1,184	797	528	343	741	711	560	746	1,025	1,204
	Belgium	2,606	189	240	195	168	156	114	283	212	223	237	282	307
	Denmark	938	68	157	134	76	46	34	51	57	53	107	71	84
	France	31,228	3,164	3,952	3,739	3,168	1,880	1,001	1,466	2,231	1,384	2,167	3,203	3,873
	Germany	63,212	4,187	5,346	6,734	4,367	5,131	3,303	4,102	5,209	5,722	6,570	6,796	5,745
	Italy	114,955	9,469	12,450	13,760	11,544	4,882	4,334	7,224	11,300	8,386	8,490	7,849	15,267
	Netherland	4,662	217	417	295	435	420	344	399	284	490	501	440	420
	Portugal	2,785	88	127	244	192	164	216	301	418	402	374	145	114
	Spain	5,160	128	197	533	194	206	299	715	1,076	605	687	268	252
	Sweden	1,749	191	235	242	133	32	59	55	75	65	227	206	229
	Switzerland	31,707	2,756	3,041	3,259	3,390	1,804	1,133	2,198	1,254	2,279	3,722	3,289	3,582
	United Kingdom	80,377	5,771	7,428	7,784	7,473	4,627	4,339	6,344	6,329	7,491	6,790	7,563	8,438
	Other Countries	23,569	2,506	2,190	2,011	1,891	2,205	877	1,208	1,719	1,341	1,766	2,628	3,227
	Asia	94,986	5,310	8,491	7,284	7,541	8,269	6,200	8,018	8,918	9,350	8,773	7,364	9,468
	India	11,377	1,041	764	853	965	1,285	892	797	809	955	1,008	848	1,160
	Japan	43,705	2,013	3,411	3,300	3,258	3,224	2,344	3,915	5,141	5,433	3,651	3,507	4,508
	Singapore	2,520	181	199	275	139	217	220	186	151	162	184	219	387
	Sri Lanka	6,909	545	430	513	660	671	514	706	696	587	500	434	653
	Thailand	2,002	72	85	160	416	113	83	117	98	128	353	156	221
	Other Countries	28,473	1,458	3,602	2,183	2,103	2,759	2,147	2,297	2,023	2,085	3,077	2,200	2,539
	Africa	3,002	117	168	228	180	184	194	242	278	324	280	230	577
	South Africa	1,914	73	106	163	111	109	142	138	129	225	195	190	333
	Other Countries	1,088	44	62	65	69	75	52	104	149	99	85	40	244
	America	7,489	472	759	971	680	590	475	467	633	480	565	491	906
	Canada	1,569	121	197	184	167	103	78	101	120	77	115	112	194
	U.S.A	5,030	302	516	701	440	392	318	297	425	329	368	321	621
	Other Countries	890	49	46	86	73	95	79	69	88	74	82	58	91
	Oceania	5,775	335	428	683	418	405	376	527	539	605	577	460	422
	Australia	5,063	291	376	627	362	347	307	477	485	524	533	385	349
	Other Countries	712	44	52	56	56	58	69	50	54	81	44	75	73
	Source: Ministry of Tourism