Air arrivals boost Cayman tourism for 2011

(CNS Business): Overnight visitors to the Cayman Islands during 2011 increased by more than 7% compared to 2010, the Department of Tourism has revealed. Official statistics expected to be released tomorrow show that more than 309,000 visitors flew in and stayed in Cayman last year, exceeding the government’s target of 302,000 and representing a bumper year for tourist arrivals and the best year for a decade, when 334,071 arrived here in 2001. In December alone more than 31,000 air passengers came to Cayman representing the best December figure since the year 2000 and a 6.3% increase on the same month in 2010. Read more on CNS Business.