Number of tourists down by 15 percent

The tourism sector saw almost a 15 percent drop in arrivals during the first nine months as compared to the same period of last year. The number of incomers reached around one million at end-September.

The number of arriving passengers at the airport increased by five percent year-on-year to 2.2 million passengers. This number showed a slowdown since the first quarter.

The number of landing aircrafts is also on an ongoing slowdown and reported a mere increase of 0.3 percent y-o-y.