The month recorded 119,727 tourists arriving in the country compared to the 109,420 arrived in November 2013.

In the first eleven months of this year a total of 1,348,481 tourists arrived in the island recording a 20.3 percent increase from the 1,120,675 came during the corresponding period in 2013.

Most of the tourist arrivals were from Western Europe with 423,130 tourists visiting in the eleven months of this year recording a 13.7 percent increase over corresponding 2013 figures. For the month of November 35,915 tourists arrived in the island 12.8% more than in November 2013.

Arrivals from North America rose by 11.4 percent with 62,769 visitors from January to November this year while arrivals from Eastern Europe increased 25.5 percent with the arrival of 134,155 tourists. However, arrivals from Eastern Europe declined 4.9 percent for the month.

Tourist arrivals from Middle East declined in November by 10.5 percent to 4,327and for the year arrivals increased by 13.1 percent to 84,880.

In the first eleven months of the year 251,268 East Asians arrived in the island, an increase of 51.9 percent. Number of Chinese tourists arriving in the island rose by an impressive 137.6 percent to reach 117,766. In November alone tourists arrivals from China increased by 125.3 percent with 10,878 Chinese tourists visiting the island.

Arrivals from South Asia, the other region from where most of the tourists come, declined in November by 0.3 percent with 31,135 tourists arriving in the island.

However, for the year, tourist arrivals from South Asia increased by 13.4 percent to record 325,210 arrivals while, arrivals from India increased 16.3 percent to 216,581in the first eleven months of 2014.

In the first nine months of the year, 38,885 Australians arrived in the country, an 8.4 percent increase from the previous year.