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Article: Newly Released Winter Statistics Reflect Steady Increase in American Visitors to Barbados.
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- May 24, 2004
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BARBADOS, West Indies, May 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The Barbados Tourism Authority (BTA) recently released its winter performance results in which an 11 percent increase in American visitors to the island is reported. A total of 49,358 Americans visited the island between Dec. 15, 2003 and April 15, 2004, making for 4,896 more Americans than went to Barbados during the same period last year. This marks the third consecutive year of growth from the American market for Barbados.
"This continues a very positive trend that Barbados has been experiencing since 2002," says Bill Silvermintz, vice president of marketing, The Americas. "At a time when tourism has struggled ...