Arrivals reached 483,716 during the month under review, compared to 421,201 in June 2016, up 14.8 percent.

The positive figures contributed to a successful January-September period during which 14.7 percent more travellers visited the island over the same period in 2016.

Significant year-on-year growth was recorded from the UK and Russia in September, up 34.3 percent and 25.1 percent, respectively while arrivals from Israel comprise 6.5, percent from Sweden 4.6 and from Germany 4.5 percent of total arrivals.