This means that the country received 20.09 million international tourists, which represented 11.7% more than what was received in the reference period.
Only by air the country received 11.25 million visitors.
The dependency details that the average cost of tourists admitted by air was 1,165.3 dollars; with a growth of 2.9%.
Miguel Torruco, head of the Sectur, pointed out that in the first half of the year 4.96 million arrived at the different ports of the country via cruise ships, which meant foreign exchange earnings of 407.9 million dollars.