The Belize Tourism Board have released their tourism number for January through May of 2012. The numbers are up.
"In January 2012, there were a record number of arrivals, which totaled 18,558 visitors. This represented a 10.47% increase in arrivals in January, which was immediately followed by a record high in arrivals for the month of February. In fact, February saw 20,450 overnight visitors through the airport. This was represented by a 12.6% increase over February last year. The consistent growth continued in March, which saw 25,982 visitors and that total surpassed the March 2007 arrival record of 25,195visitors. April 2012 was also a favorable month with a total of 17,969 visitors, marking a 7.8% increase when compared to April 2011. Records were broken yet again in the month of May, which had a total figure of 17150 visitors, presented an overwhelming 20.3% increase over the previous year."