The rate of which visitors from Europe arrived in Swaziland soared by 17 percent in 2014, as over 100,000 Europeans visited the country as opposed to 85,000 the previous year. This was revealed by the Swaziland Tourism Authority (STA) and the Department of Immigration. In their 2014 Arrivals by Country Report, STA said the overall rate of inbound tourists’ arrivals grew by a significant 2 percent in 2014, as 1,324,621 visitors were recorded, as opposed to 1,298,803 the previous year. Although of the total, 1,177,815 were from Africa, marking 0.7 percent increase from the previous year’s 1,169,823.
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