Tourism in Belize continues its steady improvement. The industry experienced solid growth in 2015, showing 6.2% in overall growth. Belize had seven straight months of arrival increases. September to December of 2015 showed record improvements with overnight arrivals increasing every month in comparison to the previous years’ figures. September had an increase of 19.3%, October 22.1%, November 33% and December 22.5% increase. November’s 33% increase is the largest ever recorded for this month, which rarely goes above a 10% increase. The month of December saw 39,977 overnight visitors to Belize, which is the first time in history that a month in overnight arrivals has approached 40,000. Airport arrivals accounted for majority of the overnight arrivals with around 75.02% of the overall overnight figure. All these factors culminated in a strong increase in visitor traffic in the latter months of the year.