A little over 7000 visitors travelled by air to Vanuatu in the month of May of this year.
This represented 32 per cent of the total number of visitors to the country for that month.
In its results for May 2017, Vanuatu National Statistics Office highlighted that the figure is an increase of 25 per cent over May 2016.
However, it fell by 20 per cent over the previous month.
The increase has been attributed to more visitors arriving for a holiday.
The total number of visitors that arrived on cruise ships in May 2017 stood at 15,360.
This depicted a decrease of 16 per cent over May 2016 and 25 per cent over the previous month.
A little over half of the visitors to Vanuatu in May, 2017 were from Australia.
The next biggest group was from New Caledonia at 14 per cent followed by New Zealanders at 10 per cent.
Visitors arriving by air spent an average of 14 days in Vanuatu in the month of May of this year.
Tanna Island was the most popular outer island destination followed by Santo Island.
Photo file. Caption: Bauerfield International Airport, Port Vila, Vanuatu