Fall of 9% in 2016
The Department of Enterprise is considering how to respond to a reported slump in people visiting the Island last year.
Government's latest Passenger Survey shows numbers fell by almost 9% on 2016.
Just under 267,000 passengers traveled here in 2017, with the majority still coming from the North West of England.
Despite some particularly poor weather over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, these visitors from the UK were glowing:
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