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50k Belizeans Passed Through Northern Border Over Easter
posted (April 18, 2017)
For many Belizeans, Easter is all about getting away to the islands or inland destinations to soak up sun and saltwater. But, Chetumal is also a popular getaway. And though we don't know how many went to the cayes or Placencia, the Immigration Department can tell us exactly how many went to "Chet." The total passing through the Santa Elena Border in Corozal for Thursday April 13th to Monday April 17th is 48,815 persons. That's both ways, so you can estimate that about 24,400 persons went each way between Thursday and Monday. That's in addition to the three thousand who go to the Free Zone every day.

Businesses will tell you that's a whole lot of money leaving the Belizean economy since - if you estimate that every visitor spent at least $50 dollars, that's a cool million dollars right there.

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