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Healthy Growth In International Tourist Arrivals Continues
home / Healthy Growth In International Tourist Arrivals Continues

 

News Release: Source: www.welcomenepal.com
March 1, 2011

The upward trend which is already seen in January 2011 continues in the second month of the year 2011 showing clearly the rising travel demand towards the destination. Nepal has enjoyed a sustained positive growth in the international visitor arrivals since June 2009.
 
The figures released by Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) reveal that visitor arrivals in the month of February 2011, compared to the same month last year, have increased by 12.2% to 37,584. 
 
All regions have shown positive growth in the second month of 2011. India which constitutes the major market of Nepal, has recorded positive growth of 39.9 % along with Bangladesh with 14.4%. However, the arrivals from Srilanka and Pakistan have declined by 27.0% and 7.1% respectively. In aggregate the South Asian segment has registered a positive growth of 31.8%.
 
Arrivals from Asia (other than South Asia) have also recorded positive growth of 2.0% in aggregate with mixed performance from the individual countries. The visitor's arrivals from China have increased by 2.0%. Similarly, the arrivals from Japan, South Korea and Thailand have also increased by 5.2%, 29.9% and 39.6% respectively. However the arrivals from Malaysia and Singapore declined by 36.0% and 7.0 % respectively.
 
An overall positive growth of 6.3% has been observed from the European markets with arrivals from major generating markets such as the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Russia up by 20.1%, 10.6%, 3.0%, 44.3%, 71.0%,6.9% and 83.8% respectively. However, the arrivals from France, Italy and Denmark have declined by 16.2%, 35.8% and 2.8% respectively compared to the same month last year.
 
Tourist arrivals from Australia and Canada have increased by 11.4% and 22.4% respectively whereas the arrivals from USA and New Zealand saw negative growth of 4.5% and 27.4% respectively.

Between January to February 2011, international tourist arrivals to Nepal have risen by 18.4% to 70,498 representing an additional 19,935 against the same two- month period in 2010.
 
A total of 38,183 foreign tourists departed from TIA in February 2011. The number of Nepalese arrivals stood at 54,262 while 56,625 Nepalese departed from TIA in February 2011.