Tourist arrivals up in Nepal
TBN News-
Kathmandu : A total of 368,386 tourists have visited Nepal during eight months of 2013.The number of tourists arrival by air was 377,043 in the period of 2012.
Tourist arrivals decreased by 2.3 per cent January-August compared to figures of the same period last year.
According to the figures released by Immigration Office at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) reveal that visitor arrivals in the month of August 2013, compared to the same month last year, have increased by 6.34 percent to 47,397.
Arrival from South Asian segment has registered positive growth of 10 percent with increased figure from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
India which constitutes the major market of Nepal, has recorded negative growth of 1.67 percent. A total of 14,068 Indian tourists visited Nepal in August this year.
Arrivals from rest of Asia increased by 21.92 percent. The visitor arrivals from China increased by 21.50 percent compared to the same month last year. A total of 4978 Chinese tourists visited Nepal in August this year.
The arrivals from Japan and Singapore and Malaysia increased but the arrival decreased from Thailand.
An overall negative growth of 17.37 percent has been observed from the European markets. Arrivals from UK, Germany, and France are up, while arrivals from Spain, Italy and the Netherlands last month.r.
Tourist arrivals from Australia, Canada and the USA have increased, but arrivals from New Zealand decreased this August.
Similarly, a total of 59,335 foreign tourists departed from TIA in August 2013. The number of Nepalese arrivals stood at 62,200 while 75,200 Nepalese departed from TIA in August 2013.
Sept.4, 2013
