ARRIVAL MARGINALLY UP IN APRIL

Arrival from the South Asian region, except India and Sri Lanka, recorded a positive growth of 4.9 percent with strong contribution from Bangladesh (71.2 percent) and Pakistan (35.1 percent). Visitor arrivals from India, the largest visitor generating country for Nepal, witnessed a soft decline of 2.6 percent. Arrivals from the South Asia region grew by 15.9 percent in the first four months of April, compared to the figures recorded in the same period last year.

In the like manner, arrivals from Asia (other than South Asia) maintained the upward trend, thanks to strong contribution of Malaysia (14.2 percent) and South Korea (20.3 percent).

The figures also show increasing trend in the visitor arrivals from US and Canada with a growth of 3 percent and 8.3 percent respectively. However, Australia and New Zealand have registered negative growth by 15 percent and 9.3 percent respectively. European markets registered a negative growth of 5.5 percent.

Source TAAN e-news 14/5/010 http://www.taan.org.np