According to figures released by Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), the SAARC segment shows a 21.6% decline compared to the same month last year. [break]
Among the SAARC countries, the highest decline is from India at 25.3% followed by Pakistan and Sri Lanka at 10.9% and 3%, respectively. However, Bangladesh has registered a positive growth of 16.6%.
However, arrivals from Asia (other than South Asia) have recorded positive growth of 18.1% in aggregate. Visitor arrivals from China have recorded the growth of 26.6%, compared to the figures in same period. Similarly, Malaysia (158.3%) and Thailand (15.3%) have maintained the upward trend.
Likewise, visitor arrivals from France, the Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland and Sweden have registered positive growth of 0.4%, 9.9%, 7.6%, 1.1%, and 20.7% respectively. Likewise, arrivals from Australia, New Zealand and USA also posted positive growth of 6.7%, 5.2% and 2.3% respectively.
However, arrivals from the UK, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain and Russia have declined by 14.8%, 23.1%, 49.2%, 22.8%, 29.5% and 8%, respectively compared to the same month last year.
A total of 66,107 foreign tourists departed from TIA in April 2013. The number of Nepalis arrivals stood at 62,488 while 75,323 Nepalis departed from TIA in April 2013.
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