Tourist arrivals up by 27 percent in September

The number of tourists traveling to Nepal by air has grown by 27 percent in the month of September as compared to the same period last year.

Figures released by the Immigration Office at the Tribhuvan International Airport for the month of September, show robust growth in American and European markets with 33.1 percent and 38.5 percent growth respectively, followed by a significant growth in major tourist generating markets.

According to Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), the positive growth in visitors' arrival from UK (32.1 percent), Germany (25.2 percent), France (18.6 percent), Italy (33.6 percent), Spain (49.1 percent) and Japan (29 percent) indicates a rebound in tourism industry.

Moreover, Chinese and Korean markets, up by 158.8 percent and 98.4 percent respectively have been strengthened considerably after the operation of direct flights from these destinations.

The total arrivals in the last nine months have gone up by 32.3 percent having 252407 visitors in comparison to the same period last year.

“Each country has recorded very optimistic figures. As Indian market is very sensitive to negative news, the arrival figure from India has shown negative growth,” an NTB statement said, “However, we believe that festival season which has just started will definitely entice more Indian tourists to Nepal in coming months.” nepalnews.com mk Oct 04 07

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