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| Tourist arrivals surge to 41% in October 2003 |
| 4-Nov-2003 |
KATHMANDU, Nov 3
Tourism industry witnessed a significant growth in the number of tourist arrivals during this October with a surge of 41 per cent as compared to October last year. This increment in total tourist incoming is the highest monthly increment of this year.
According to latest statistics released by Department of Immigration, a total of 38,200 tourists came to Nepal by air during October, with a rise from 27,172 tourist arrivals of the similar month last year.
The Kathmandu Post on October 16, published a news item stating that the number of tourist would grow by 40 per cent during October and November. The forecast was based on the ticket bookings of major international airlines for those two months.
The average per flight bookings of the international airlines for October and November stood at 85 per cent and it was assumed that almost 60 per cent of the total visitors are the foreigners.
Based on this observations Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has cited the recent recovery in the global tourism industry as a major reason for a significant increase in tourist arrival to Nepal. "The increment is also due to the focussed marketing activities conducted by the NTB," the Board has stated.
Of the total increment, the number of visitors from India surged by 56 percent and from countries other than India went up by 37 percent. Both the figures are the highest for this year.
During October, Nepali tourism industry welcomed a total of 30,599 tourists from countries other than India and 7,501 tourists from India. The share of Indian tourists is 20 per cent of the total tourist arrivals.
The Indian market has been responding well ever since the beginning of year 2003. The Pashupatinath Darshan package launched in India under the Destination Nepal Campaign also contributed to this growth, the NTB release issued here today said.
According to the statistics, the French tourists, with a share of 9 percent in total arrival, jumped to second position. French tourists used to make some 6 per cent during the earlier months to remain behind the Britons, Japanese and Americans.
In terms of country-wise tourists arrivals, tourists from United States surged by 41 percent, from United Kingdom 20 percent and the Japanese tourists 17 percent.
The tourist arrivals from Germany, France and China also recorded significant growth of 23, 38 and 92 per cent respectively. Tourist arrivals from Belgium, Holland and Sri Lanka declined during October.
According to the arrivals for the first 10 months of the current year, the total tourist arrival rose by 19 per cent. Of this increment, the growth of Indian tourists is 34 per cent and that of the non-Indian tourists is 12 per cent.....Source: TKP
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