Tourists arrival in Nepal increses sharply

The possitive trend in international tourists arrival to Nepal continued for yet another month, as the total arrival posted a sound growth of 49.6 per cent for the month of May 2007 compared to the same period last year.

A total of 27,759 tourists came to Nepal during the month via air only.Indian market conyinued with healthy frowth of 27.9 per cent, while the non-Indian market posted a growth of 74.2 per cent, according toNepal Tourism Board(NTB).

Other countries of SAARC posted a sound growth as arrivals from Bangladesh recorded a 204.2 per cent increment and 154.5 per cent from Pakistanis.

The Asian sgment,too, registered an immense growth of 214.5 percent, with Malaysian arrivals escalating by 496.6 percent, along with Singapore at 2358.3 percent.The other primary markets registering growth are Japan at 18.3 percent,South Korea 743.4 percent, Thailand at 704.4 percent and Taiwan at 243.2 percent.

European market covered a one-third market share, with encouraging growth from major tourists generating markets like UK, France and Germany posting 86.3 per cent, 94.6 per cen and 48.4 percent growth respectively.

Rest of European markets also showed a sharp upward trend like Italy(169.4 per cent), the Netherlands(81.6 percent) and Spain (55 per cent).The Australian and USA market too, increased by 30.9 percent amd 71.1 percent.

What can one easily predict after viewing this data is that Nepal is safe now and Tourists are free to travel in Nepal everywhere.