Visitor Arrivals in February 2009 (by air only) March 2, 2009

Visitor Arrivals in February 2009 (by air only) March 2, 2009
News Release

The figures released by Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) reveal that arrival figures in the month of February 2009, compared to the same month last year, have decreased by 16.2% to 25,181.

In South Asia, Sri Lanka and Pakistan have registered growth by 40.1% and 78.6% respectively, however, India and Bangladesh witnessed negative growth of 4.6% and 18.1% respectively in the current month.

Similarly, other Asian countries Thailand and Malaysia have maintained the upward trend with 1.5% and 24.2% of growth respectively. However, arrivals from China, Japan, South Korea and Singapore have witnessed negative growth in the arrival figures by 45.5%, 24%, 26.1% and 28.1% respectively.

The European markets except for Denmark (6.7%), Switzerland (8.6%) and Sweden (3.3 %) registered negative growth in comparison to the same month last year.

A total of 25,166 foreign tourists departed from TIA in February 2009. The number of Nepalese arrivals stood at 43,448 while 41,579 Nepalese departed from TIA in February 2009.