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Laatste nieuws 03-03-2006 Ik heb regelmatig contact
met mensen uit Katmandu en Pokhara. Uit de verhalen blijkt dat er voor de
touristen nog steeds niets veranderd t.a.v.
Tourist
arrivals by air up by 12.7 percent
KATHMANDU, March 2 - Tourist
arrivals in Nepal by air have increased by 12.7 percent in February compared
to the same month last year, according to the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB).
Issuing a statement on Thursday, NTB said a total of 15,776 visitors arrived in Nepal by air in February 2006, a growth of 12.7% and a net addition of 1,775 visitors. “Arrivals from India recorded a growth of 34.5% while the non-Indian arrivals grew by 6%. This was stated in the provisional figures provided today by the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, quoting the Immigration Office, TIA,” NTB added. NTB said compared to last February, arrivals from various markets have shown mixed performance. “There has been an overall growth from Asian segment as arrivals were up from SAARC countries (31.8%), Japan (129.9%), South Korea (66.6%) and Taiwan (169.1%). Markets to decline from Asia were China (-3.2%), Malaysia (-34.6%) and Thailand (-7.8%).” The European market in itself declined by 13.5% contributed by major losses from UK (-47.4%), despite the growth in arrivals from France (8.2%), Germany (7.2%) and other markets like Austria (29.3%), Belgium (17.3%), Israel (66.7%), Spain (63.1%) and Switzerland (15.7%). Danish (-4.5%), Italian (-20.7%) and Dutch (-29.2%) markets declined during the month. On the other hand arrivals from USA and Australia both went up by 2.4% and 9.4% respectively, NTB stated. NTB further said, “Arrivals would have gone up by at least 50% in February had there been no cancellations.” However, the apparent growth during the month came because of the low base figures of February 2005. Posted on: 2006-03-02 07:10:53 (Server Time) |