Arrivals from India, which contributed over one-fourth of the arrivals in 2010, grew by 20.5 percent. [break]
A total of 104,470 Indian visitors entered the country via air during the air. Similarly, arrivals from the SAARC region recorded a robust growth of 24.7 percent to 130,795. The Asia segment (excluding South Asia) recorded the growth of 17.7 percent to 83,396 as compared to the figures of 2009.
Overall arrivals from Europe recorded a growth of 14.4 percent to 138,724.
Total arrivals in the month of December increased by 15.7 percent as compared to arrival figures recorded during the same period last year. Growth in December was contributed by strong surge in arrivals from India (19.5 percent), Bangladesh (42.4 percent), Pakistan (94.3 percent) and Sri Lanka (14.8 percent).
Similarly, arrivals from Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and South Korea in December recorded a positive growth of 41 percent, 26.4 percent 4.4 percent and 22.3 percent respectively as compared to figures of December, 2009. However, arrivals from Japan declined by 0.4 percent.
Arrivals from Europe also recorded a marginal decline of 0.2 percent in December. However, arrivals from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and USA recorded positive growth of 8.5 percent, 57.9 percent, 1.2 percent and 14.4 percent respectively.
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