Tourist arrivals via air in January increased by 26.2 percent as compared to the arrival figures of the same period last year.[break]
According to the Immigration Office at the Tribhuvan International Airport, the country received a total of 32,914 foreign visitors in January with positive growths from all regions.
Arrivals from India -- Nepal´s largest tourist generating country -- increased by a whopping 35.5 percent. The arrivals from Bangladesh and Pakistan also registered positive growth of 10.3 and 13.3 percent respectively. Although the arrivals declined from Sri Lanka, overall arrivals from the SAARC region grew by 28.8 percent.
Similarly, arrivals from Asia, excluding the SAARC region, grew by 36.6 percent. Arrivals from Europe also grew by 14.6 percent as compared to arrival figures of January, 2009.
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