January Arrivals – NTY 2011 begins on a positive note
According to the Tourist Arrival data issued by the Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), NTY 2011 has had a flying start. Figures show that visitor arrivals in the month of January 2011 have increased by 26.2% to 32914, as compared to the same month last year.All regions have shown positive growth in the first month of 2011. India which constitutes the major market of Nepal, has recorded positive growth of 35.5%. Arrivals from China have also increased significantly by 79.6%. An overall positive growth of 14.6% has been observed from the European markets with arrivals from major generating markets such as the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and Russia up by 7.5%, 35.3%, 48.9% and 40.3% respectively.Tourist arrivals from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and USA have also registered robust growth of 23.8%, 59.7%, 9.8% and 27.6% respectively






















