Details information of Visitor arrival in Nepal by Air and Land.

Visitors Arrival in April 2007 (by air only)

The positive trend in international visitors' arrival figure to Nepal continues on a sharp upward curve with a staggering growth of 78.8% for the month of April 2007. 33,024 visitors came to Nepal during the period, which is a record high for the number of international visitors entering Nepal by air route in the month of April since 2002. Among the two major market segments, the Indian market rebounded strongly with 110% increase while the non-Indian market elevated by 70% on an average. This was based on the figures provided by Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport, Nepal.The SAARC segment grew tremendously high last month with the huge growth from Indian market, followed by Bangladesh (203%), Pakistan (171.9%) and Sri Lanka (346.2%). The Asian segment too registered an immense growth of 137.4% with Japanese arrivals escalating by 90.3% along with Chinese (267%). The other markets to rise were Malaysia (90%), Singapore (81.6%), Thailand (167.1%) as well as South Korea (177.5%) and ROC Taiwan (135.6%). European arrivals secured one-third market share during the month, with encouraging growth from major generating markets like UK (44.5%), France (58.4%) and Germany (83.6%). Except Austria which declined marginally by 7.5% rest of the European markets showed a sharp upward trend like Italy (73.4%), the Netherlands (62.3%), and Spain (9.9%). The Australian market too increased by 32.7% while USA registered a sharp incline of 92.6%.The demand for Nepal as preferred destination has lately improved by many fold mainly due to two major reasons; the enhanced destination image resulting from peace and stability within the country, and a slightly better air connectivity. However, the shortage of air seats continues to hamper further growth as industry sources say that many groups had to be cancelled due to lack of air seats. Additionally the individual and FIT segment has risen drastically while a parallel trend has not been observed in package tours yet.