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Fewer Tourists In December As Well

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--By TC Correspondent
 
Tourist arrivals to Nepal by air have decreased in the month of December as well. The figures released by the Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport reveal that visitor arrivals in December decreased by 4.9 per cent, compared to the same month last year. The decrease was 7.01 per cent for November. A total of 42,601 international visitors arrived in Nepal in the month of December 2013 which is less by 2,173 tourists in December 2012. In December 2012, a total of 44,774 tourists entered Nepal by air.
 
According to a statement from Nepal Tourism Bard (NTB), the SAARC Market has shown a positive growth of 1.6 per cent with a total of 13,521 international visitors, who visited Nepal in December 2013 as compared to the total arrival figures 13,302 in December, 2012. The increment in SAARC region is basically observed in Bangladesh by 40.3 per cent and Sri Lanka by 49.4 per cent as compared to the figures of the same month of 2012. The negative growth has been recorded in India market by 1.0 per cent and Pakistan by 67.2 per cent in the figures of December, 2012. 
 
Even though the Asia segment other than SAARC has shown a negative growth by 3.1 per cent in total, still some positive indicators of growth have been observed in Malaysia by 10 per cent, Chinese Taipei by 3.2 per cent and Thailand by 3.3 per cent with a significant decrease on Chinese arrivals by 9.3 per cent compared to the figures of December, 2012. 
 
European segment has posted weaker arrival figures and has registered an overall negative growth by 8.7 per cent. However, arrivals from Belgium, Italy, Norway, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, and Sweden have posted some positive growth compared to the same month last year. Arrivals from Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherland and the UK have shown negative growths, says the statement. 

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