Published on : Tuesday, March 12, 2019
From India, tourist arrivals in February 2019 grew by 92.5% compared to the figures of February last year and reached 14,571. A total of 14,831 Sri Lankans came to Nepal in February 2019. The total arrivals from SAARC countries registered a massive growth of 85 % over the same time in 2018 with 31,831 total tourist arrivals.
Similarly, 16,205 Chinese visited Nepal in February 2019. This is 5.3% more than the arrivals in February last year. Likewise, the Thailand visitors, Japan and South Korea have equally grown by 109 %, 20 % and 47.2% respectively in comparison to the figures of February 2018.
Also, European arrivals have shown healthy growth from the primary markets. Arrivals from the United Kingdom, Germany, and France were 5,268, 3,340 and 1,978 respectively with 8.7, 27.9 and 7.6% growth rates. In February 2019, the total European arrivals reached 17,789 with regional cumulative growth of 11.6%
US visitors to Nepal in February 2019 were 7,133, a growth of 5% over the figures of February 2018. Similarly, the number of Australians to Nepal in February 2019 was 2,978 which were 17.4% more than in February 2018.
Interestingly, more Chinese and Sri Lankans in February 2019 visited Nepal than from India, which often ranks number one source market for the country. Even though the arrivals from India include only those who traveled by air to Nepal.