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The figures released by Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) reveal that arrival figures in the month of March 2009, compared to the same month last year, have decreased by 17.6% to 33,005.
In South Asia, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have registered growth by 12.3% and 29.6% respectively. However, India and Pakistan witnessed negative growth of 24.7% and 6.3% respectively in the current month.
Similarly, other Asian countries Thailand and Singapore maintained the upward trend with 132.3% and 50.2% of growth respectively. However, arrivals from Japan, South Korea and Malaysia have witnessed negative growth by 19%, 34.2% and 7.1% respectively. There has been a nominal decline of 0.8% in the arrivals from China which reflects the unfailing economic growth of the country compared to other tourist generating markets.
The entire European and Oceania regions registered negative growth of 19.8% and 11.6% respectively in comparison to the same month last year. Likewise, arrivals from Canada and United States of America also registered negative growths of 9% and 10.5% respectively.
The global recession is responsible for the decline in tourist arrivals worldwide as traveling is determined by disposable incomes, travel budgets and consumer confidence. United Nations World Tourism Organisation ( UNWTO ) expects international tourism to stagnate or even decline slightly by -1% to -2% throughout 2009.
A total of 32,945 foreign tourists departed from TIA in March 2009. The number of Nepalese arrivals stood at 44,607 while 46,051 Nepalese departed from TIA in March 2009.
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