As expected
the number of foreign visitors to Nepal via air has decreased in November due
to travel advisory of the UK and the US during the second Constituent Assembly
(CA) election.
"The
number of foreign tourists to Nepal via air dropped by 7.01 per cent or 4,166 –
compared to the figures of the same month last year – to 55,245 last month,"
the figures of the Immigration Office, Tribhuwan International Airport (TIA)
revealed. "Last Novemer, some 59,411 foreign tourists had visited Nepal
via air."
Nepal had
been observing a sustained growth in international tourist arrivals since June
2009 but started suffering a decline in the second half of 2013 may be due to
the inconsistent air fare to and from Nepal to major gateways and coinciding
with the CA election on November 19, Nepal Tourism Board said, adding that the
decline also reflects the volatile nature of international tourists' movement which is easily affected
by factors such as cost of traveling, the situation at the destination country,
the global economic trends and traveling spirit of international visitors
Although, the IMF has estimated
that the global economic growth is in low gear, the international tourist
arrivals have shown increases of five per cent in the first eight months
compared to the same period of 2012, according to UNWTO. The Asia and the
Pacific region recorded six per cent more arrivals, which is largely due to the
high growth of the South-East Asia region (by 12 per cent).likewise, the number of Nepalese arrivals in November from TIA has also declined by 27 per cent compared to the same month last year. "A total of 52,970 Nepalis arrived in Nepal in November, against last November's 72,735," it said, expecting that the next year might see improvement in tourist arrivals in Nepal as it is heading towards stability.
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