Fuelled with strong Chinese arrivals, a total tourist arrivals increased by 10 per cent in October compared to the same month last year.
“A total of 143,870 tourists arrived in the country in October, whereas the number stood at 130,745 last year,” according to Nepal Tourism Board (NTB). “A total of 975,557 visitors arrived in Nepal in the first ten months of 2019,” it informed, adding that of which, some 123,267 visitors entered the country by air and 155,058 came overland.
Likewise, Chinese tourists have the biggest share occupying 10.45 per cent of the total arrival followed by Indian with 8.83 per cent share. The tourist arrival from India increased by 9.1 per cent and reached 12,707 compared to the figures of last October. But the number of tourists from South Korea decreased by 20.1 per cent during the review month as only 3,032 South Koreans visited Nepal compared to a total 3,793 last October.
Likewise, some 2,786 tourists from Bangladesh visited Nepal in October, which is 58.6 per cent more than the arrivals last year. The overall arrivals from SAARC countries recorded a growth of 7 per cent in October in comparison to last October. “A total of 169,952 Indians and 19,279 Bangladeshi nationals visited Nepal in the first ten months of 2019,” the board press note reads, adding that the total arrival of Chinese tourists stood at 134,281 in the first ten months. “Some 122,986 Chinese visited Nepal in the 10 months of last year.”
A total of 21,720 visitors from SAARC countries and 28,789 from Asia visited in the 10 months of the 2019. “Likewise, the European arrivals also surged with sustained growths from the key markets with 42,297 total arrivals in October,” it informed, adding that arrivals from the United Kingdom, Germany and France in October 2019 were 8,672, 7,308, and 6,777 respectively. “Total European visitors in first ten months of 2019 reached 199,003.”
Similarly, the total number of American visitors to Nepal in October stood at 12,109, whereas a total US arrival reached 77,798 – an increase by 5 per cent compared to the figures of last year – in first ten months from January to October of 2019. “The numbers of Australian and Canadian visitors to Nepal in October were 5,625 and 2,624, respectively.”
Nepal has been carrying out promotional activities for the Visit Nepal Year 2020 campaign aiming at hosting 2 million guests. But the two-day state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Kathmandu in October has lifted the hopes of the tourism industry which expect a surge of Chinese tourist arrivals to Nepal in the days ahead. Foreign tourist arrivals in Nepal crossed the 1 million mark in 2018 for the first time with 1.17 million tourists streaming into the country.
“A total of 143,870 tourists arrived in the country in October, whereas the number stood at 130,745 last year,” according to Nepal Tourism Board (NTB). “A total of 975,557 visitors arrived in Nepal in the first ten months of 2019,” it informed, adding that of which, some 123,267 visitors entered the country by air and 155,058 came overland.
Likewise, Chinese tourists have the biggest share occupying 10.45 per cent of the total arrival followed by Indian with 8.83 per cent share. The tourist arrival from India increased by 9.1 per cent and reached 12,707 compared to the figures of last October. But the number of tourists from South Korea decreased by 20.1 per cent during the review month as only 3,032 South Koreans visited Nepal compared to a total 3,793 last October.
Likewise, some 2,786 tourists from Bangladesh visited Nepal in October, which is 58.6 per cent more than the arrivals last year. The overall arrivals from SAARC countries recorded a growth of 7 per cent in October in comparison to last October. “A total of 169,952 Indians and 19,279 Bangladeshi nationals visited Nepal in the first ten months of 2019,” the board press note reads, adding that the total arrival of Chinese tourists stood at 134,281 in the first ten months. “Some 122,986 Chinese visited Nepal in the 10 months of last year.”
A total of 21,720 visitors from SAARC countries and 28,789 from Asia visited in the 10 months of the 2019. “Likewise, the European arrivals also surged with sustained growths from the key markets with 42,297 total arrivals in October,” it informed, adding that arrivals from the United Kingdom, Germany and France in October 2019 were 8,672, 7,308, and 6,777 respectively. “Total European visitors in first ten months of 2019 reached 199,003.”
Similarly, the total number of American visitors to Nepal in October stood at 12,109, whereas a total US arrival reached 77,798 – an increase by 5 per cent compared to the figures of last year – in first ten months from January to October of 2019. “The numbers of Australian and Canadian visitors to Nepal in October were 5,625 and 2,624, respectively.”
Nepal has been carrying out promotional activities for the Visit Nepal Year 2020 campaign aiming at hosting 2 million guests. But the two-day state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Kathmandu in October has lifted the hopes of the tourism industry which expect a surge of Chinese tourist arrivals to Nepal in the days ahead. Foreign tourist arrivals in Nepal crossed the 1 million mark in 2018 for the first time with 1.17 million tourists streaming into the country.
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