Hrishita Deo
Kalimati, Kathmandu
08:00pm, 3rd Feb, 2011
Tourist arrivals via air increased by 26.2 percent this month compared to the same period last year, according to Nepal Tourism Board (NTB).
Quoting Tribhuvan International Immigration Office, NTB said the number of tourists visiting Nepal in January reached 32,914 from last year's 26,071.
Of the total arrivals in last month, 9,813 tourists visited Nepal from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Similarly, arrivals from China, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Thailand increased by 366 percent, reaching 9,416 from 6,895 according to NTB.
Likewise, arrivals from 16 European countries, including Denmark, the UK, Austria, Belgium, France, Czech Republic, Germany, Israel and Italy, saw an increase by 14.6 percent and reached 6,434.
NTB said that 1,196 tourists came from Australia and New Zealand and 3,098 from USA and Canada. The remaining 2,957 tourists visited Nepal from other countries, it said.
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