Nepal Tourism Board
August 1, 2008
News Release
Visitor Arrivals in July 2008 (by air only)
The arrival figures released by Immigration Office, Tribhuvan
International Airport shows that visitor arrivals to Nepal increased
by 3% with total 198,366 visitors till July 2008 in comparison to the
same period last year. However, the arrival figures of July, 2008
compared to the same month last year has decreased by 19% to 21,203.
Asian countries Singapore and Malaysia maintained the positive trend
with 13% growth in the each market. The other countries with positive
growth are Pakistan (53%) and Sri Lanka (18%).
India, which is the largest tourist generating market, registered a
decline of 24%. Similarly other major markets such as USA, Japan, and
UK also witnessed decrease by 15%, 12% and 2% respectively.
Furthermore, China, South Korea, and Thailand also recorded negative growth.
European arrivals also suffered a significant decline in the visitor
arrivals from major generating markets such as Italy (44 %), France
(32%), Germany (39%) and Spain (25%). Only Austria (35%) and Norway
(66%) maintained the incremental trend in the arrival figures.
1.Age of Everest:
Everest was formed about 60 million years ago.
2.Elevation:
29,035 (8850m)-found to be 6\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' higher in 1999.
3.Name in Nepal:
Sagarmatha (means: goddess of the sky).
4.In Tibet:
Chomolungma: (means: mother goddess of the universe).
