All regions have shown positive growth in the second month of 2011. India which constitutes the major market of Nepal, has recorded positive growth of 39.9 % along with Bangladesh with 14.4%. However, the arrivals from Srilanka and Pakistan have declined by 27.0% and 7.1% respectively. In aggregate the South Asian segment has registered a positive growth of 31.8%.
 
Arrivals from Asia (other than South Asia) have also recorded positive growth of 2.0% in aggregate with mixed performance from the individual countries. The visitor's arrivals from China have increased by 2.0%. Similarly, the arrivals from Japan, South Korea and Thailand have also increased by 5.2%, 29.9% and 39.6% respectively. However the arrivals from Malaysia and Singapore declined by 36.0% and 7.0 % respectively.
 
An overall positive growth of 6.3% has been observed from the European markets with arrivals from major generating markets such as the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Russia up by 20.1%, 10.6%, 3.0%, 44.3%, 71.0%,6.9% and 83.8% respectively. However, the arrivals from France, Italy and Denmark have declined by 16.2%, 35.8% and 2.8% respectively compared to the same month last year.
 
Tourist arrivals from Australia and Canada have increased by 11.4% and 22.4% respectively whereas the arrivals from USA and New Zealand saw negative growth of 4.5% and 27.4% respectively.

Between January to February 2011, international tourist arrivals to Nepal have risen by 18.4% to 70,498 representing an additional 19,935 against the same two- month period in 2010.
 
A total of 38,183 foreign tourists departed from TIA in February 2011. The number of Nepalese arrivals stood at 54,262 while 56,625 Nepalese departed from TIA in February 2011.