The arrival figures released by Immigration Office, TIA indicate that visitors' arrivals to Nepal in February 2008 reached 30,041, up by 17 percent compared to the same month last year.

The beginning of the New Year 2008 has heralded an optimistic tourism growth in Nepal in 2008. The data released by Immigration Office, TIA shows that arrivals in January has grown by 12.9 %, up by 2985 compared to the same month last year.

December 2007 registered a growth of 13 % in the international visitor's arrival to Nepal by air route. The total visitor arrivals reached 29895, up by 3433 compared to the same month last year, according to the data released by Immigration Office Tribhuvan International Airport. A growth of 25 % has been recorded in the visitor arrivals from Europe, US and other non-Indian Asian tourist generating countries while Indian arrivals has been fallen down by 8.5% during this month.

The visitor arrivals data released by Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport shows that the total number of visitors in November has reached to 34580, up by 17.6 percent compared to the same month last year.

I am happy to learn that some enterprising Nepalese individuals living in the UK have taken an initiative to launch a website for the purpose of enlightening the potential tourist about Nepalese tourism.

The newly launched website entitled www.thisisnepal.com aims to help the prospective tourist to learn all about tourism in Nepal and also serve as the first port of call........

Dipendra P Bista - Charge d' Affaires a.i. Embassy of Nepal, London

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