News Increment tourist by 16.3% in October 2008

According to the NTB press release, 16.3 percent more tourists are visited Nepal in October comparing same month last year to 50,567, the highest in a single month since 2000. The total number of visitors till October 2008 have reached 3,07,748, representing an increase of 4% in comparison to the same period last year.

The entire South Asian nations have gained overall positive growth of 26.3% with Bangladesh and Pakistan registering growth by 73.9% and 35.3% respectively, except for arrivals from Sri Lanka which have decreased by 5.9%. India, the largest tourist generating market for Nepal, maintained a steady growth of 14% in October also.
Similarly, other Asian countries: Singapore, Thailand, South Korea, Malaysia and China have maintained the upward trend with 150.4%, 53.2%, 24.4%, 23.2% and 1.6%, of growth respectively. However, arrivals from Japan witnessed negative growth in the arrival figures by 10.9%.
UK, Israel, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and Sweden have also maintained the increasing trend in the arrival figures. Arrivals from the United States of America and Canada have also increased in October in comparison to the same month last year. However, Italy and Spain have registered decrease in arrival figures by 13.2% and 7.5% respectively.
A total of 49,150 tourists departed from TIA in October 2008.

honey bee festival is going to start soon

honey festival is going to held on kaski district,lumle vdc and the place called landruk.the festival is celebrated by taking out the honey from inhabitant of bee on big hills which is very adventures .people from there not only take it as a source of income but also entertaining tourist.

the festival is started before with the assistance of Nepal tourism board.according to Nepal tourism board tourist looks more enthusiastic than the local people during the festival.