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  International visitor arrivals to South Asia grows 17pc in the first quarter 2010

_A Monitor Report
Bangkok : International visitor arrivals to South Asia grew by 17 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter. All the destinations in the sub-region rebounded strongly from the relatively poor first quarter of 2009, which, in the cases of India and Sri Lanka, were severely impacted by the lingering effects of the Mumbai attacks and the civil war, respectively. Arrivals growth was also very strong for Nepal (+30 per cent), the Maldives (+21 per cent) and Bhutan (+57 per cent) during the first three months of this year.

Bangladesh?s statistics were not available.

The destinations of Southeast Asia also reported strong growth with a collective gain of 16% year-on-year in the first quarter. This was boosted by double-digit growth in international arrivals to Cambodia (+10 per cent), Indonesia (+15 per cent), Myanmar (+39 per cent), Singapore (+20 per cent), Thailand (+28 per cent) and Vietnam (+36 per cent). Thailand recorded a 28 per cent gain in arrivals January to March however it is expected that this early recovery will be severely impacted by the tensions and unrest in April and May, especially in Bangkok and it's immediate surrounds.

Within Northeast Asia, China (PRC) reported a 4 per cent increase in international arrivals in the first quarter of 2010 with the sub-region as a whole, growing by 8 per cent year-on-year for the period. This strong sub-regional performance was also supported by the SARs of Hong Kong (+17 per cent) and Macau (+12 per cent), Chinese Taipei (+28 per cent) and Japan (+29 per cent). The turn-around for Japan was particularly solid given that it came from a 19 per cent slump in calendar year 2009. Korea (ROK), on the other hand, recorded a 1 per cent decline in arrivals in the first quarter of the year, reversing the positive trends seen in 2009.

International arrivals to the Pacific grew by 6 per cent during the first quarter of 2010, dominated by a 6 per cent increase in visitor numbers to the higher volume destinations of Australia and New Zealand. A number of the smaller Pacific island destinations also recorded improvements in arrivals numbers, notably Niue (+79 per cent), Fiji (+26 per cent), Papua New Guinea (+22 per cent), Tuvalu (+7 per cent), Palau (+6 per cent) and Northern Marianas (+2 per cent).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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