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South Asia is the star of latest arrivals data
Preliminary Asia and the Pacific international visitor arrivals figures for the months of April and May 2010, show year-on-year growth in arrivals of seven percent and 16% respectively.
However, the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) cautioned that the monthly comparison is against a lower arrivals base in May 2009 when the travel industry, already down from the global recession, was hit further by the spread of the swine flu.
For the first five months of 2010, international visitor arrivals to the region grew by 10% as compared to the same period last year.
Some points from the report:
For the first five months of the year, arrivals to South Asia surged 15%; the fastest in terms of rate of growth among the sub-regions under review. Sri Lanka was a standout performer.
Arrivals to Southeast Asia grew by better than eight per cent year-on-year for both the months of April and May; comparatively slower than that seen in the first three months of the year.
The political turmoil in Thailand negatively impacted visitor arrivals, which were down by 0.2% and 13% in April and May respectively.
Only the Pacific recorded overall declines in visitor numbers in April and May. Arrivals to Australia and New Zealand were down by six per cent and four per cent respectively for those two months, as the ash cloud disruption negatively impacted arrivals from Europe.
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