Pokhara registered a record number of visitors last year and India was by far the most significant source market for the small Nepalese city.
The number of tourists who visited Pokhara in 2010 increased by 13% compared to arrival figures of the previous year. The Lake City played host to altogether 230,799 tourists in 2010 as against 103,527 in 2009, according to Pokhara Tourism Office. An official at the office said that the number of tourists visiting Pokhara has been on the rise every year. Pokhara lures a lot of tourists from India, the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, China and the US annually. In 2010, the number of Indian tourists who visited Pokhara stood at 52,740. The number of tourists from the UK, Japan Germany, China and the US was 17,880, 16,475, 15,915, 10,926 and 10,433, respectively.
In 2011, Pokhara targets to bring in about 500,000 tourists, as the country is marking the Nepal Tourism Year 2011 with a target of brining in one million international tourists.
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