International arrivals growth to South Asia grew 12% in June, boosted by double-digit increases in Nepal (+38%), Maldives (+27%) and Sri Lanka (+20%). India maintained the same pace of growth seen in the previous month at 7%.
Northeast Asia saw an improvement after posting slow growth of 0.6% in May, with a 3.7% increase in arrivals for June. This growth, however, was very unevenly distributed among destinations. Tourism demand to Japan continued to recover, reducing losses in inbound arrivals from -63% in April to -50% in May and -36% in June. Chinese Taipei (-2%) and China (+1%) registered weak results while Hong Kong SAR (+16%), Macau SAR (+15%) and Korea (ROK) (+11%) enjoyed buoyant growth for the month, supported by the key origin market of China.
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