-: 15 :-
2.3 percent to 1.9 percent in the year 2004. (See Table No. 2.2 of
Appendix).
The long term market-wise tourist arrivals trends are shown in the
following table:-
Table - 3
Indices of Tourist Arrivals by Market 1995 through 2004
(1990 as Base = 100)
Markets
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Europe
112 104 104 125 129 175 139 146 131 191
America
137 128 128 144 143 212 194 208 203 244
South Asia
47 49 55 60 60 61 70 66 83 90
Pacific &
East Asia
123 133 127 147 135 151 129 133 132 180
Middle East
109 110 107 105 108 180 166 121 107 154
African
202 188 160 160 187 317 286 223 225 240
All Markets
89 87 88 101 102 131 118 118
118
153
Source:
Data given in Table No. 2.2 of Appendix.
The market-wise long term analysis shown in the above table
indicates that only indices of tourist arrivals from South Asian market
continuously increased from a level of 47 in 1995 to 90 in 2004. However, all
other markets observed ups and downs during the same period, but
compared to 1995, the indices of all markets increased in 2004 and were
also higher than the indices of the previous year 2003.
Analysis of Top Ten Tourist Generating Countries for Pakistan:
The United Kingdom maintained its position as 1
st
among the ten top
tourist generating countries for Pakistan from 1995 to 2004 by generating
0.196 million tourists i.e. 30 percent of total foreign tourist arrivals in Pakistan
during 2004 which is 50 percent greater than the year 2003. Other main
tourist generating countries were Afghanistan, USA, India, Germany, China,
Canada, Japan, Norway and the Netherlands.
During the year 2004, U.K., Afghanistan and USA maintained their
first three positions, respectively, amongst the top ten tourist generating
countries for Pakistan. However, some of the countries improved their
position i.e. India from 12
th
to 4
th
and Norway from 11
th
to 9
th
, but China
maintained its previous year's position i.e. 6
th
. However, some of the
countries have lost their position during 2004 i.e. Germany from 4
th
to 5
th
,