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The Asia Pacific tourism industry maintained its growth in November 2009, with the majority of countries reporting increases in visitor numbers, a new report shows.

Preliminary figures from the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) indicate that Vietnam was one of the most successful destinations during the month, with year-on-year growth of 37%.

Several other countries in south-east Asia welcomed more tourists in November, including Thailand (+26%), Malaysia (+11%) and Singapore (+8%).

Sri Lanka, Nepal and the Maldives also reported growth in south Asia, although arrivals to India fell by 1%.

Progress in the Pacific region was described as "sluggish but positive", with Australia welcoming 3% more visitors and New Zealand posting an increase of 0.3%.

Kris Lim, director of PATA"s Strategic Intelligence Centre, said: "The year-to-date rate of decline in international visitor arrivals to the region has now eased to a loss of just 3% over the January-to-November period.

"Based on the latest available results for December 2009, the recovery momentum in arrivals remains strong for many destinations in the region. This is very encouraging and we may look with greater confidence to the year ahead."


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