Travel and tourism arrivals across the Asia Pacific region expanded 4.5% in the fourth quarter of 2005 compared to fourth quarter 2004, according to the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA)`s comprehensive and comparative listing of Asia Pacific destination performance. And Cambodia is emerging as one of the hottest new destinations in the region, attracting the largest arrivals growth rates for full-year 2005 from such markets as the Middle East & Africa, Other Americas (excluding Canada and the US) and Korea (ROK). PATA`s "Fourth Quarter 2005 Quarterly Statistical Report" ("QSR") shows which destinations attracted the most increases in international visitor arrivals, and from which source markets. The top five origin-destination growth performances (%) for fourth quarter 2005 compared to fourth quarter 2004, (where passenger traffic was 25,000 or more) were:
In purely volume terms, the top five origin-destination pairs with the greatest numeric gains compared to fourth quarter 2004 were:
Not surprisingly, each pair shares a common border. Of the top five best performing origin-destination pairs by percentage growth for full-year 2005, Cambodia enjoyed being on the receiving end of the top three:
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