58,348 foreign tourists arrive in Nepal in April: NTB

KATHMANDU: The arrival of foreign tourists in the country is on the rise since the beginning of 2022, according to data from the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB). According to data, 58,348 foreign tourists arrived in Nepal in April. The figure is 160% more than the corresponding period last year. The data shows that 22,450 people visited the country in April 2021. Lately, the rate of tourist arrivals has reached more than half of the tourist arrivals figure in 2019. NTB Board Director Mani Lamichhane said 109,299 tourists had visited Nepal in April 2019 and since the beginning of 2022, the arrival graph is gradually increasing after a significant fall in the two previous years due to Covid 19 pandemic.  The arrival of tourists reached 53% of the figure before the pandemic. In the previous month, the country witnessed 42,006 tourists from various countries and it was 16,975 in January followed by 19,766 in February. Board’s strategic marketing in the international source market and the initiatives of tourism entrepreneurs have contributed to reviving the tourism sector, he argued. READ ALSO:

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