Over 150,000 foreign tourists visited Nepal in 2021: NTB

KATHMANDU: A total of 150,962 foreign tourists arrived in Nepal during 2021, according to Nepal Tourism Board (NTB). The NTB shared that the number of foreign tourists who arrived in Nepal in 2021 is 25% lesser than the number of tourists entering in Nepal via air and roadways in 2020. The decline in the arrival of tourists is attributed to restrictions in movements in foreign countries and at home due to the spread of the second wave of the Covid 19 pandemic. NTB Director Mani Lamicchane shared that more than 230,000 tourists visited Nepal in 2020 while 1,197,191 entered Nepal in 2019. Indian tourists constituted the highest number of foreign tourists — at 64,673 followed by Americans at 22,853 in 2021. Likewise, altogether 8,680 British nationals, 6,196 Chinese and 5,044 Bangladeshi nationals visited Nepal in 2021, the NTB added. By RSS READ ALSO:

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