Over 200,000 tourists visit Nepal in six months

KATHMANDU: A total of 237,813 foreign tourists visited Nepal in the last six months. According to the statistics shared by Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), a total of 46,900 tourists arrived in Nepal via airway last June alone. It is a 69.3% recovery in comparison to the arrival of foreign tourists in June 2019. As many as 53,608 tourists entered Nepal in May this year and more than 50,000 in April, according to NTB. Likewise, 42,000 tourists came to Nepal in March while February saw the arrival of around 20,000. Similarly, altogether 17,000 tourists were recorded flying to Nepal in January this year. The influx of foreign tourists has been improving since the beginning of this year. The tourism sector was one of the hard-hit sectors in Nepal by the Covid 19 pandemic. The sector remained affected by the pandemic for over two years. Among the foreign tourists arriving in Nepal this year, Indian nationals stand atop followed by the Americans. READ ALSO:

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