Tourist arrivals in Nepal increase by over 91%

KATHMANDU: The inflow of tourists to Nepal has increased by more than 91% amid the Covid 19 pandemic, according to the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB). More than 16,000 foreign tourists visited Nepal in January 2022 as opposed to 8,874 during the same period in the previous year. The increment in the tourist inflow is 91.3%. All the incoming tourists used the air route for their arrival. During the same period, 17,984 Nepali people left the country for foreign countries. The NTB quoted the Department of Immigration for data. This improvement in the arrival of foreign tourists amid the crisis is a boost to the affected tourism sector, said NTB Director Maniraj Lamichhane. “This figure of the incoming tourists has given a message that foreign tourists have started visiting Nepal. This has also provided energy to the tourism sector marred by the virus.” The tourists visiting Nepal in January 2022 included the highest 5,505 from SAARC countries including 3,916 and 1,231 from neighbouring India and Bangladesh respectively. Others were from Europe, Asia and other countries. In 2021, a total of 150,962 foreign tourists visited Nepal while the figure stood at 230,000 in 2020, according to the NTB. READ ALSO:

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