Key Highlights :
1. Nearly 100,000 foreign tourists entered Nepal in the previous month, indicating a strong recovery in the country's tourism sector compared to the past years.
2. The recent surge in tourist arrivals is a positive sign for Nepal's tourism industry and indicates a significant recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
3. India emerged as the top source country for tourists visiting Nepal, with atotal of 25,911 Indian nationals visiting the country. This number constituted 26.1 per cent of the total international tourists who arrived in Nepal during the review period. In comparison, the number of Indian tourists who visited Nepal during the same month in the previous year was 15,013. The United States was the second-largest source country of tourists visiting Nepal in March, with a total of 9,557 American nationals arriving in the country. This figure is a significant increase from the 4,896 American tourists who visited Nepal during the same month in the previous year. The United Kingdom secured third position with 6,133 British tourists, while Germany came in the fourth position with 4,149 Germans making Nepal their travel destination.
4. In March, a total of 2,635 Chinese tourists visited Nepal, following the lifting of strict COVID restrictions by China, Nepal's northern neighbour. Lamichhane said that Nepal's tourism industry has a loyal base of visitors who continue to value the country's cultural and natural attractions, even in the face of challenging circumstances.
Kathmandu, April 2Nearly 100,000 foreign tourists entered Nepal in the previous month, indicating a strong recovery in the country's tourism sector compared to the past years, according to the Tourism Ministry.
The ministry said that in March, 98,814 tourists arrived in the country, an increase of 11.2 percent from the same month last year.
The number of tourists arriving in the first three months of the year is also up by 18 percent compared to the same period last year.
Tourism is a major source of income for the country and the sector has been struggling due to political instability and the devastating earthquakes in 2015.
However, the ministry has said that the recent increase in tourist arrivals is a sign that the country's tourism sector is on the recovery path.
"The strong increase in tourist arrivals in the recent months is a positive sign that Nepal's tourism sector is recovering from the challenges faced in the past," said Minister for Tourism, Ram Sharan Mahat.
"We are working hard to revive the sector and attract more tourists to the country. We hope that the recent increase in tourist arrivals will lead to a sustained recovery in the sector," he added.
