In September alone, 3,716 tourists came from Bangladesh
Nepal welcomes 7 lac tourists in past 9 months
Kathmandu : Nepal welcomed nearly 7 lac tourists in the first nine months of 2023 as the Himalayan nation gradually recovers from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, as per data released by Nepal Tourism Board (NTB).
According to NTB, a total of 6,92,372 tourists entered the country by air from January to September in 2023.
"We have achieved 98 per cent recovery in tourist arrival in September 2023," said Mani Lama, Director, Nepal Tourism Board, adding, "The government has set a target of bringing in one million foreign tourists in 2023."
In September alone, 91,012 tourists visited Nepal, of which 28,694 tourists came from India, 8,174 from China, 7,364 from America and 3,716 from Bangladesh.
Meanwhile, 3,685 tourists came from Australia, 3,640 from the United Kingdom, 3,011 from Sri Lanka, 2,852 from Germany, 2,018 from South Korea and 1,0734 from Israel in September 2023.
In 2022, only 58,314 tourists visited during the same period.
Nepal received 92,604 foreign tourists by air in September 2019, the highest number of tourists before the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic.
