Kathmandu, February 1: In January 2024, 79 thousand 100 foreign tourists have entered Nepal by air. The Nepal Tourism Board has said that this number shows that the arrival of tourists in the country has started to improve, which was ruined by COVID-19.
Among the arrivals in January, the highest number of foreign visitors were Indians. According to the Nepal Tourism Board, the next largest number is Chinese.
According to the Board, the number of tourists arriving in Nepal in January last year was 55 thousand 74. Compared to January 2023, 24 thousand 26 more foreign tourists have entered Nepal in the first month of 2024. Maniraj Lamichhane, Director of the Nepal Tourism Board, said that there has been a significant improvement in January after tourist arrivals were slowed down by the coronavirus infection.
In January 2024, a maximum of 24,000 Indian tourists have entered Nepal. Chinese tourists entering Nepal in January is 7,267 The Americans occupy the third number with 7 thousand 47. 4 thousand 619 tourists from Thailand have entered, occupying the fourth number. The tourism sector has high expectations from Chinese tourists visiting Nepal. In January 2023, the total number of Chinese entering Nepal was 1,436. In January 2022 that was a total of 321.
People’s News Monitoring Service.
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