Over 8 lakh tourists visit Nepal in 10 months this year

KATHMANDU: More than 800,000 tourists have visited Nepal in 10 months this year.

According to Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), the number of foreign tourists coming to the country from January to October is 890,678. A total of 117,000 tourists entered Nepal via air route in October alone. The tourists’ arrival was 88,582 in the corresponding month last year.

The highest number of tourists came from India in October which stands at 18,480 while 14,879 came from the USA, 8,217 from the UK, 6,880 from China, 6,075 from Australia, 5,911 from Germany, 5,271 from France, 4,292 from Bangladesh, 2,507 from Sri Lanka and 2,467 from Italy.