A total of eight peaks, including the highest Mount Everest, are in the world’s 10 highest mountain peaks, due to which it is the most favorite destination for climbers.
The tourism industry contributes 6.7 percent to Nepal’s GDP. (representative picture)
India has emerged as the biggest tourist market for Nepal in the year 2022. Tourism officials gave this information on Monday. He said that Nepal’s tourism industry, which had slowed down due to the Corona virus epidemic, is slowly recovering. Nepal Tourism Board According to the data released by (NTB), between January and December last year, a total of 6,14,148 foreign tourists arrived in the country, of which 2,09,105 tourists came from India, followed by the US with 77,009 tourists and the UK with 44,781 tourists. Stayed.
According to the data, Australia was at the fourth position with 26,874 tourists and Bangladesh at the fifth position with 25,384 tourists.
Last year 6,14,148 tourists reached Nepal
NBT Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dhananjay Regmi said that the arrival of 6,14,148 tourists in the country last year indicates that Nepal’s tourism sector is recovering. According to statistics, only 1,50,962 international tourists came to Nepal during the year 2021 and only 2,30,085 in the year 2020.
Before Corona the figure was around 12 lakhs
A total of 1.2 million tourists visited Nepal during the year 2019 before the pandemic hit the tourism industry. According to NBT data, in October last year, the highest number of 88,582 tourists came by air and 40.06 percent of the total international tourists were from SAARC countries.
Tourism is a major source of foreign exchange and revenue.
Significantly, apart from being a major sector of the Nepali economy, tourism is a major source of foreign exchange and revenue. The tourism industry contributes 6.7 percent to the total gross domestic product (GDP) of Nepal. A total of eight peaks, including the highest Mount Everest, are in the world’s 10 highest mountain peaks, due to which it is the most favorite destination for climbers.
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