KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 1
As many as 72,653 tourists visited the country in November this year compared to the arrival of 130,302 tourists in November of 2019, according to the data unveiled by the Nepal Tourism Board. Nepal's tourism industry has recovered by 55.76 per cent compared to 2019, the data shows.
The country had welcomed 26,135 tourists in the same month last year and just 1,956 tourists in 2020.
Similarly, 85,226 tourists left the country in the review month.
A total of 20,532 Indian tourists entered Nepal last month, while 2,218 tourists were from Bangladesh, 337 from Pakistan, 1,018 from Sri Lanka and 494 from Bhutan.
Of the total international visitors who entered Nepal last month, 33.86 per cent were from the SAARC countries, as per the NTB.
Likewise, 23.71 per cent of the total visitors in November were from European countries. Of them, 5,165 were from the United Kingdom, 2,292 from Germany, and 2,561 from France. Similarly, tourists from Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Spain, Ukraine and Sweden also arrived in Nepal during the review month.
From Oceania, 3,375 were Australian nationals, while 302 were from New Zealand.
Over the same review month, 1,184 Canadian tourists and 7,831 American tourists came to Nepal.
From other countries in Asia, 2,441 tourists were from Thailand, 1,038 from China, 955 from Japan, 1,593 from Malaysia, 791 from Singapore, 1,670 from South Korea, and 927 from Myanmar.
Also, 484 tourists visited the country from Israel, 351 from Turkey, and 41 from the United Arab Emirates, while 7,842 arrived from countries categorised as 'others'.
So far, 546,216 tourists have arrived in the country since January 2022 indicating a gradual recovery of the sector compared to the 230,085 tourists who had arrived in the country in 2020 and 150,962 in 2021.
A total of 1.17 million tourists visited Nepal in 2019 via air and land routes, while 1.52 million tourists had visited the country in 2018.
A version of this article appears in the print on December 2, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
