For decades, Nepal has been one of the must-visit holiday destinations for Indians. They come to see the mystical mountains, visit the Pashupatinath shrine in Kathmandu and to go to Kailash Manasarovar in China, or to dive into one of the casinos—and for a host of other reasons.
But the number of Indian visitors has been on the decline of late.
According to the Nepal Tourism Board, the country’s tourism promotional body, the number dropped for four consecutive months, worrying the industry, which is still struggling to recover to the pre-Covid level.
However, the number of overall tourist arrivals in 2024 just crossed the one million mark in November, a touch below the tourism board’s projection.
In November, the country’s peak…
