KATHMANDU, Nov 5: More than 124,000 tourists entered Nepal by air in October, representing a 6.04 percent increase in tourist arrivals compared to the same month last year.
A total of 124,393 tourists visited Nepal in the month of October. In the same month last year, around 117,306 tourists entered Nepal by air. Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) said that even though the number of tourists has increased compared to last October, the floods and landslides have affected the arrival of tourists.
Mani Raj Lamichhane, the director of the NTB, said that some tourists have postponed their trips to Nepal due to road blockages caused by floods leading to various destinations. He said that this number would have been higher if the…
