Number of visitors to Everest region increased by 70 percent

KATHMANDU, Jan 05: Tourist has increased 70 percent in the area of the highest peak Everest. As compared to the first five months of the last fiscal year 2078/079 BS, it is found that the number of visitors to the Everest region has increased by 70.17 percent during the same period of the current fiscal year 2079/080.

According to data from the office of Everest National Park Namche, 7,464 tourists visited Khumbu in the first five months of last year, while 25,29 people visited Khumbu during the same period of the current year. Manoj Mandal, information officer of the park, informed that 385 in Shrawan, 690 in Bhadra, 6731 in Asoj, 13158 in Kartik and 4065 in Mangsir tourists visited Khumbu

According to the Information Officer Mandal, 21,853 foreigners and 3,176 Nepali tourists visited the Everest region in five months. Among the foreign tourists visiting, 1,990 are from SAARC countries and 10,863 are from other countries, according to the statistics of the park. The park has collected Rs 3 crore 55 lakh 77 thousand 176 revenue from tourist entry fees in five months.

An entry fee of Rs 3,000 per tourist is charged from foreign tourists, while an entry fee of Rs 1,500 is charged from citizens of SAARC countries and Rs 100 from Nepalese. Last year, due to the lockdown imposed to control the corona virus and the risk of infection, tourist traffic was low in the Everest region.

Established in 2032, Everest National Park is spread over an area of 1,148 square kilometers. In this national park located in the Solukhumbu district of eastern Nepal, the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, is also home to snow peaks such as Lhotse, Nupse, Choyu, Lhotse Shar, Pumori, Amadablam, Thamserku, which are more than 6,000 meters high.