GULARIYA, BARDIYA: The Bardiya National Park (BNP), a tourist destination in far-west of Tarai, has recorded a rise on tourists’ arrival. The BNP is home to rich biodiversity. Visitors are interested to see tiger, ghariyal and varieties of birds. Conservation officer at BNP, Purushottam Wagle, informed that increased arrival of tourists in the park had […]
Hotel businessmen in Manang have been suffering due to the decline in tourist arrivals due to extreme cold. Dozens of hotel businesses operate around the Annapurna foot trail, targeting tourists coming to the Annapurna region. With the reduction in tourists, hotel businesses face problems as their daily income drops, leading to difficulties in sustaining their families.
BUTWAL, Dec 5: Tourist arrivals are increasing this year in Lumbini, which was deserted due to the coronavirus pandemic for the past two years. With the increase in tourist arrivals, the tourism business in the Lumbini region, which was severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic, has started to gather pace.
The month of October saw the highest number of foreign tourists coming to Nepal since the coronavirus pandemic in March 2022.
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KATHMANDU: Domestic tourism sector is gradually recovering from the consequences of COVID-19 crisis. The available data suggests that touristic activities have increased lately. The tourist arrivals from outside the country are on the rise since the beginning of 2022. According to data from the Nepal Tourism Board, 58,348 foreign tourists arrived Nepal alone in April […]
MYAGDI, October 18: The hotels and lodges here are full of domestic tourists who have arrived for visiting various tourism destinations in Myagdi and Mustang districts. The tourist arrival has surged immediately after Dashain festival.
"The hotels and lodges here are full of tourists. Visitors in such big numbers have arrived after two years," said Baburam Acharya, President of Hotel and Restaurant Entrepreneurs Association Myagdi. As he said, the hotels and lodges in Beni, Galeshwor, Pokharebagar, Bhurung-Tatopani, Dana, Ghorepani and Singa are filled with domestic tourists.
The Association's Mygadi chapter said that the 50 hotels in Beni have the capacity to accommodate 1,000 tourists. The hoteliers have said they had to send some guests to Baglung and Kusma for lack of rooms in Beni. Large number of visitors from Kathmandu, Pokhara, Chitwan, Biratnagar, Rupandehi, among other places arrived here since the day after October 15, the day of Bada Dashain festival.
They are on their way to Mustang via Myagdi. Chief of the District Traffic Police Office, Indra Bahadur Nepali said the number of tourists travelling to and from Mustang in motorcycles and private cars has suddenly surged.
According to him, more than 500 vehicles are travelling on the Beni-Jomsom road daily since the last two days. Before this, 100 to 150 vehicles used to ply on this road daily. The surge in tourists has elated the hotel and restaurant operators here in the district. They are hopeful of their business picking up after suffering a blow for about two years due to COVID-19 pandemic.
