Maldives records over 800,000 tourist arrivals between January-September period

MALE, Sept. 15 : Maldives has received 809,764 tourists between Jan. 1 and Sept. 13 this year, local media citing data from the Ministry of Tourism reported here Wednesday. Tourist arrivals between January and September increased 104.4 percent compared to the same period in 2020. Maldives' borders were closed for three months in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, greatly reducing arrivals in that year. The Tourism Ministry data showed that the country received 143,599 tourists in August, the highest in a single month in 2021. The average daily arrivals for 2021 was above 4,000. The data also indicated that India was the largest source of tourists in 2021, making up 22.4 percent of all arrivals. Russia came second with 20.4 percent of arrivals.  

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Manang hoteliers suffer as tourist arrival decline

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.

Haze affects tourist arrival in Ghandruk

KASKI, April 21: Haze has covered Kaski for the past week. It has been more than a week that the mountains visible from here are not seen clearly.

Increasing tourist arrival in Lumbini

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.

Foreign tourist arrival nearing 500,000 in 2022

The month of October saw the highest number of foreign tourists coming to Nepal since the coronavirus pandemic in March 2022. The post Foreign tourist arrival nearing 500,000 in 2022 appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Foreign tourist arrival increases

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 […]

Hotels and lodges in Myagdi filled with domestic tourists

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.