Solukhumbu, October 9 — The area surrounding the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest, and the Khumbu region has been bustling with tourists. On a single day, Lukla Airport recorded 200 flights.
According to Umesh Panthi, the chief of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal in Lukla, there were 198 flights from Manthali in Ramechhap and Kathmandu on Tuesday. The flights included 61 by airplanes and 139 by helicopters. On that day, 1,539 tourists entered the Khumbu region.
He reported that 167 domestic and 667 foreign tourists arrived by airplane, while 695 tourists came by helicopter. With the tourist...