January witnessed arrival of 79,000 tourists

However, as compared to the number of tourists arriving in the same month in the corresponding year last year is comparatively low.

According to data released by the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) out of the 79,100 tourists in January, the highest number of visitors to Nepal was from India, with 24,139 tourists, compared to 16,436 in January 2023.

There were 7,267 tourists from China, 7,047 from America, 4,619 from Thailand, 3,812 from South Korea, 3,629 from Bangladesh, 3,276 tourists from the UK, 2,229 from Bhutan, and 1,568 from Japan who arrived in Nepal in January.