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18 January, Kathmandu. In January, which is considered the off-season for tourism activities in Nepal, tourist arrivals have been encouraging. According to the statistics of Nepal Tourism Board, 55 thousand 74 tourists came to Nepal in January 2023. Winter is not considered a tourist season in Nepal. At the same time, Chinese citizens are not allowed to go to Nepal. Board director Maniraj Lamichhane said that this arrival in this situation is encouraging. There are a good number of tourists from Australia in this month.
Most of the tourists are Indians. This is the number of tourists arriving by air. Since the start of the corona virus epidemic in Nepal, the maximum number of tourists have come in the month of January this year. According to the board, 16,436 tourists had come in January 2022. In 2021, only in this month 8 thousand 674 tourists came. There were 79 thousand 702 tourists in January 2020 and 81 thousand 273 tourists in January 2019. The crisis of corona pandemic did not start in these two years. After March 2020, the country faced a lockdown.
How many tourists in January?
According to statistics, only 16,436 tourists from India came to Nepal in January 2023. America is in second place. According to statistics, 6 thousand 561 people came to Nepal from America. 3 thousand 441 tourists from Australia and 2 thousand 468 tourists from Bangladesh have come to Nepal.
How many came from which country?