A total of 150,962 foreign tourists arrived in Nepal during 2021, said the Nepal Tourism Board. The Board shared that it is 25 percent lesser than the number of tourists entering the country via air and roadways in 2020.
The decrease in the arrival of tourists is attributed to restrictions in movements in foreign countries and at home due to the outbreak and spread of the second wave of COVID-19 worldwide. Board’s Director Mani Lamicchane shared that over 230,000 foreign tourists visited Nepal in 2020 while 1,197,191 entered Nepal in 2019.
Indian tourists constituted the highest number of foreign tourists- at 64,673 followed by Americans -at 22,853 in 2021.
Likewise, altogether 8,680 British nationals, 6,196 Chinese, and 5,044 Bangladeshi citizens visited Nepal during the same period, the Board added.
