Strong rebound of foreign tourist arrivals in March

Nearly 100,000 foreign tourists entered Nepal in the previous month, indicating a strong recovery in the country’s tourism sector compared to the past years. According to the data released by the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) today, a total of 99,426 international tourists visited Nepal in March, which is a substantial increase from the 42,006 tourists who arrived in the corresponding month of 2022, 15,254 in March of 2021, and 42,776 in March of 2020. However, the arrivals are yet to recover to the pre-pandemic level, when 127,351 tourists had visited Nepal in March of 2019. Maniraj Lamichhane, director of NTB,…