More than 1.14 million foreign tourists visit Nepal in 2024

December 31, Kathmandu: More than 1.14 million foreign tourists visited Nepal in 2024!

According to data as of this morning, a total of 1,147,024 tourists entered Nepal in one year, said the Nepal Tourism Board. 2024 is the year Nepal welcomed the highest number of tourists after the coronavirus pandemic. Board Director Mani Raj Lamichhane said on average 3,000 tourists enter Nepal every day.

The arrival of tourists had increased by more than 14 per cent in 2024 as compared to 2023. Similarly, 1.197 million foreign tourists visited Nepal in 2019. The COVID pandemic started in early 2020 had brought the arrival of tourists to a standstill till 2022.

As per the last six-month data from the United Nations World Tourism Organisation, Nepal’s post-COVID tourism has revived by 96 per cent. The arrival of tourists in Nepal has increased due to the Nepal Premier League, Global Buddhist Summit, International Balloon Festival, Dragon Boat Festival as well as other festivals.

Meanwhile, speaking at a program organised in Kathmandu to mark the 26th anniversary of the Nepal Tourism Board, Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Badra Prasad Pandey, the government is going to make international promotion and ‘digital’ marketing effective to increase the number of foreign tourists.

The Tourism Minister directed the Tourism Board to adopt the concept of Public Private Partnership (PPP), advance the international promotion program in an effective manner and emphasize digital marketing.