Over 55,000 tourists visit Khumbu region in 11 months

SOLUKHUMBU, JULY 11 : A total of 55,979 tourists visited the Khumbu region in the last 11 months of the current fiscal year.The Sagarmatha National Park shared this information.

Information officer at the Park, Manoj Kumar Mandal, said most of the tourists were foreign—48,402—while the number of domestic tourists was 7,577.

Most of the tourists tend visit the region in the month of Baisakh becaue of favourable weather, Mandal added.

Meanwhile, the Park collected Rs 136 million in revenue in the last 11 months. Every Nepali is charged Rs 100, while those from SAARC countries are charged Rs 1,500 each, and others Rs 3,000.