Inflow of tourists up in Mustang

Myagdi, July 24

The number of tourists visiting Mustang has increased by 45 percent.

According to the Area Conservation office, Jomsom of the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP), tourists’ arrival in Mustang has increased by 45.75 percent in the fiscal year 2079/80 compared to the previous fiscal year, 2078/79 BS.

ACAP Jomsom In-charge Ashok Subedi informed that 71,707 foreign tourists had entered Mustahg in the fiscal 2079/80 BS.

“The data shows the immoderate rise in the inflow of tourists before and after COVID-19”, he shared, adding, “Total 38,896 tourists had entered Mustang in the year 2078/79 BS.

Over 32,811 tourists visited Mustang in FY 2079/80 compared to the previous fiscal year.

In FY 2079/80, as many as 59,310 tourists arrived here from SAARC member countries and 6,749 tourists from third countries, it is shared.

Likewise, in FY 2079/80, a total of 3,388 tourists visited Upper Mustang which is the semi-prohibited area.

The influx of tourists upped in Mustang last year owing to favorable weather, easy road access, hotel/lodge facilities, and nominal incidents of natural disasters.