Nepal sees 96,880 foreign tourists in February

A total of 96,880 foreign visitors toured Nepal in February, 0.6 per cent lower than the same month in 2024, the Nepal Tourism Board said on Sunday.

Indians, Americans and Chinese were among the top three sources of tourists for Nepal, the board noted in a report.

Nepal welcomed 102,423 foreign tourists in February 2019, the highest in one month for the South Asian country.

There has been a 94.6-per cent recovery in the month in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Mani Raj Lamichane, director at the board, told Xinhua.

Tourism is a major source of foreign exchange earnings in Nepal, contributing 6.7 per cent of the country's gross domestic product, according to a World Bank report in 2022.