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More tourists visit Khumbu this year

Solukhumbu, April 6

The number of tourists visiting Khumbu area, the gateway to the world’s highest mountain, Mt Everest, has crossed three thousand in the month of Fagun (February 13 to March 14) this year.

A total of 3,244 visitors from various countries visited Khumbu during the period. The highest number of visitors came from the United States of America.

A total of 378 Americans, 354 Britons, 307 Germans and 270 Chinese tourists visited Khumbu in the month of Fagun, Chief of the Sagarmatha National Park, Mishra Kaji Tamang, said. Eighty tourists came from the SAARC region while one each came from Croatia, Cambodia and Lithuania.

The number of foreign tourists visiting Khumbu stood at 2,717 during the same period last year. The Sagarmatha National Park collected revenue Rs 8.58 million from tourists visiting the park during the period.

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