700 tourists arrive in Sagarmatha region in a single day
Ranger at the Office, Bibek Shrestha, said there was adequate hotel occupancy with the arrival of large number of visitors.
SOLUKHUMBU: The Sagarmatha region has witnessed the footfall of some 700 tourists in a single day.
The Office of the Sagarmatha National Park at Namche informed that it recorded the tourists in Khumbu region at 694 on Monday alone.
Ranger at the Office, Bibek Shrestha, said there was adequate hotel occupancy with the arrival of large number of visitors.
Most of the tourists are foreigners- 608, while the domestic tourists figured 86.
The Sagarmatha climber Temba Chhiri Sherpa informed that with the onset of Spring Season, the region saw the influx of tourists. It is difficult to find good accommodation due to surge in arrival.
There are increasing air flights to Lukla with the clear weather, according to Amrit Magar, in charge of Tara Air at Lukla.
“We’ve added flights considering the improved weather so that more number of tourists could visit the district having worlds’ highest peak,” he said, adding that hotel reservation is high now.
Senior Vice Chairman of the Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal, Karma Sherpa, said the tourism entrepreneurs were happy to see tourists’ inflow. The region is bustling after the COVID-19, which had hit hard the tourism business.
More number of tourists in the Sagarmatha district is the more number of jobs to locals. Hotels at Lukla and Namche are packed, Sherpa added.
Most of these tourists visit the Sagarmatha National Park to increase the revenue.
The Park’s Office informed that a visitor from a SAARC nation is imposed Rs 1,500 fee while Rs 3,000 is taken from each foreigner from other countries as an entry fee in the park.
A Nepali is required to submit a Rs 100 entry fee.
