Bhaktapur collects Rs 173.7 mln from tourists in last FY

Bhaktapur Municipality has earned Rs 173.7 million the last fiscal year as it received the highest number of tourists in the district so far.

As many as 258,244 tourists had visited the district in the Fiscal Year 2069/2070 B.S. while the number was 232,338 in the last Fiscal Year 2068/2069. It is the increase by 11 per cent.

The Bhaktapur Municipality has received Rs. 11 million from the tourists arriving from SAARC countries including China while it has received Rs. 162.6 million from those out of the SAARC countries, according to the Information Centre at the Municipality.

source: the himalayan times,18 July 2013