Number of tourists visiting Bhaktapur increased

Bhaktapur: A total of 264,542 tourists visited Bhaktapur district in 2013.According to the Bhaktapur Municipality, 118,0 81 tourists from SAARC countries and 146,461 tourists from other countries visited the district.

Number of tourists visiting the district increased by five per cent in 2013, in comparison to 2012.

Chief at the Bhaktapur Municipality Tourism Information Centre, Damodar Suwal, said that a total of 252,261 tourists had visited the district in 2012.

The Bhaktapur Municipality had collected Rs. 172.915 million from tourists as entry fee in 2013, he added.

The Municipality has fixed Rs. 100 entry fee per person for the tourists from the SAARC countries and Rs. 1,100 for other foreigners.

source: the himalayan times,15 jan 2014