35245 tourists visit Khumbu area in last fiscal

SOLUKHUMBU: The number of tourists visiting the Khumbu area of Solukhumbu district has slightly gone down.

A total of 35,245 tourists visited the Khumbu area in the fiscal year 2070-71 BS while it was 36,650 in the fiscal year 2069-70 BS.

As per the statistics provide by the Sagarmath National Park, Namche, the highest number of tourists from the third world countries visiting the areas was from Australia during the period.

Similarly, the highest number of Indian tourists from SAARC countries visited the area during the last fiscal year. Tourists from Maldives, Pakistan, Shree Lanka and Bangladesh also visited the area, said Assistant Conservation Officer Laxman Poudel.

source:the himalayan times,13 august 2014