Over 4,000 foreign tourists visit Upper Mustang in 2024

MYAGDI, Jan 10: More than 4,000 foreign tourists visited Upper Mustang in 2024. According to the Lo Manthang office of the Annapurna Conservation Area Project, the arrival of foreign tourists in Upper Mustang increased by 14.20 per cent in 2024 as compared to the previous year.

Chief of the office Umesh Poudel shared that 4,061 foreign tourists entered Upper Mustang in 2024 against 3,484 in 2023. 

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According to Poudel, improved infrastructure facilities of road and transport, listing Annapurna circuit trek as one of the top 10 tourism destinations of the world, more publicity, increased operation of luxurious hotels are the reasons behind the rise in the number of tourists pouring into Upper Mustang. 

A total of 3,112 foreign tourists visited Upper Mustang in 2022, three hundred and thirty-two in 2021, sixty-two in 2020 and 3,918 in 2019. 

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