October 31: Officials of Chitwan National Park (NCP) informed that more than 20,000 tourists visited the national park during this year's Dasahain vacation. Of the total visitors, the number of Nepalis was 13,233.    
The CNP collected Rs 18.54 million in revenue from the visitors during the Dashain vacation.    
According to the CNP the number of visitors increased this year compared to the previous years.    
Information Officer of the CPN, Ganesh Prasad Tiwari, said that a total of 779 tourists from the SAARC countries arrived at the CNP while the number of tourists from other countries was recorded at 6,048.    
Most of the visitors entered the CNP from the Sauraha area. Tiwari shared that almost 18,000 visitors entered the CNP from Sauraha and made 404 jeep safaris.    
Likewise, around 1,100 tourists entered the CNP from Kasara.    
Furthermore, some tourists also visited the CNP from Madi area, Amaltari area and Kujauli area.    
Meanwhile, the number of foreigners visiting Sauraha has increased sharply in the recent days. Hoteliers said that around 1,500 foreigners have visited the site on an average every day.    
The hotels' occupancy is also as high as 95 per cent in Sauraha.    
The hotel bookings have reached upto 75 per cent till December as the number of foreigners has increased rapidly after the Dashain festival. -- RSS