February 2: A total of 79,100 foreign tourists arrived in Nepal in January, the first month of 2024. The number was up by 24,026 as compared to last January. A total of 55,074 foreign tourists had visited Nepal in January, 2023. It means that the arrival of tourists increased by 30.37 percent in this January compared to the same period of last year.
According to the Nepal Tourism Board, 81,897 people went out of the country in January. The highest number of tourists who visited Nepal in the review month were Indian tourists.

According to the board, a total of 24,139 Indian tourists visited Nepal last month against 16,436 in January, 2023.    
Similarly, 7,267 tourists from China, 7,047 from America, 4,619 from Thailand, 3,812 from South Korea, 3,629 from Bangladesh and 3421 from Australia entered Nepal in January.    
Likewise, 3,276 tourists from the UK, 2,229 from Bhutan and 1,568 from Japan visited Nepal in the review month. -- RSS