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Indian Tourists up in Lumbini

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October 26: The number of Indian tourists visiting Lumbini has increased this year. Records maintained by Lumbini Development Trust show that altogether 6,600 Indian tourists visited the holy place as of September 2017. The number of Indian tourists visiting the place last year was 5,336.

Most of the Indian tourists visited Lumbini by road, informed sources told New Business Age. It is said that some of the Indian tourists return back to their country while others travel to Pokhara or Kathmandu. However, the Department of Customs does not keep any records of tourists visiting Nepal by road.

According to Sagar Adhikari, former chairman of Siddhartha Travel Association Lumbini, the number of tourists visiting Kathmandu and Pokhara has dropped probably because of the poor state of Narayanghat-Mugling road section.

Although Indian as well as inter tourists visiting Lumbini has increased, the number of tourists from third countries has declined. According to Lumbini Development Trust, the arrival of overall tourists has declined by 20 percent in 2017 as compared to the previous year.

 

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