KATHMANDU, Dec 4: Nepal welcomed more than 126,000 tourists in 11 months of 2021, with the government turning flexible to welcome the foreign visitors after a decline in coronavirus infection cases.
Since the last week of September, the government has been issuing on-arrival visas to travelers entering the country. This type of visa was opened for the travelers who submit a document verifying that they received the final COVID-19 vaccine dose and have a negative PCR report not older than 72 hours of checking-in the flight.
Nepal receives more than 300,000 foreign visitors in last four...
The records with Nepal Tourism Board show that 26,487 travelers visited Nepal in November, which was the largest single-month number since the pandemic hit the country. In October, the number was 26,135, which was way greater than that of 9,898 tourists in September.
