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Over 573,000 tourists visit Mustang in 10 months

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Kathmandu. A total of 573,977 tourists have visited Mustang in the first 10 months of the current fiscal year 2082/83. According to the District Police Office, such number of domestic and foreign tourists have entered Mustang from mid-July to mid-April of the current fiscal year.

A total of 420,

086 domestic and 153,891 foreign tourists have entered Mustang during the past 10 months, said Santosh Basyal, information officer and police inspector at the District Police Office, Mustang. According to the District Police Office, 219,817 male and 2269 female tourists have visited Mustang for domestic tourism. Likewise, 90,957 male and remaining female tourists have entered Mustang, Police Inspector Basyal said.

According to the police check post at Ghansa, Thasang rural municipality-4, which is the border of Myagdi and Mustang, the number of domestic and foreign tourists visiting Mustang is 19,791 in July and the highest in the month of April with 105,503.

According to Inspector Basyal of the District Police Office, 131,672 different types of vehicles have entered Mustang via Myagdi from mid-July to mid-April of the current fiscal year.

He said the most tourists have arrived here in the months of March and Baisakh.

Similarly, 75,599 domestic and foreign tourists visited Mustang in the month of September before the winter season and 83,766 in the month of October, according to the police data.

The number of visitors visiting Mustang increases during the convenient season of the rainy season.

A significant number of Indian and Nepali tourists visit Muktinath to visit the temple, according to the data recorded at the police check post.

Inspector Basyal said that Indian nationals make up 80 percent of the total foreign tourists entering Mustang.

A total of 7

05,779 tourists visited Mustang in the last fiscal year. Of the tourists who visited Nepal last year, 555,326 were domestic and 150,453 were outside, said Police Inspector Basyal. According to him, tourism in Mustang has been partially affected due to the Genji youth movement in August this fiscal year and the Middle East conflict between the US-Israel and Iran. The arrival of tourism is increasing every year.

Indian and Nepali tourists visit Mustang to pay homage to Muktinath Temple, a religious shrine located in Waragung Mukti Chhetra Rural Municipality-1 of Mustang.

Tourists also visit Mustang for performing Shraddha and Tarpan at Kagbenidham and visiting Korala checkpoint and Lomanthang. Tourist attraction has increased in Mustang due to its unique geography, biodiversity, ancient art and culture, lifestyle, Himalayan beauty and uniqueness, according to stakeholders.

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