Annapurna circuit welcomed near 16k tourists

Annapurna circuit is famous among foreign tourists where more number of tourist are trekking in comparison to the previous year.

A total of 15,900 foreign tourists enjoyed trekking in the Annapurna circuit in the year 2022. This included 10,364 men and 5,536 women.

According to Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) Tourist Check Point at Dharapani, the highest number of tourists was from France, at 2,012. Likewise, the number of tourists arriving in 2022 was 13,627 more than in 2021.

The number was 1,976 in 2020, 36,647 in 2019, 29,484 in 2018, and 21,068 tourists in 2017. The entrance to the Annapurna circuit is Lamjung in Besisahar Municipality-7. Five districts namely Lamjung, Manang, Kaski, Mustang, and Myagdi are connected by this trekking route.

“In 2021, only 2,273 tourists had come for trekking on one of the famous trekking routes of the country,” said the tourism assistant of the center, Chettra Bahadur Gurung._Rss

photo credit: Simon English

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