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With the Russia-Ukraine conflict ongoing at the moment, many have been affected all around the world, especially with rising oil prices and some food price hikes and recent weeks. But it has uniquely affected Nepal and its tourism prospects with the sharp decline of mountaineers to climb in the upcoming spring mountaineering season.
Many officials have already said the effects have been reverberating to Nepal with local expedition operators saying that over 100 climbers about one-third of the booked mountain climbers this season for Everest from Europe have cancelled their expeditions. In addition, many operators for the Everest expedition have seen a reduced number with Seven Summit Treks expecting to have expeditions for 150 foreign climbers but have reduced to only about 60-70 this season.
Many European and US mountaineers have been reconsidering their 2022 travel plans with the conflict in Ukraine. With the Everest Expedition to fix the routes already underway for the upcoming season, expeditions must come to Nepal to boost tourism in the area. And with the Chinese points of entry still closed and seeing reduced numbers in mountaineers, the mountaineering industry and the tourism industry, in general, might face upheaval and the recovery of the sector from the pandemic might take a bit longer in the timeline.
