Kathmandu, Sept 2: The tourist arrival in August this year soared by 8.3 percent as compared to the corresponding month last year, 2023. 

  
According to the data of the Nepal Tourism Board, the country witnessed the arrival of more 5,566 tourists last month compared to the corresponding period last year.   

In August 2023, a total of 67,153 visited Nepal and the figure was 72,719 tourists mostly from India ( 25,832) in 2024.(RSS)