more-inArrivals of Chinese tourists to Nepal overtook those from India during the first quarter of 2018 for the first time, the Department of Immigration (DoI) said on Friday. According to a report by the news agency Xinhua which cites DoI data, Nepal received a total of 36,384 Chinese tourists from January to March as against the arrival of 34,133 Indians during the same periodIndia has long been the top source of tourist arrivals for Nepal. In 2017, Nepal received 104,664 tourists from China and 160,832 from India. Nepal received 9,924 Chinese tourists in January followed by 14,287 in February and 12,173 in March. “With increasing number of Chinese tourists visiting Nepal during this Spring festival in recent years, the winter season which used to be off-season in the past, has now emerged as important season for Nepal’s tourism sector,” he said.

Source: The Hindu April 13, 2018 10:25 UTC