Ngenyanga kaNovemba 2018 kube nomzuzu omlando onenkambiso yokukhula okuhle kwabavakashi bamazwe aphesheya abafika eNepal. Umfutho ongaguquguquki futhi owenyukayo uyaqhubeka ngenkathi yesivakashi esezingeni eliphakeme okungukuthi ngo-Okthoba nangoNovemba 2018 futhi izibalo zokufika ngoJanuwari – Novemba ziye zeqa uphawu olulindelwe kakhulu lwezivakashi zamazwe zaminyaka yonke eziyisigidi futhi zafinyelela ku-1,001,930, ngokunyuka okwenyuka ngo-17% esikhathini esifanayo ku-2017. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izibalo azibandakanyi inani lezivakashi zomhlaba wonke eNepal ngo-Okthoba nangoNovemba. Noma ngabe, izibalo zokufika kwezwe ngonyaka odlule zicatshangelwa njalo, ukukhula kukonke esikhathini sikaJanuwari-Novemba kungaba ngama-23%.

Ukufika kwabavakashi abavela eNdiya ngo-Okthoba nangoNovemba kwakungu-11,566 no-16,167 ngokulandelana. Ukufika okuphelele kwabavakashi baseNdiya esikhathini sikaJanuwari-Novemba kufinyelele kuma-260,124.

Ngokufanayo, izivakashi ezingama-11,921 nezingu-12,944 zaseChina zavakashela iNepal ngo-Okthoba nangoNovemba ngokulandelana. Isibalo sezivakashi eziphelele zaseChina esikhathini sikaJanuwari-Novemba sifike ku-134,362. Ngokufanayo, izivakashi ezivela eThailand, eJapan naseNingizimu Korea nazo zikhuphuke kakhulu.

Abafiki baseYurophu nabo bakhuphuke ngokukhula okunempilo okuvela ezimakethe ezibalulekile. Ukufika okuvela e-United Kingdom kwakungu-9022 no-7,394, abavela eJalimane babengama-7150 no-4393 kanti bevela eFrance 7246 no-4083 ngo-Okthoba nangoNovemba ngokulandelana. Ukufika okuphelele kwe-Europe ngesikhathi sikaJanuwari-Novemba ngo-2018 kufinyelele kuma-224,206.

Inani eliphelele lezivakashi zase-US eNepal ngo-Okthoba nangoNovemba 2018 zaqoshwa njenge-11,757 kanye ne-9,193 ngokulandelana, futhi ukufika okuphelele ngoJanuwari- Novemba isikhathi sika-2018 kufinyelele kuma-82,870. Ngokunjalo, inani labavakashi base-Australia eNepal ngoJanuwari nangoNovemba ngonyaka ka-2018 lalingama-33,528.

U-Deepak Raj Joshi, Isikhulu Esiphezulu seBhodi Yezokuvakasha yaseNepal uphawule ukuthi isithombe seNepal njengenye yezindawo ezithandwa kakhulu izivakashi siqinisiwe futhi lokhu kubonakala kahle ekukhuleni okungavamile kwabavakashi abafika eNepal. Lokhu futhi kungabangelwa yimizamo ebumbene kaHulumeni waseNepal, iBhodi Yezokuvakasha yaseNepal, ukuhweba kwezokuvakasha kwezinkampani ezizimele kanye nabezindaba ekwakheni umkhakha jikelele wezokuvakasha emkhakheni wezokuvakasha wamazwe omhlaba. Ubuye wengeza ukuthi lesi yisikhathi sokukhumbula ingqophamlando emlandweni wezokuvakasha waseNepal njengoba futhi kumemezela amandla emkhakheni wezokuvakasha waseNepal ongaphinde ugcwaliseke ngomkhankaso kazwelonke wezokuvakasha kazwelonke we-Visit Nepal Tourism Year 2020.

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He further added that this is the moment to commemorate the milestone in the tourism history of Nepal as it also heralds the potential of tourism sector of Nepal which can be further realized through upcoming national tourism campaign of Visit Nepal Tourism Year 2020.
Deepak Raj Joshi, Chief Executive Officer of Nepal Tourism Board remarked that the image of Nepal as one of the most preferred tourist destinations has been reinforced and this is well reflected in the extraordinary growth in the visitor arrivals to Nepal.
Total number of US visitors to Nepal in October and November 2018 were recorded as 11,757 and 9,193 respectively, and total arrivals in January- November period of 2018 reached 82,870.