CurrentScenarioofthe TourismSector

Tourist Arrival and Purpose of Visit

Figure 1 presents the total number of tourists that arrived in Nepal from 2015 to 2021, categorized by the purpose of visit. The chart shows a sharp decline in the total tourist arrival in 2015, 2020, and 2021, which were because of the Nepal Earthquake 2015 and COVID-19 respectively The total number of tourist arrival reached an all-time high of 1 19 million in 2019, before dropping to 230,085 in 2020 and 150,962 in 2021

Nepal saw a healthy number of tourists in 2020, before the lockdown. A total of 230,085 tourists visited Nepal in the year 2020. A total of 150,962 tourists visited Nepal in 2021, which is a 34.4% decrease from 2020 .Tourism has shown signs of recovery in 2022, with tourist arrival reaching a total of 614,148, which represents 51.3% of tourist arrivals in 2019.