Nepal receive over 88 thousand tourists in August

Nepal received 88,680 international visitors by air in August 2025, an increase by 22 percent compared to the same month last year, according to the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB).

Among the arrivals, 35,505 were from India, accounting for 40 percent of the total visitors. India topped among the countries for the arrival of international tourists, followed by China with 7,533 visitors and USA secured third position with 6,068 tourists.

Sri Lanka with 5,956 visitors and Bangladesh with 4,262 secured third and fourth positions respectively, according the NTB.

In July 2025, Nepal had recorded 70,193 tourist arrivals by air route.

Tourist arrivals from January to August 2025 stood at 736,562. Among them the number of Indians is 2,10,496. Similarly, last year altogether 720,331 tourists arrived in Nepal by air, among which 2,34020 are Indian visitors.

The rise in arrivals of international visitors reflected the tourism sector’s gradual recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, remarked NTB Chief Executive Officer Deepak Raj Joshi said.