Ua ʻike ʻia ka mahina o Nowemapa 2018 i kahi manawa koʻikoʻi me ka ulu ʻana o ka ulu ʻana o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi honua i Nepal. Ke hoʻomau nei ka manawa mau a me ka piʻi ʻana i ka wā mākaʻikaʻi kiʻekiʻe ʻo ia ʻo ʻOkakopa a me Nowemapa 2018 a ʻo ka hōʻea ʻana i ka manawa o Ianuali-Novema ua hala i ka hōʻailona i kali nui ʻia o hoʻokahi miliona mau malihini kipa makahiki makahiki a hiki i 1,001,930, me ka piʻi ʻana o 17% i ka manawa like. i 2017. Eia kekahi, ʻaʻole i hoʻokomo ʻia nā helu i ka helu o nā malihini kipa honua ma Nepal i ʻOkakopa a me Nowemapa. ʻOiai inā ua manaʻo mau ʻia nā helu hōʻea i uka o ka makahiki i hala, ʻo ka ulu nui o Ianuali-Novema he 23%.

ʻO ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i hōʻea mai India mai ʻOkakopa a me Nowemapa he 11,566 a me 16,167. ʻO ka nui o ka hōʻea ʻana mai o nā malihini mai India i ka manawa o Ianuali-Nowemapa a hiki i 260,124.

Pēlā nō, 11,921 a me 12,944 mau mākaʻikaʻi Kina i kipa iā Nepal i ʻOkakopa a me Nowemapa. ʻO ka nui o ka poʻe malihini kipa Kina i ka manawa o Ianuali-Nowemapa i hiki i 134,362. Pēlā nō, ua piʻi nui ka poʻe malihini mai Thailand, Iapana a me South Korea.

Ua piʻi pū ka hōʻea ʻana o ʻEulopa me nā ulu olakino mai nā mākeke koʻikoʻi. ʻO 9022 a me 7,394 ka hōʻea ʻana mai United Kingdom, mai Kelemānia 7150 a me 4393 a mai Farani 7246 a me 4083 i ʻOkakopa a me Nowemapa. ʻO ka nui o ka hōʻea ʻana mai ʻEulopa i ka manawa o Ianuali-Nowemapa ma 2018 a hiki i 224,206.

ʻO ka huina o ka poʻe malihini kipa US i Nepal i ʻOkakopa a me Nowemapa 2018 ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia he 11,757 a me 9,193 i kēlā me kēia, a ʻo ka huina o ka hōʻea ʻana i Ianuali-Novema manawa o 2018 a hiki i 82,870. Pēlā nō, ʻo ka nui o ka poʻe malihini kipa o Australia i Nepal i Ianuali-Novema manawa o 2018 he 33,528.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Deepak Raj Joshi, ka Luna Nui o Nepal Tourism Board, ua hoʻoikaika ʻia ke kiʻi o Nepal ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi i makemake nui ʻia a ua ʻike maikaʻi ʻia kēia i ka ulu ʻana o ka poʻe malihini kipa i Nepal. Hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia kēia i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o ke Aupuni o Nepal, Nepal Tourism Board, kalepa huakaʻi huakaʻi pilikino a me ka media i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi holoʻokoʻa i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi honua. Ua hoʻohui hou ʻo ia ʻo kēia ka manawa e hoʻomanaʻo ai i ka mea nui i ka mōʻaukala mākaʻikaʻi o Nepal no ka mea e hōʻike pū ana i ka hiki o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o Nepal e hiki ke hoʻokō hou ʻia ma o ka hoʻolaha huakaʻi ʻāina e hiki mai ana o 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.