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India Now Sends Nepal More Tourists Than Its Next Four Biggest Markets Combined — the Real 2026 Arrival Numbers

Nepal Tourism Board's fresh mid-year data show 621,624 foreign arrivals in the first half of 2026 and an accelerating June — here's exactly where…

By Laxman Rawal · Jul 31, 2026

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India sent Nepal more tourists in June alone than the United States, China, Bangladesh and Australia sent combined. That's not a rounding trick — it's the headline number buried inside Nepal Tourism Board's freshly released mid-year figures, and it says more…

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A steadily climbing first half

Nepal Tourism Board's month-by-month data for the first half of 2026 show a market that grew almost every month: 92,573 arrivals in January, 105,441 in February, a peak of 120,516 in March, 107,934 in April, 102,626 in May, and 91,363 in June — a total of…

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Where visitors are actually coming from

Nepal Tourism Board director Mani Raj Lamichhane confirmed the scale of India's lead directly: “Indian tourists accounted for more than 45 per cent of total arrivals in June.” The rest of June's top five reads like a familiar list, but the gap to India is the…

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What this means for trekkers

What this means for you If you're weighing when to book an autumn 2026 trek, this data points the same direction our own booking calendar does: arrivals are running noticeably ahead of last year, and Nepal's tightest windows — Everest Base Camp and Annapurna…

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