51,000 plus foreigners visit Mustang in four months of 2025

Kathmandu: The number of foreign tourists visiting the Mustang district has increased impressively in recent months.

As of April 2025, a total of 51,896 tourists arrived in the Mustang district, the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) Office in Jomsom shared. Chief of the ACAP Office in Jomsom, Rajesh Gupta, said that altogether 8,745 visitors from the SAARC member states and 43,151 visitors from other countries visited the Mustang district in the first four months of the year 2025.

According to Gupta, the number increased by 36.6 per cent in the first four months of 2025 compared to the same period of 2024.

Last year, 37,974 foreigners visited Mustang from January to April. Hotelier Suraj Gurung said the foreigners visit the Mustang district, being lured by its natural, historical, religious, cultural, and social beauties.

Also, the tourists from India arrive here to pay homage to the holy shrine, Muktinath Temple, a revered holy site both by Hindus and Buddhists.

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