Nepal, Oct. 27 -- As many as 32,963 foreign tourists visited the Annapurna Conservation Area in the month of Ashoj (mid-September to mid-October). Of the total arrivals, 12,645 were from South Asian countries and 20,318 were from other countries.

Chief of the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP), Dr Rabin Kadariya, said the area received 2,416 more tourists this year than during the same period last year. A total of 30,547 tourists visited the area in Ashoj (mid-September to mid-October) last year.

Tourist arrivals in Ashoj were the highest in the current fiscal year. According to ACAP records, 17,913 tourists visited the area in Bhadra (mid-August to mid-September) and 26,591 in Shrawan (mid-July to mid-August).

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