Bhaktapur receives more tourists despite blockade, quake effects !

BHAKTAPUR :

The number of tourists visiting Bhaktapur has increased despite the April 25 earthquake and the unannounced border blockade imposed by India.

A total of 37,430 tourists visited the district from mid-April to mid-November in 2015. Of them, 10,665 tourists were from SAARC countries and China while 26,76I
5 from other European countries.

Chief at the Bhaktapur Municipality Tourism Service Centre, Damodar Suwal, said that a total of 5,738 tourists from SAARC countries and China visited the district from mid-April to mid May, nine from mid-May to mid-June and 392 from mid-June to mid-July.

Similarly, 719 tourists from SAARC nations and China visited Bhaktapur from mid-July to mid August, 876 from mid-August to mid-September, 1,885 from mid-September to mid-October and 1,046 from mid-October to mid-November, added Suwal.

Likewise, 6,808 tourists from European countries visited the district from mid-April to mid-May, 11 from mid-May to mid-June, 1,117 from mid June-mid-July, 2,251 from mid-July to mid-August, 2,710 from mid-August to mid September, 5,647 from mid-September to mid-October and 9,276 from mid-October to mid-November.