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

Mustang, May 4: The number of foreign tourists visiting Mustang district has increased impressively in the recent months.    

As of April in 2025, a total of 51,896 tourists arrived in 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 Mustang district in the first four months of the year 2025.    

According to Gupta, the visitors' 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 had visited Mustang during January to April.    

Hotelier Suraj Gurung, said the foreigners visit Mustang district being lured from its natural, historical, religious, cultural and social beauties.   

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