13,523 Religious Tourists Used Rasuwagadhi to Visit Kailash Mansarovar in One Year
Summary
13,523 religious tourists used the Rasuwagadhi border crossing to visit Kailash Mansarovar in the last fiscal year, an 18.75 percent increase from the previous year. Overall traffic through the Nepal-China crossing also rose, driven largely by Indian pilgrims and other travelers heading to Lhasa and Everest Base Camp.
Key Points
- 13,523 religious tourists reached Kailash Mansarovar through the Rasuwagadhi border crossing in fiscal year 2082/83, up 18.75 percent from the previous year.
- A total of 53,742 people used the Rasuwagadhi crossing for Nepal-China travel in the same fiscal year.
- The main users were Indians, followed by Nepalis, Chinese, Americans, Australians, Russians and others.
- Travel to Lhasa and the Chinese side of Everest Base Camp declined sharply compared with the previous fiscal year.
