Rasuwa, Dec. 16 -- A total of 28, 896 tourists, which includes mostly Chinese citizens, entered Nepal through the Rasuwagadhi border point during the first 11 months of 2019, according to data by Rasuwagadhi Immigration Office.

This is 3,750 tourists short of last year's data of 32,646 from the same period.

Many people had expected an increase in the number of Chinese tourists following the Chinese premier Xi Jinping's state visit to Nepal in October. But only 1,793 tourists have entered Nepal in October and November, compared to 2,134 in the same period last year.

Ram Chandra Kafle, chief of Rasuwagadhi Immigration Office, said the reason the number of tourists has not increased as expected is due to the onset of winter. "Snowfall has...