Nepal, May 4 -- The number of tourists visiting Chitwan National Park (CNP) has significantly decreased. Compared to the month of Chaitra (mid-March to mid-April) in the previous fiscal year 2023/24, there has been a 37 percent reduction in the number of tourists visiting the park during the same period of the current fiscal year 2024/25.

According to the CNP, by the end of Chaitra in the previous fiscal year, a total of 250,367 internal and foreign tourists had visited the park. By the end of Chaitra in the current fiscal year, 182,227 tourists visited the park. Similarly, of the total visitors, 92,890 were Nepali, 16,798 were from SAARC countries, and 72,539 were from third countries.

By the end of Chaitra, 6,783 jeep trips were made ...