One hundred five thousand 698 foreign tourists have visited Mustang in the last nine months, according to the Area Conservation Office, the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP).
Ninety thousand and eighty one visitors from the SAARC countries and 15,617 from third countries arrived in Mustang as of October 6. Eight thousand and 397 tourists entered Mustang via the Thorang-La Pass at an altitude of 5,400 metres.
The Office said 2,896 tourists had entered the district in a month's period until October 2.
Tourist arrivals have surged at Muktinath temple, Kagbeni, the Korala border transit, Lomanthang, Sinja Jong Cave, Jomsom, Dhumba Lake, Thini, Marpha, and Lete among the major tourism destinations in Mustang at present.
One hundred twenty-one thousand and 352 foreign tourists had visited the trans-Himalayan district in 2023.
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