July 2: The COVID-19 pandemic has hugely affected the tourism sector in the country. Tourism has been one of the mainstays of the country’s economy.     
Due to the adverse impact of COVID-19 on the tourism sector, a negligible number of foreign tourists have been recorded to have visited Nepal in the first six months of the current fiscal year 2020/21.    
According to Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), a total of 58,058 foreign tourists entered Nepal. Similarly,  a total of 1,143 foreign tourists flew into Nepal within June this year.    
Spokesperson of NTB Mani Lamichhane shared that a total of 102 foreign tourists had arrived in Nepal in June last year.    
During this year’s June, 3,606 foreign tourists stranded in Nepal or those willing to return to their home country were flown out of Nepal amid the prohibitory order imposed by the government in the Kathmandu Valley to contain the second wave of COVID-19, said Lamichhane. -- RSS