There are more visitors in Mustang

Recently, Mustang has seen an upsurge in the number of visitors. Tourist destinations in the district include the Muktinath Temple, Kagbeni, Korola Point, Lo Manthang, Sinja Jong Cave, Jomsom, Dhumba Lake, Thini, Marfa, and Lete report an increase in people’s movement.

The head of the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) Jomsom Office, Pramod Regmi, reported that during the past few days, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of arrivals of both domestic and foreign tourists. Travelers from within the country are accessing the region by plane and road, while an increasing number of foreign tourists are venturing to Thorang La, upper Mustang, and the surrounding areas of Jomsom.

In the past 15-16 days alone, Mustang has welcomed as many as 20,446 guests via road, according to Police Inspector Bishal Adhikari from the District Police Office, Mustang.

The Ghansa-based police checkpoint near the Myagdi and Mustang borders has been tracking 4,044 vehicles since mid-September, transporting 5,596 foreign and 14,850 local tourists.

Through the Beni-Jomsom road, the district received 318,814 domestic tourists in fiscal year 2023–2024, up from 330,800 in fiscal year 2022–2023.

ACAP Jomsom office statistics shows that from mid-July to mid-September of this year, 7,599 visitors visited the area, up from 5,175 during the same period in the previous fiscal year.

The district received 121,352 international visitors in the most recent fiscal year; in the two years prior, the numbers were 71,707 and 38,896, respectively.

The ACAP Jomsom Office reports that a number of factors, such as the accessibility of road transportation, national and international tourism promotion, the impact of social media, the availability of first-rate hospitality services, media attention emphasizing Mustang's tourist appeal, and visits from well-known figures in the international community, are all contributing to the increased interest in visiting Mustang.