Kanchanpur, July 10: Tourist attraction to Shuklaphanta National Park is found continuously increasing.
Four thousand one hundred and ninety-one tourists have visited the park till date in the current fiscal year beginning July 17, 2025. The current fiscal year ends this July 16. Shuklaphanta National Park is a major tourist destination in Sudurpaschim province.
This number is 469 more than the total of 3,722 tourists who visited the park last year. Just this year alone, tourist arrivals have increased by about 12.6 percent.
According to the park’s information officer Purushottam Bagle, 1,657 women and 2,534 men visited the park from Ashoj to Asar this year.
Domestic tourists continue to outnumber foreign ones among those visiting the park. Out of the total tourists, 3,699 are Nepali visitors, including 1,513 women and 2,186 men. The fact that about 88 percent of the total tourists are Nepali confirms that Shuklaphanta is becoming a major destination for domestic tourism.
Similarly, 358 tourists from SAARC countries have visited the national park. Among them, 87 are women and 271 are men. From third countries, 156 tourists have visited the park, including 57 women and 99 men.
Although the number of foreign tourists is still relatively low, it has been gradually increasing in recent years. Compared to the last fiscal year, the number of foreign tourists has increased by 22 in the current fiscal year, Bagle said.
