Indian tourists throng hotels in Pokhara

लगानी न्यूज

९ असार २०८३, मंगलवार ०८:०५June 23, 2026

Kaski. Pokhara—The hotels in Pokhara are full of Indian tourists. The footfall of most of the Indian tourists has increased in the streets and Barahi temple of Lakeside at this time.

Laxman TAG_OPEN_div_26 Subedi, president of Hotel Association Pokhara, Nepal, said that the number of Indian tourists visiting major religious and touristic destinations in Gandaki Province, especially Tal Barahi Temple of Fewatala, Bindhyabasini, Muktinath, and trekking routes is encouraging.

Subedi said that Indian citizens have started choosing Nepal as an attractive and easy destination to seek relief from the increasing heat in India and to utilize their vacations.TAG_OPEN_div_24 With the increase in the number of tourists, boating, trekking and other tourism activities have also increased, said Subedi.

According to Dhan Bahadur BK, joint secretary of the Fewa Boat Entrepreneurs’ Association, around four to TAG_OPEN_div_22 five thousand Indian tourists visit the lake every day. BK said that for the past one and half months, Indian tourists have been showing interest in visiting the Barahi temple situated in the middle of the Fewa lake. “The trend of waiting for boats near the lake throughout the day and going home empty-handed in the evening has disappeared with the increase in Indian tourists,” said joint secretary BK. At present, 140 boats are plying daily from Barahi Ghat.

Treasurer of TAAN Gandaki Dipak Sapkota said that one and a half lakh Indian tourists have visited Pokhara in the last one and half months alone.TAG_OPEN_div_20 According to him, Indian tourists are now full of hotels ranging from five-star hotels to small hotels and dharamshalas.

Hotelier Parbati Pandey said that tourists are bargaining over food rather than rooms.TAG_OPEN_div_18 In India, hotel rooms are expensive, so they do not do much bargaining in the room. Stating that the hotels in Pokhara are well attended by Indian tourists, he said that if we could publicize the touristic and religious sites of Nepal in India, Nepal would be full of Indian tourists.

Although it is considered as ‘off-season’, the number of tourists has increased significantly, which has made the tourism entrepreneurs more excited. According to tourism entrepreneurs, the wave of inflow of tourists that started from the Nepali New Year has continued till the end of June.

Tourism entrepreneurs have data that one and TAG_OPEN_div_14 a half lakh Indian tourists visited Pokhara in a period of one month. According to hoteliers, 90 percent occupancy has reached here. Mostly, they visit Tal Barahi Temple, Shiva Temple of Pugdi, Kedareshwor, Bindhyabasini, Muktinath and Manakamana Temple. It is the duty of all of us to love the guests who come to Nepal. Nepalis also cook and eat outside the hotel when they go to religious shrines in India. The hotel has the capacity to hold 10,000 tourists in a single day.