Tario from Croatia, who came to visit the Everest region for the first time, reached Manthali by road to fly to Lukla. He wanted to see Mount Everest up close and enjoy the trail. But he is disappointed that the Manthali-Lukla flight could not take place due to the weather.

He was scheduled to fly out on Tuesday morning. But since Monday, due to the bad weather in the Khumbu region, he could not fly, he has been stuck in Manthali for two days hoping that the weather will clear.

The weather in the Khumbu region opened on Wednesday. Tourists who were ready to go to Lukla celebrated in Manthali. The plane started flying to Lukla from 9 am. But suddenly the weather in Khumbu turned bad again. Flights from Manthali Airport were affected.

'I was very happy when the weather cleared and the plane started to fly,' he said, 'I was also very excited that my desire to see Mount Everest would be fulfilled, but I was sad when the plane stopped flying because of the bad weather.' Because the monthly Lukla flight has been affected. Tourists going to Lukla are stranded in Manthali. Those who guide tourists during the season are more worried than celebrating Dasain. Navraj Ghising from Solukhumbu, who has been working as a tourist guide for a long time, said that he had to suffer a lot during the main season.

"Since there was no road due to floods, we decided to take a long route to fly to Lukla," he said, "this year the weather did not cooperate, we stayed for 3/4 days. The flight to Lukla has not been finalised.

He said that tourists could not be taken to Khumbu region as there was no place to divert from Manthali. 'It is too far to go from Phaplu by road,' he said, 'Foreign tourists come with a fixed time, now they say they will return after a couple of days.' tell "Especially in this season, there is a rush of people going to Everest Base Camp, this year the tourists have suffered because of the bad weather," he said There is no flight from Manthali Airport to Lukla on Monday and Tuesday. Deputy Manager of Manthali Airport, Hiranya Sah, said that after the weather cleared on Wednesday morning, a private plane flew to Lukla from 9 o'clock. He said that there were 16 flights to Lukla within one-and-a-half hours of the opening of

weather. But again, the flight could not take place after the weather in Khumbu worsened. "About 240 tourists have gone to Lukla in the morning," he said He said. 3 private sector planes have been making more than 55 flights daily from morning to evening during clear weather. "Due to the bad weather in Khumbu region, flights to Lukla have been affected," he said, "some tourists are chartering helicopters and flying to Lukla from Manthali." The mountains that open in the autumn are dimly visible. Although there was normal rain on Tuesday afternoon, the weather has not yet been revealed. After the flight from Manthali to Lukla was affected, some tourists have started walking to Everest via Jiri.