Indian tourists are not only attracted to the border towns of the country, Indian citizens coming from the border are reaching the major tourist destinations of the country through Rupandehi. Tourism professionals say that Pokhara is the first choice of Indians entering through the Belhia crossing at Bhairahawa. Since then, most of the tourists have come to Kathmandu to visit Pashupatinath.

The number of Indians who reach Chitwan for wildlife safaris is also significant. Supadeuralali of Arghakhanchi in Lumbini and Swargadwari of Pyuthan also shows Indian charm. According to the data of the customs office, 5,000 Indian citizens entered through the Belhia crossing every day last year. According to the office, about 1 thousand 300 vehicles were brought in a day. 

In the financial year 2081/82, 4 lakh 73 thousand 538 small and big vehicles entered the country from Belhia, according to Bhairahawa Customs. Among them, there are 351,748 cars, jeeps, motorcycles and buses entering the facility (without having to pay a fee for going to the nearest market), according to Bhairahawa Customs Chief Ram Prasad Regmi. It has 24,488 motorcycles, 127,260 cars, jeeps and vans. He said that according to customs, more than 900 vehicles enter the facility a day. 

Last year, 1 lakh 21 thousand 790 vehicles came to Nepal after paying customs duty. There were 12 thousand 563 buses and minibuses, 72 thousand 443 cars, jeeps and vans and 36 thousand 811 motorcycles. According to Regmi, the head of customs, the tourists who have entered the vehicle after paying the customs duty go to Pokhara, Kathmandu and Chitwan.

It seems that more than 300 different Indian vehicles came to Nepal after paying customs duty. Buses and minibuses, cars, jeeps and vans have to pay customs duty of Rs 600 for entering the country and Rs 200 for motorcycles. Regmi said that a vehicle will be provided with customs facilities for a maximum of 30 days in a year. 

According to a tourism businessman based in Rupandehi, at least 5,000 Indian citizens per day visit various destinations in the country through Belhia. Tourism professionals say that the number of Indians who enter the country even without their own vehicle is around 4/500 per day. Sagar Adhikari, the former president of Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Natta), Lumbini Province, said that the tourists who enter the country by paying the customs fee spend 4-5 days at different destinations. "Fifty percent of the tourists who come like this go to Pokhara," he said, "40 percent go to Kathmandu and 10 percent go to Chitwan." "Cars, drivers and tourists are all Indians," he said, "even if a large number of people come in, Nepali tourism businessmen do not get enough profit." He said that because Indian car drivers return to places that are easily and easily accessible, tourists think that there will be something in Nepal. "If there are Nepali vehicles and guides, side scenes are shown abundantly," he said, "because Indians are not interested in it, the characteristics of Nepali destinations have not been promoted." 

During the tourist season, there is a rush of small and big vehicles with Indian number plates from Belhia to Pokhara via Siddharth Highway. Many Indian vehicles ply on the Butwal-Narayangadh section. The vehicles that come with one-day facility take tourists to Lumbini in Rupandehi, Tilaurakot in Kapilvastu and Ramgram and Butwal in West Navalparasi. Indians who come with conveniences reach Bhairahawa and Butwal and return. "There is a large number of Indian tourists who go directly to Pokhara from Belhia," said Praveen Bahadur Pathak, president of Nepalese Hoteliers Association, "We are not able to accommodate them for one night in Butwal."