This year, 29,740 people visited Chitwan National Park in the month of Baisakh, the highest number in the last three years.
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The number of people visiting Chitwan National Park starts to decrease after Chaitra. But this year, more people have visited Chitwan National Park in Baisakh than in Chaitra. Avinash Thapa Magar, the park's information officer, has informed that a total of 29,740 people, including domestic, foreign and SAARC countries, visited the park in Baisakh last year. This number of people visiting the park in Baisakh is the highest in three years.
Usually, the number of people visiting Chitwan National Park is highest in the month of Kartik. It is seen in the park's details that the number of people visiting the park increases after winter in the month of Chaitra. Last Kartik, 32,252 people visited the park. After that, the number decreased and reached 27,405 in Falgun. It decreased further to 25,985 in Chaitra. But it has increased again in Baisakh.
In the fiscal year 080/81, there were 26,630 people visiting the park in Baisakh. That year, 34,419 people visited the park in Chaitra. Similarly, in the fiscal year 081/82, 22,777 people visited the park in Baishakh. The previous month, the number of people entering the park in Chaitra was 25,422. This fiscal year, more tourists have visited in Baishakh than in Chaitra.
Most of the tourists are domestic. The number of tourists from SAARC countries visiting the park in Baishakh has decreased slightly compared to Chaitra. Foreigners have increased slightly. Foreign tourists came in Chaitra at 9,717 and in Baishakh at 9,881. Similarly, 2,344 from SAARC countries visited in Chaitra and even less in Baishakh at 1,813. In Chaitra, 13,924 Nepalis visited the park. This number has reached 18,046 in Baishakh.
After Kartik, Nepalis have visited the park in Baishakh the most. The park office has stated that 19,109 Nepalis visited the park in Kartik. After that, it decreased and further decreased in Chait. The government has now decided to give two days off on Saturday and Sunday. Tourism entrepreneurs have experienced that the holiday, which started to reduce fuel consumption, has had a positive impact on tourism.
Jitu Tamang, a tourism and hotel entrepreneur from Sauraha, says that the two-day holiday has had a positive effect. ‘Earlier, when the holiday was only on Saturday, people used to come on Friday afternoon and return on Saturday. We used to say that many guests would come on Friday. This time, people will come on Saturday, not Friday, because of the two-day holiday,’ said Tamang. He said that they usually come early on Saturday and return on Sunday afternoon.
He said that the New Year will have an effect at the beginning of Baisakh. This time, it is raining almost every day, so there is no scorching heat. ‘Nepalese people come in large numbers especially in the months of Asoj, Kartik, Mangsir and Poush. There are many foreigners in Magh, Falgun and Chait. "From April to August, there were fewer tourists than usual," said Tamang, who is also a nature guide. He says that this time, the number of Nepalis was good in Jestha as well.
Chitwan National Park is the country's first national park. Chitwan is the country's main destination for tourists who want to observe wildlife. The park is home to many animals like the rare one-horned rhinoceros and the black-backed tiger. The culture of the indigenous Tharu, Bote, Kumal and Darai communities around the park has also attracted tourists. Elephant safaris, jungle jeep safaris, jungle walks and boat safaris are the main tourist activities here. According to the park's statistics, around three lakh tourists from home and abroad visit the park every year.
