37 thousand 732 foreign nationals have visited the circular Annapurna trail in a year. The arrival of foreign tourists visiting the circular Annapurna trail through the Himalayan district Manang is increasing every year.

 According to Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) Manang, 22 thousand 477 men, 15 thousand 249 women and 6 other people visited the circular Annapurna trail in fiscal year 2081/082. Among these, there are 2,554 people from South Asian countries (SAARC countries).

According to the head of Acap Manang, Dhak Bahadur Bhujel, in the last financial year, 134 tourists from different countries have visited the cyclical Annapurna trail through Manang. Israel has the highest number of 4,358 people. There are 3,616 tourists from France and 2,842 tourists from Germany. The check post at Dharapani in Lower Manang keeps the statistics of the tourists who come to the Annapurna cycle route through Manang. According to the statistics, 6.76 percent of the tourists who come on the cycle path are from SAARC countries.

The highest number is 11.54 percent of Israel. Recently, Indian and Chinese tourists have also started to increase. According to ACAP, in 2080/081, 22 thousand 371 tourists from 124 countries visited the circular Annapurna trail. There were 13,596 men, 8,768 women and 7 others. In 2081/082, more than 15 thousand 361 tourists have come to the Annapurna cycle path. 2081/082 saw the arrival of tourists from 10 new countries . 20 thousand 267 tourists came in 2079/080. There were 12,779 men, 7,485 women and 3 others.

Dhakal, head of ECAP, said that the statistics of people coming from Manaslu Path (Gorkha) were also kept and it showed more arrival of tourists. "We used to keep only the outbound statistics of the tourists who came from Manaslu". We kept the arrival statistics from Pohor, because the tourists coming from Manaslu also pay the dues to ACAP', he said, 'tourists coming from Manaslu will be in the number of 5/6 thousand . Now we keep the statistics of tourists coming from Manaslu tight.'

Foreign tourists have to pay a fee of Rs 3,000 and citizens of SAARC countries have to pay a fee of Rs 1,000. Not specified for Nepalese citizens. Chief District Officer Matrika Acharya says that more Nepali citizens come than foreigners. "We have not been able to formally collect individual data. According to the statistics collected by the police, Nepali citizens have come more than foreign citizens," he said. According to

Acap, most tourists come from August to November and from February to May. According to Vinod Gurung, President of Tourism Business Committee Manang, tourist arrivals are slowly increasing after the risk of infection of Covid-19 has been eliminated. We have been involved in the tourism business and hotel business for years. "It has changed the lives of most of Manangi," he said. He said that earlier food products brought from the city were fed, but recently Manang has started to feed tourists by producing food in Manang. We are in the hotel business. Farmers are in their profession. The arrival of tourists has also benefited the farmers, he said.