Chitwan Nat’l Park received over 51,000 visitors in first five months of current fiscal year

CHITWAN: More than 51 thousand people visited Chitwan National Park (CNP) in the first five months of the current fiscal year 2021/22 starting mid-July.

CNP's information and assistant conservation officer Ganesh Prasad Tiwari shared that  51,304 visitors visited the national park over this period. According to him, the highest number of visitors was recorded in the Nepali month Kartik (mid-October to mid-November). As many as 21,506 visitors observed the national park in Katik, followed by 19, 580 in Mangsir (mid-November to mid-December). 

Similarly, 5835 people visited CNP in the month of Asoj, 2977 in the month of Bhadra (mid-August to mid-September) and 1906 in the month of Shrawan (mid-July to mid-August) 

CNP has collected revenue of Rs 12 million 995 thousand 150 as entry fee from the visitors so far, Tiwari said.