Mustang. Since Dasain, the tourist activity in Himali Mustang has started to increase. From this Thursday, the number of tourists has started to increase in Mustang, which was almost deserted before Dasain.
Due to the devastating flood in Rasuwa’s Bhotekoshi and the heavy rains on October 11, the number of tourists in Mustang decreased as the road connecting Mustang (Beni-Jomsom) was completely blocked due to landslides and river erosion. According to Ishwar Mahat, Police Inspector and Information Officer of the District Police Office, Mustang, the number of tourists coming to Mustang through the Beni-Jomsom road has increased after Dasain.
This year, from Ghatasthapana to Vijaya Dashami day, 5,663 tourists entered Mustang from Beni-Jomsom road. Out of which there were 3 thousand 738 men and 1 thousand 925 women. According to Police Inspector Ishwar Mahat, during the 10-day period from Ghatasthapana to Vijaya Dashami, 4,409 or (77.85) percent of foreign tourists entered Mustangs.
According to the statistics of the District Police Office Mustang, the number of tourist arrivals in Mustang is increasing after Dasai because the Beni-Jomsom road was blocked due to natural disasters. According to Police Inspector Mahat, 7,846 tourists entered Mustang on Thursday and Friday after Dasain.
On the first day after Dasain Tika, 3,033 people entered the Mustang on Thursday and on the second day, 4,813 local and foreign tourists entered Mustang. Constable Mahat says that the daily average of visiting Mustang after Dasain is gradually increasing. Thirty thousand 534 tourists in July, twenty thousand 268 tourists in August and eighteen thousand 601 tourists have entered Mustang.
It is expected that the tourism business will be active in Mustang during the Dasain-Tihar holidays. During the Dasain holiday, tourists returning home from abroad and taking the opportunity of the Dasain holiday to visit Mustang in different parts of the country including civil servants, banks and financial institutions. Tourism professionals here are confident that this time too, the presence of local and foreign tourists will increase until Dasain-Tihar and Chhath festival.
The attraction of tourists is increasing in Mustang, where there are dozens of tourist destinations such as Korlanaka, Zhong Cave, Lomanthang Palace, Ghar Gumba, Chongsi Cave, Dhumbatal, Titi Lake, visiting Muktinath Temple in Mustang, a religious and touristic district.
Historical, religious and cultural heritage, biological diversity, Himalayan landscape and natural beauty have attracted tourists to Mustang. It is expected that the tourism sector of Mustang, which has slowed down due to the Bhotekoshi flood incident and the Beni-Jomsom blockade, will be operational.