Nepal tourism statistics: arrivals, nights and spend

Where Nepal stands, December 2024

Nepal in December: down on a year

Nepal recorded 92,033 tourist arrivals in December 2024, -4.7% on a year and 91.2% of the December 2019 level.

Among the destinations it competes with: New Zealand +14.4%, Mongolia +24.8%, Laos +10.8%, Maldives +7.3%.

From the figures on 20 October 2026Every number checked against the dataNext update when January is published

At a glance

Latest month	December 2024
Tourist arrivals	92,033
On a year	-4.7%
Against December 2019	91.2%
Year to date, on a year	+13.1%
Growth rank in Asia Pacific	17 of 20
Best month on record	November 2018

Jet fuel, a gallon$2.10-12.1% on a year/v1/fuel

Growth 20243.7%outturn/v1/economy/NP

This brief, its figures, rivals and outlook as data: GET /v1/countries/NP/briefAnalyst

Tourist arrivals to Nepal, and the change on a year

Tourist arrivalsThe year beforeChange on a year, %

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Nepal against its rivals

Click a country to swap it, or remove it with the cross. Up to six alongside Nepal.As data: GET /v1/compare?country=NPDeveloper

Country	Latest	Figure	On a year	Vs 2019	Year to date	Rivalry with Nepal

The last six months

Month	Tourist arrivals	On a year	Vs 2019	Vs 3-year average
Dec 2024	92,033	-4.7%	91.2%	+46.8%
Nov 2024	114,496	+5.4%	87.9%	+65.6%
Oct 2024	124,391	+6.0%	92.8%	+62.8%
Sep 2024	96,302	+5.8%	104.0%	+81.4%
Aug 2024	72,717	+8.3%	76.7%	+90.4%
Jul 2024	64,598	+11.9%	91.1%	+84.1%

The next three months

No forecast for Nepal yet: it needs a longer monthly history in one unbroken series.

How it is worked out See the full outlook

Who Nepal competes with for visitors

6 destinations chasing the same travellers

Ranked by how much of their visitors come from the same markets, how alike their seasons are, and how close they are in size. Open any of them to see its own rivals.

New ZealandRivalry 46

Same season and region

New Zealand, December+14.4% · 213K

Nepal, December-4.7% · 92K

MongoliaRivalry 41

Same season and region

Mongolia, December+24.8% · 36K

Nepal, December-4.7% · 92K

LaosRivalry 40

Same season and region

Laos, December+10.8% · 365K

Nepal, December-4.7% · 92K

MaldivesRivalry 32

Same season and region

Maldives, December+7.3% · 209K

Nepal, December-4.7% · 92K

Sri LankaRivalry 30

Same season and region

Sri Lanka, December+18.2% · 249K

Nepal, December-4.7% · 92K

JapanRivalry 30

Same season and region

Japan, December+27.6% · 3.49M

Nepal, December-4.7% · 92K

Rivalry is worked out from the figures each destination publishes and is remade every day. As data: /v1/countries/NP/rivals, on Developer and up.

Measures held

Arrivals/v1/arrivals?country=NP

Spend/v1/spend?country=NP

Recovery against 201991%December 2024 against the same month of 2019, the year before the pandemic.Analyst

Forecast, next 12 monthsn/aNot worked out for Nepal yet: it needs a longer monthly history.Intel

Market concentrationn/aNot worked out for Nepal yet: it needs a longer monthly history.Intel

What is held for Nepal

Measure	Frequency	Breakdown	Series	From	Latest
Arrivals	Monthly	Total	1	1995-01	2024-12
Spend	Quarterly	Total	6	1977-Q1	2026-Q2
Spend	Quarterly	Purpose	2	2022-Q1	2026-Q2
Spend	Annual	Total	6	1976	2025
Spend	Annual	Purpose	2	2022	2025

Monthly arrivals: 100.0% of months held since 1995, none missing. See every month

Get Nepal in one call

# every arrivals month, Developer plan
curl "https://api.tourismapi.com/v1/arrivals?country=NP" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $TOURISM_API_KEY"

# the whole country in one file, Intel plan
curl -o np.csv "https://api.tourismapi.com/v1/bulk/NP.csv" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $TOURISM_API_KEY"

Get API key Endpoint docs