Tourism rebounds at
Ghorepani
Mustang, April 17: Tourism business
has now gradually started recovering in the Annapurna Conservation Area Project
region after suffering a blow due to the major earthquake on April 25, 2015.
Ghorepani,
the major tourism destination in the ACAP region, has seen double the number of
tourists visiting the area in a year's period. This has provided some succour
to the local tourism entrepreneurs who had suffered a dwindling business in the
year immediately after the earthquake.
According
to the logbook maintained by the Tourist Police Office, Ghorepani, 19 thousand
348 tourists visited Ghorepani in 2072 BS and the number reached 45,685 in the
succeeding year.
Ghorepani
in Annapurna Rural Municipality of Myagdi district is situated at an altitude
of 2,810 metres from the sea level. It offers the visitors a panoramic view of
over a dozen mountain peaks as Dhawalagiri, Nilgiri and Annapurna. The tourists
can enjoy the sunrise and sunset from the Punhill tower.
More, the
place offers glimpses of the typical local Gurung and Magar culture in rural
setting. It has also home-stay facilities, besides over a dozen hotels with all
the basic amenities.
Ghorepani
is the main destination for trekkers travelling on to Mustang from Nayapul in
Kaski as well as for those using the route through Thorang-La pass in Mustang
in their journey from Manang to Pokhara in Kaski. It lies on the way to some of
the famous tourism destinations like Khopralek, Ghandruk and the Annapurna Base
Camp.
Eight
thousand 335 tourists visited Ghorepani in the last one month period alone, the
Tourist Police Office, Ghorepani stated. RSS
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