CNP receives over 51,000 visitors in first 5 months of current fiscal year

NAWALPUR: More than 51,000 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 said 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 of Kartik (mid-October to mid-November). As many as 20, 506 visitors visited the national park in Kartik, followed by 19, 580 in Mangsir (mid-November to mid-December).

Similarly, 5,835 people visited CNP in the month of Asoj, 2,977 in the month of Bhadra and 1,906 in the month of Shrawan.

CNP has collected over Rs 12 million entry fee from the visitors so far, Tiwari said.