Kathmandu. In the autumn of the current year, there has been a significant attraction of mountaineers for climbing the mountains of Nepal. According to the official data received from the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Department of Tourism, climbers from different countries of the world have taken permission to climb the mountain this season.

As of October 26, a total of 1,493 climbers from 171 climbing teams from 76 countries have obtained official permission to climb the mountain (permit). The total number of climbers who have taken permission is 356 women and 1,137 men. This data shows that the attraction of international mountaineers to the mountains of Nepal is increasing}.

According to the data provided by the Information Officer of the Department of Tourism, Suraj Ghimire, the highest number of climbers has been seen in the famous Manaslu Mountain 8,163 among themountains of Nepal.

A total of 500 climbers of 43 teams have taken permission to climb Mount Manaslu, out of which 373 are male and 127 are female.A total of 412 climbers from 34 teams have taken permission to climb Mount Ama Dablam which is at an altitude of 44meters.

Similarly , 130 people are involved in the Himlung Himal, 130 people in the Himalayas, 65 people in the Barun Tse, 55 in Thapa Peak, and a significant number of climbers in the mountains. The activity of mountaineers from small and medium mountains to peaks above 8,000 meters is encouraging this time.

According to the National Permit Report of the Department of Tourism, this time more than 76 countries have come to climb Nepal’s mountains. According to the data received, the highest number of climbers from the United States of America (121) have taken permission this season. Similarly, 113 climbers from Russia, 102 from the United Kingdom , 136 from France, 142 from China, 32 from Norway, 97 from Germany, 63 from Italy and 55 from Spain have obtained permission to climb Nepal’s mountains.

A total of 40 climbers have come from the neighboring country India and a total of 40 domestic climbers including 37 men and 3 women from Nepal have taken permission to climb the mountain this season.

The Government of Nepal has collected a hefty amount of revenue this autumn for issuing permission to climb mountains.According to the report of the department, a total of 21,28,109 US dollars i. e. 32,37,88,990 has been collected in Nepali rupees } (about 323.7 million {{} in Nepali rupees.

Out of the total royalty amount collected , the largest share of the total royalty amount collected is from Manaslu Mountain alone. From Manaslu Mountain alone, 14,85,816 US dollars i. e. 22,58,57,189 Nepalese rupees have been collected as royalty. Similarly, 4,04,000 US dollars (6,16,51,650 Nepalese rupees revenue has been collected from Ama Dablam Mountain.