August 31, 2022
The increase in the number of tourists visiting the Khumbu area has caused the local businessmen to become more excited. For the last three years, due to the threat of corona infection, the tourist traffic in the region has been on a standstill.
According to Lama Kazi Sherpa, a local tourism official, the number of foreign tourists coming to the region during the off-season has increased significantly.In the previous year, only two to three people visited the area every day. According to him, the number of foreign tourists coming to the region has increased to around 20 to 25 people a day.
Khumbu residents who have been without work for 3 years are now busy. In Khumbu, two seasons of the year Spring and Autumn are the two main tourist season. This area, which is full of tourists during the season, becomes less busy as the season ends.