KATHMANDU: The Department of Tourism has collected revenue amounting to Rs 30.9 million in four days from the mountain climbing permits. The Department has been issuing the permit for spring since March 23.
Rameshwor Niraula, a section officer at Department’s Mountaineering, said over Rs 30.53 million has been collected from the permit for the Mount Everest alone while the rest is from the peaks.
The Department till Monday had received applications from over 15 expeditions for the climbing permits and requests from nine teams have been already approved. The permits include the Everest (8,848 meters), Lhotse ( 8,516 meters), Annapurna ( 8,091 meters), Kumbhakarna ( 7,710 meters), Mount Pumari (7,161 meters), Thapa Peak ( Dhampus- 6,012 meters) and Chhopbamari. The deadline for seeking the permit will remain in effect until mid-April and the number of climbers will go high in numbers.
In 2018, the total of 107 expedition teams was granted the permits for spring and among them, 34 were for the Everest. Climbing royalty for the Everest, the world’s highest peak, differs according to seasons. According to the Department, a foreigner has to pay US dollar 11,000 in spring while this fees is US dollar 5,500 for autumn.
Nepal has opened 414 mountain peaks for climbing and still over 1,300 are suitable for climbing.
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