Nepal's Lumbini, the birthplace of the Lord Buddha, witnessed the rise in the number of Indian tourists in the past two months after the official visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, authorities here said. Compared to previous months of this year, the number of Indian tourists visiting Lumbini has increased in May and June, giving much-needed fillip to the tourism sector which is still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The sacred religious site received 20137 Indian tourists in May and 25065 in June, according to the statistics provided by the Lumbini Development Trust (LDT), a government body which is entrusted to carry out overall development of Lumbini. Lumbini had welcomed 7775, 7745, 18834 and 15284 Indian tourists in the months of January, February, March and April respectively, statistics show.

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