Nepal Increases Permit Fee For Mount Everest By Almost 35%; Climbers Will Now Have To Pay…

Climbing Mount Everest is not just difficult but also quite expensive! And if you dreamt about climbing the highest peak in the world, then we have some news for you. Nepal is planning to hike the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by almost 35%. They have decided to increase the permit fee after nearly a decade. Scroll on for all the details.

Nepal Hikes Everest Permit Fee For Climbers

According to NDTV, the permit fee to climb the 8,849 metres long Mount Everest will now cost $15,000 (₹12,95,197). This is more than a 35% rise from the $11,000 (₹9,49,811) fee that has been in place for the last 10 years! As per Nepal’s Department of Tourism, the new permit fee will come into effect from September and apply to the popular April-May climbing season along the popular South East Ridge.

According to Narayan Prasad Regmi, director general of the Nepal Tourism Department, the permit fees had not been “reviewed for a long time and have been updated now.” The fee taken during the less popular seasons will also go up by almost 36%. As per reports, the September-November season fee will cost $7,500 (₹6,47,726), and the rarely climbed December-February season will cost $3,750 (₹3,23,863).

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As per reports, hundreds of climbers visit Nepal every year to try and scale some of the highest mountains in the world, including Mount Everest. The income from permit fees issued at these peaks and other spending by foreign climbers is a key source of revenue and employment for the country.

They issue around 300 permits each year for Everest expeditions alone. While it has not been made certain how Nepal plans to use the increased permit fee money, it is speculated that it will be used to keep Mount Everest clean or to ensure climbers’ safety.

Expedition organisers around the world said that they were expecting this move and it was an “understandable” step by the country.

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