China caps Indian pilgrims to Kailash via Nepal at 24,000. Tour operators expect more visitors

Demand surges during the auspicious Chinese Year of the Horse as Nepali operators seek an additional 15,000 permits.

Nepali tourism entrepreneurs say Beijing has fixed a quota of 24,000 Indian pilgrims allowed to travel to Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet via Nepal this season, even as demand has already crossed 40,000.