Annapurna Base Camp and Maurice Herzog Trail See Increased Tourist Activity

Myagdi. Tourist activity has increased at Annapurna Base Camp and the Maurice Herzog trail in Narchyang, Annapurna Rural Municipality-4, Myagdi. With favorable weather, the base camp of the 8,091-meter-high Annapurna Himal, Panchkund Lake, and the Maurice Herzog trail have seen increased activity for Dasain and Tihar holidays.

Tej Gurung, an advocate of the Maurice Herzog trail, informed that around 200 Nepali, Indian, and third-country tourists are visiting the base camp daily after Dasain. "Since the area was not damaged by the monsoon disaster in Ashwin and is safe, young people and those with employment have chosen Annapurna Base Camp for their holidays," he said, "Restaurants and camps along the trail are full."