Nepal scraps $500 upper Mustang trekking fee for foreigners, sets $50 daily

Move aims to boost tourism in the restricted region as trekking agencies push for reforms.

In a bid to attract tourists, the government has decided to remove the flat $500 per person per 10-day period fee for foreign trekkers visiting the upper Mustang region near Korala on the Nepal-China border, a restricted area, decades after the charge was imposed. The new fee will be $50 per person per day, once the rules are amended.