{"id":3165,"date":"2026-01-03T13:47:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T13:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalinewshub.com\/?p=3165"},"modified":"2026-01-03T13:47:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T13:47:04","slug":"patan-durbar-museum-welcomes-over-300000-visitors-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalinewshub.com\/?p=3165","title":{"rendered":"Patan Durbar Museum welcomes over 300,000 visitors in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LALITPUR:<\/strong> More than 313,000 visitors visited the Patan Durbar Museum in 2025, according to museum officials.<\/p>\n<p>Administrative Chief of Patan Durbar Museum, Sureshman Lakhe, said a total of 313,300 visitors observed the museum over the year. Of them, 105,300 were foreign tourists, including 43,053 visitors from SAARC countries.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining visitors were domestic tourists, comprising 40,400 students and 124,550 members of the general public.<\/p>\n<p>In comparison, the museum had received 318,337 foreign visitors in 2024, indicating a decline in international tourist arrivals. Lakhe attributed the decrease mainly to the Gen-Z Movement and ongoing road improvement works around the Patan Durbar Square area, which affected visitor access and movement.<\/p>\n<p>However, he noted that the number of Nepali visitors has been increasing steadily each year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough there are fluctuations in the arrival of foreign tourists due to the changing situation in the country, the number of Nepali tourists is continuously increasing,\u201d Lakhe said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LALITPUR: More than 313,000 visitors visited the Patan Durbar Museum in 2025, according to museum officials. Administrative Chief of Patan Durbar Museum, Sureshman Lakhe, said a total of 313,300 visitors observed the museum over the year. Of them, 105,300 were foreign tourists, including 43,053 visitors from SAARC countries. 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