Sikles Village Sees Significant Tourist Influx

Pokhara

Pokhara. With the start of the tourist season, tourist arrivals in the tourist village of Sikles in Kaski have increased significantly. More than three thousand tourists have visited Sikles in the last six days.

According to Devi Jung Gurung, ward chairman of Ward No. 1 of Mardi Rural Municipality, 3,146 tourists reached Sikles from November 1 to 6 (Karthik 15-20). Based on this, he said that an average of 524 tourists entered Sikles daily.

Ward Chairman Gurung informed that most of the tourists who reached the village trek towards the famous tourist destinations Kori and the glacier Talhufuche after staying in Sikles. According to the tourist arrival details of six days, the highest number of tourists reached Sikles on Karthik 18. On that day, 719 tourists reached the village at once, while the lowest number of 254 tourists reached here on Karthik 15, informed Ward Chairman Gurung.

He said that such an encouraging arrival of tourists has added new enthusiasm among local hotel and homestay entrepreneurs. The tourist village of Sikles is located about 38 km from Pokhara, the headquarters of Kaski. There are about 400 households in this village. Gurung community is predominant here.