About 10,000 tourists are stranded in Kathmandu and various parts of Nepal. They were on treks in the mountains when Nepal announced a lockdown and suspended all domestic and international flights on 24 March, as per media reports.
There were extra tourists in Nepal at this time because of the spring trekking season, and Visit Nepal Year 2020. Nepal tourism Board and the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal are coordinating the flights to evacuate the tourists.
There are said to be 120 foreign trekkers and climbers stuck in Lukla because they could not get down from the mountains before the lockdown, and flights were cancelled. There are said to be another 200 tourists on Everest Base Camp route.
Some British and Australian tourists stuck in Nepal have formed Facebook groups to exchange notes about evacuation flights and to coordinate their movements.
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