The Nepali government has significantly increased climbing permit fees for Mount Everest or Mount Qomolangma, an official said on Wednesday. The climbing fee for foreigners was hiked to $15,000 from $11,000, an increase of 36 per cent.

Nepal is set to increase the cost of climbing Mount Everest, marking the first price hike for the world’s highest peak in nearly a decade. The permit fee will jump by 36%, rising from $11,000 to $15,000, according to Narayan Prasad Regmi, director general of Nepal’s Department of Tourism.

Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time in nearly a decade, officials said on Wednesday.

Nepal has announced a 36% hike in Mount Everest climbing permit fees, raising the cost from $11,000 to $15,000 for the first time in nearly a decade. Effective from September, the increase aims to address overtourism,

Nepal announced a more than 35% hike in Mount Everest climbing permit fees, marking the first increase in nearly a decade, officials

Nepal has raised the permit fee for climbing Mount Everest by 35%, making it more expensive for mountaineers to summit the world’s tallest peak. The new fee, set to take effect in September, aims to boost revenue for Nepal’s mountaineering sector.

Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35 per cent, making the world's tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time in nearly a decade, officials say.