According to data from the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, 71 teams from 20 countries will be climbing in Nepal this season. France and Japan are sending the highest number of expeditions, ten each, while the Australians and Germans have received permits for eight and six teams respectively. A total of 199 climbers are in Nepal for the autumn mountaineering season.

Three teams are here for on Everest (8,848 m), three for Lhotse (8,516 m), two for Dhaulagiri (8,164 m), and just one team will try to climb Annapurna I (8,091 m). The rest will attempt lesser peaks. The issue of these permits has earned the Ministry Rs 28.8 million in fees. Last autumn, Nepal earned Rs 17.8 million in fees from 55 teams.