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Kathmandu, Feb 1 (IANS) Nepal made a hopeful start in the tourism sector in January, with tourist arrivals jumping by more than 15 per cent year-on-year to 92,573, despite fears of a decline following political unrest in September last year, the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) said on Sunday. According to the NTB, this figure is also 14 per cent higher than in January 2019, the period before the COVID-19 pandemic.Following the GenZ protests, which resulted in the deaths of 77 people and the destructio…