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.

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.

The cost of a permit to ascend Everest will soon hit as much as $15,000, but a veteran climber says the increase won't keep people away from the peak.

Mount Everest, the world highest peak, and other peaks of the Himalayan range are seen through an aircraft window during a mountain flight from Kathmandu, Nepal January 15, 2020. REUTERS/Monika Deupala/File Photo KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%,