Nepal has nearly doubled aviation fuel prices as global energy costs surge during the Middle East war, officials said, raising fears of a fresh blow to its tourism-dependent economy, reports AFP.

“Aviation fuel prices have increased,” Manoj Kumar Thakur, spokesman for the state-owned Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC), told AFP.

Jet fuel price has risen by 97.6 per cent, from 127 Nepali rupees ($0.86) per litre to 251 rupees ($1.69), NOC said in a statement.