How would the information be different if the excerpt were told from a first-person point of view?
The author might focus more on a situation when modern climbing equipment has helped him or her on a climb to the summit.
The author might focus more on the actual statistics of how many climbers visit the mountain each year and its popularity.
The author might focus more on the films that he or she has seen about Mount Everest and why he or she enjoyed watching them.
The author might focus more on which countries the tourists come from and might include percentages on country of origin of climbers.