Baglung. However, the arrival of domestic tourists in Baglung has increased rapidly. In the recent past, Baglung has been developed as a destination for domestic tourists in the name of study, observation tour and pilgrimage.
Hundreds of vehicles of domestic tourists are seen in the premises of baglung Kalika, Panchakot and Shalgram museums. With the increase in tourists, parking management in kalika temple premises has also started to face problems. The number of tourists visiting Nepal’s longest suspension bridge, Bhairavsthan Temple, Gaighat Waterfall and Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve has also increased annually.
Educational tours from Biratnagar and Pokhara and religious and tourist destinations of Baglung have become the choice of pilgrims from different parts of the country. Every day, people from different parts of the country have started visiting the religious tourist destination Panchakot and Shalgram Museum at Balajidham Temple Kudule. Arjun Sapkota, a local, informed that more than 100,000 tourists visited the Shalgram Museum last year.
He said that on the first day of the New Year 2082, the number of tourists visiting Shalgram Shila of Kudule has been the highest so far. He said that schools and campuses have been taking students to different places for educational tours since Chaite Dashain, but most of them have come here from Pokhara for visits. “There was no place to visit the Shalgram Museum in the New Year due to domestic tourists, since then there has been a rush of domestic tourists during the holidays,” he said, adding that 50 percent of the tourists coming to visit the museum located only four kilometers away from the district headquarters also reach Mustang.
Chairman of Kalika Guthi Management Committee, Kumar Khadka, said that there has been an increase in the number of tourists visiting Muktinath and educational visits to kalika temple and tourist places around Baglung municipality. The Kalika temple, which is crowded in Chaite dashain and Ward Dashain, has started crowding on other days including the New Year. More than 600,000 tourists have entered the country since March 2018.
Ram Marhajan of Hetauda said that he had separated Baglung for a day during his seven-day educational tour after hearing that Baglung is good in terms of tourism. He said he had come to Visit Panchakot of Baglung, Shalgram Museum of Kudule and Kalika Temple. He said the visiting team is planning to travel to Myagdi and Mustang via Pokhara, Baglung.
Tourism entrepreneurs say that the tourist destinations of Baglung have started attracting tourists going to Mustang. Arjun Chokhal, an entrepreneur, said hotels in Baglung are full of tourists due to educational visits and tourists. The inclusion of Panchakot and Baglung Kalika in the list of 100 tourist destinations of Nepal and the active participation of tourism entrepreneurs has increased the arrival of domestic tourists in Baglung.
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