Bhaktapur. The ‘Nagarkot Visit Year 2082’, which began on April 1, has attracted one hundred thousand tourists in two days. Under this campaign, which aims to attract one hundred thousand external and one million internal tourists to the tourist area of Nagarkot in a year, one hundred thousand tourists have arrived in two days.
‘Nagarkot Visit Year 2082’ has been organized with the objectives of promoting tourism, increasing the income source of locals, creating employment opportunities, and establishing the identity of Nagarkot in the global tourism market. Changunarayan Municipality Mayor Jeevan Khatri informed that more than 50,000 tourists arrived on the first day of the Visit Nepal Year inaugurated by President Ram Chandra Poudel on New Year’s Day.
According to him, more than one lakh tourists have arrived in Nagarkot till this morning.
He said, ‘Tourism entrepreneurs are excited by the arrival of tourists at the beginning of the Visit Nepal Year. On the last day of last Chaitra, no hotel rooms were empty, even homestays were full. On Baisakh 1, more than 50,000 tourists arrived in a single day. We are excited by the arrival of one hundred thousand tourists to date.’
60 stalls are selling local food, homemade products and other items at Batase Danda, the inaugural venue of the tourism year. On Baisakh 2, the Indreni Cultural Group organized a grand cultural program at the same place.
Today, on the third and concluding day of the inaugural program, there is a performance by singer Prakash Saput and a local cultural group. Dhan Bahadur Lama, Vice-Chairman of Nagarkot Naldum Tourist Development Committee and Ward Chairman of Changunarayan-6, informed that more than 25,000 domestic and foreign tourists arrived at the cultural program.
Informing that the Visit Year that has begun in Nagarkot will be operated for 12 months, i.e. until the middle of next Chaitra, Mayor Khatri said that the start of the Visit Year jointly organized by Changunarayan, Mandandeupur, Banepa and Shankharapur municipalities has been completely successful.
He said that thousands of tourists who came to Nagarkot have enjoyed the mountain views, sunrise, sunset, various stalls here, as well as the natural beauty here. Mayor Khatri said that the objective of bringing 100,000 domestic and foreign tourists to Nagarkot in the three days of the inauguration has been achieved, bringing 1.1 million tourists to Nagarkot in a year and introducing Nagarkot to the world tourism market.
He informed that during the visit year, all four municipalities will jointly conduct at least one Nagarkot-focused tourist-targeted program every month throughout the year and that all municipalities will conduct additional programs at the ward level to make their towns tourist destinations as well.
The visit year is believed to fulfill the objective of informing domestic and foreign tourists about the historical heritage, art, culture, natural beauty, various ethnic festivals, local products, and the entire region, and to promote tourism by revealing hidden tourist areas, the mayor said. Khatri said.
Deputy Mayor of the municipality, Ramesh Budhathoki, said that the Visit Year will be made successful by informing tourists about not only the sunrise, sunset and mountain views visible from Nagarkot, but also the heritage of wards 1 to 9 here, and by promoting all the tourist destinations here in the country and abroad.
He said that the new tourist destinations of Changunarayan Municipality along with Nagarkot will be identified, protected, developed and tourists coming to Nagarkot will be taken to the tourist areas developed as new destinations in the wards of Changunarayan, taken to the tourist areas of the municipalities bordering Nagarkot, made a leap in the development of the tourist areas here, prepared a long-term plan, and extended the stay of tourists. He informed that the inauguration has been held.
All roads leading to Nagarkot have been upgraded, arrangements have been made to reach Nagarkot easily from all four municipalities, a direct bus from Kathmandu to Nagarkot has been operated, and Nagarkot has been decorated and made dazzling, Deputy Chief Budhathoki mentioned that the Visit Year has also excited tourism entrepreneurs.
Nabarin Lama, Chairman of the Nagarkot Naldum Tourism Development Committee and hotelier, informed that arrangements have been made to provide 10 to 15 percent discount on food and accommodation for tourists coming to Nagarkot for one year.
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