Gandaki: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Narayan Kaji Shrestha expressed the government’s commitment to develop Nepal as a tourism hub.
Speaking at a dinner reception hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Nepal Tourism Board, Shrestha said that a target has been set to attract 1.6 million tourists next year. “The government was working to identify and promote new tourism destinations.”
“The government is planning to develop a tourism circuit along with the identification of new destinations and trekking routes”, the DPM noted.
The dinner was organized at the Gandaki province office to welcome the ambassadors and representatives of diplomatic missions of different countries on the occasion of the 74th Annapurna Day in Pokhara on Sunday.
He urged the ambassadors and representatives of diplomatic missions to promote Nepal’s tourism in their communities and country.
DPM Shrestha added that Nepali people are known all over the world in terms of spiritual culture. “Tourists from all over the world come to Nepal to see many natural and cultural heritages, including Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha, and Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak. Pokhara, the tourism capital, is also being developed as an important destination for adventure tourism activities.”
On the occasion of Annapurna Day, ambassadors of various countries and representatives of diplomatic missions marched from Dhampus to Astam in Kaski.
The trekking expedition was organized in memory of summiting the mountain for the first time in the world.
On June 3, 1950, French climbers Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachnal scaled the 8,041-metre-high Annapurna mountain for the first time.
Annapurna Day is celebrated every year in memory of this day. The 74th Annapurna Day is being celebrated in the tourism capital today by organizing several activities.
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