Air transport is not sufficient and the road infrastructure is also very poor, thus the tourist movement is being affected. The roads from Kathmandu to Chitwan, Chitwan-Butwal, Chitwan-Bhairawa, Chitwan-Pokhara should be good.
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Chitwan-based Sauraha, which has been in the tourism business for about 5 decades, has 160 hotels and more than 60 restaurants. Sauraha is considered to be the first entrance to Nepal's first national park. When the park was established in Sauraha, tourism started and Sauraha became.
After the establishment of the park, hotels and restaurants have opened in Rapti coastal area. The main credit for this goes to 'Tiger Tops'. Now, after Sourah, hotels and resorts are opening from Patihani, Meghauli to Nawalparasi. On the whole, it would not have been possible if there was no Chitwan National Park.
As the international airport and the first gateway, Kathmandu is the first, Pokhara is the second and Chitwan is the third tourist destination as many tourists will visit Everest Base Camp. Now our emphasis is on how to become the first and second destination. We are taking Bharatpur visit year 2024 as overall Chitwan visit year of Bharatpur Metropolitan City.
Tourists who have reached Meghauli will not feel that they have come to Chitwan until they reach Sauraha . Therefore, it is necessary to think about how to develop better service facilities in the infrastructure of Sourah. Municipalities of Chitwan, state, union government and businessmen should work together to take 'destination promotion', destination marketing, Chitwan National Park and safari tourism to the world market.
We have already seen the difference between Tiger Tops inside and outside the park. Safari tourism is on the decline. The government had set a target of bringing in 1.6 million tourists this year. Until the end of September, only 863 thousand tourists have entered. The number of tourists coming to Chitwan is also less than the target as there is a big gap in the government's target.
Air traffic is not enough and the road infrastructure is also very weak, so the tourist movement is being affected . Roads from Kathmandu to Chitwan, Chitwan-Butwal, Chitwan-Bhairawa, Chitwan-Pokhara should be good. It is difficult to promote tourism in Chitwan unless attention is paid to air transport and road infrastructure. Tourism business when When will the earthquake hit the corona? The tourism business is in a 'wait and see' state. However, after the corona epidemic, we experienced a rise to some extent in the previous year . But did not stop .
After the government set a target of 1.6 million tourists in 2024, we also prepared accordingly. But according to the target, tourists did not enter. Businessmen have invested. We are concerned and determined on how to make it better. But in spite of this, what worries us as businessmen is that the interest rate of our bank is high .
The tourism sector really needs loans at low interest rates. Therefore, the government, like in agriculture, the tourism sector Our demand is to give loans at low interest rates. As the interest rate of banks has become expensive, the tourism sector needs loans at low interest rates.
- An edited part of the opinion given by tourism businessman Ghimire in the program 'Chitwan Chintan' organized by Kantipur Media Group.
