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Laxman Subedi, President of Hotel Association, Pokhara, said that the figures of tourist arrivals published by the tourism board are not real. Speaking in the first session of the 'Gantavya Gandaki' program organized by Kantipur Media Group in Pokhara, he said that the tourism professionals do not accept the board's data.
Subedi claims that the board has counted the number of non-resident Nepalis who came for a family visit to 11.5 million tourists. Children abroad and non-resident Nepalis who come to visit family and relatives, they They have not given business to hotels, restaurants, travel trekking, etc. We also take it as tourists. They are not tourists.'
According to him, there are more than 700 hotels on the lakeside and dam side in Pokhara, while there are more than 1200 hotels around Pokhara. But the union has only 425 members. He said that because of that, the association could not get the exact data of tourists.
He also stated that 10 percent of hotels in Gandaki province are not in the process of renovation. "Government has said that the hotels that have been running for 30 years will not be renovated if they do not have an environmental impact assessment," he said He also said. "Pokhara Metropolis has called for the documentation of buildings, more than 1400 have applied," he said, "Even though it is said to do documentation by paying three times once, it is said that it will not apply to hotels, restaurants and business establishments, because of that our buildings are regularly Couldn't do it .'
