The Visit Nepal 2020 campaign makes little sense until the government puts necessary infrastructure in proper order, tourism experts says.
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Kathmandu Metropolitan City has announced a week-long campaign to supplement Visit Nepal 2020, but tourists are more concerned about basic amenities.
As the government on Wednesday inaugurated the Visit Nepal 2020, Kathmandu Metropolitan City announced its own efforts to support the national tourism campaign. The city has allocated Rs 2 million for a week-long campaign of cultural shows, concerts and food festivals, according to Ishwor Man Dangol, spokesperson for metropolis.
We are doing the campaign to inform people and bring more tourists to the country,” said Dangol. “This is an awareness programme.”
Locals, however, questioned the rationale behind conducting tourism awareness programmes in the city, instead of abroad, while tourists were more concerned about basic urban amenities—public toilets, garbage cans and proper public transport.
“Nepal is really beautiful but I have an unpleasant experience every time I visit toilets,” said Namke Letder, a visitor from the Netherlands. “They are not clean and there is no water.”
Public toilets are few and far between, even in major tourist destinations like the World Heritage Sites. Kathmandu Durbar Square has two tourist lavatories, there is one in Patan Durbar Square and one in Swayambhu but not a single toilet for tourists in Pashupati.
Letder, who came to Kathmandu a week ago with her friends, also pointed out the amount of litter on the streets.
“It’s hard to find a dustbin to dispose of garbage,” Letder told the Post in Swayambhu. “People just throw garbage on the roads.”.
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