Pokhara, January 1: A large number of domestic and international tourists have thronged the tourist city of Pokhara to mark the New Year, 2020. Likewise, hoteliers and the entrepreneurs have upped their preparations in a grand manner to welcome more tourists at Lakeside and other areas of the city.
Last midnight, a number of cultural and merrymaking events were organized on the streets in Lakeside.
Likewise, the Restaurant and Bar Association of Nepal (REBAN) has organized the 21st edition of the street festival like in the previous years, which has lured more visitors in the city.
Lots of cultural activities and performances were organized to exchange New Year greetings on the street near Phewa Lake. Four different stages were made for the cultural shows in the site. Some 3.5 kilometres area of Lakeside and Baidam is decorated like a bride.
The organizers of the street festival said that over 100 restaurants have offered their services to the visitors on the street festival and the visitors can enjoy the traditional Nepali cultural shows, even of rare ones, international cuisines and documentaries as well.
Similarly, in Bhadrapur, Visit Nepal Year, 2020 has been inaugurated today morning by welcoming and honouring five foreign tourists who entered the country through Kakadvitta, an eastern transit with India in Jhapa district.
The tourists named Indian nationals Priyanka Mallik, Pinki Majumadar, Mamuni Mallik and Sweta Khadka were welcomed and honoured amid a programme organised by the Mechinagar Tourism Committee. They were offered Nepali Dhaka Topis (caps) and Rudraksha garlands.
The event was attended by lawmaker for the Federal Parliament, Ram Karki, also event chief guest, members of the State Assembly, Shree Prasad Mainali and Gopal Budhathoki and Mechinagar municipality mayor Bimal Acharya. On the occasion, banners informing of Nepal's tourist destinations were hung on vehicles heading towards various cities of India. The transit was decked with Nepal's national flag, while a tableau comprising cultural dances of various local communities was organised.
Electronic visual displays and hoarding boards informing of the Visit Nepal Year have also been put up at various corner of the area.
Various cultural programmes would be organised throughout the day today, said the municipality deputy mayor Mina Upreti, also coordinator of the town tourism development committee.