CHITWAN, Jan 24: The Bharatpur Metropolitan City (BMC) is going to launch Bharatpur Visit Year on March 1.
A meeting of the executive of the metropolis decided to launch the tourism promotion campaign in presence of the Prime Minister, former prime ministers, ministers, dignitaries and over 50,000 general public.
The metropolis had decided to observe the visit year towards the beginning of January but citing the lack of preparation, the inaugural got deferred to March 1, according to the metropolis.
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Dr Bishwa Subedi, tourism advisor to the metropolis, said the inaugural would see the presence of persons involved in the tourism sector at the federal, provincial and local levels. To ensure local residents' attendance in the inaugural, the ward chairpersons of all 29 wards in the metropolis would be assigned the responsibility for the same.
Rallies and cultural processions involving elephants will be staged from every ward of the metropolis that will eventually assemble at the Narayani River side.
There are seven major tourist destinations in Bharatpur and 21 additional ones publicized for the Bharatpur Visit Year. A 2,024-member Main Organizing Committee has been formed, coordinated by Mayor Renu Dahal to make the Bharatpur Visit Year a success.
The campaign is estimated to cost Rs 60 million. Over 200,000 external and 500,000 domestic tourists are expected to visit Chitwan district during the Bharatpur Visit Year.
On the eve of the inaugural, local artists will perform in a cultural program to be organized on the Narayani river bank.
