Tourists’ influx in Bandipur

Tanahu, April 13:  On the eve of New Year, 2082BS, Bandipur, the hilltop town of Tanahu district, has witnessed tourists’ influx.

Especially the domestic tourists have thronged the town also known as the ‘Queen of Hill’.

The tourism entrepreneurs have been elated over the surge of tourists at a time when they have also been observing the Bandipur Visit Year, 2025. Chairman of the Bandipur Tourism Development Committee, Kishan Pradhan, informed that the entrepreneurs made higher transaction with the increasing number of tourists.

Nearly 1,000 tourists used to visit the town daily earlier, but it has recorded the arrival double for two days. There is high occupancy in hotels with this, he added.

On the occasion of the New Year, 2082BS, the hotels have provided 15 percent discount to the visitors. “Even a festival of local organic products and cuisines has been organized on this occasion to lure the visitors,” Pradhan said, adding that the tourists used to have brief stop in the town in course of the visit to other cities, but on the New Year eve, they are staying here.

Meanwhile, Dil Kumari Thapa of Bandipur Community Homestay informed that they welcomed more visitors in the wake of the New Year. Many of the domestic tourists prefer homestay to hotel, she shared.

There are total 77 hotels- small and big- associated with Hotel Association and four community homestays in the ancient town.