{"id":415769,"date":"2025-08-29T13:06:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T07:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=415769"},"modified":"2025-08-29T13:12:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T07:27:50","slug":"call-to-invest-in-sudur-paschims-tourism-potential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2025\/08\/29\/415769.html","title":{"rendered":"Call to invest in Sudur Paschim\u2019s tourism potential"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-415770 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/f33e76b0-74d6-4fb8-a935-38f100a0b448-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/f33e76b0-74d6-4fb8-a935-38f100a0b448-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/f33e76b0-74d6-4fb8-a935-38f100a0b448-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/f33e76b0-74d6-4fb8-a935-38f100a0b448-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/f33e76b0-74d6-4fb8-a935-38f100a0b448-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/f33e76b0-74d6-4fb8-a935-38f100a0b448.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\"><strong>August 29, Kathmandu:<\/strong> The Far-Western region (Sudur Paschim), dubbed an &#8216; unexplored avenue&#8217; for tourism, has been pitched for investment ahead of the Far-West Investment and Development Summit. During a tourism-focused discussion organised by the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, the Sudur Paschim government, and Nepal Tourism Board, Minister Badri Prasad Pandey urged investors to develop the region\u2019s tourism infrastructure. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">He highlighted its blend of nature, culture, and adventure, stating, \u201cWe invite investors to explore and invest in Far-West\u2019s tourism potential through this summit.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">Minister Pandey emphasised creating an investment-friendly environment by resolving legal hurdles and engaging the private sector, noting that a Nepal Tourism Board office will be established in the region this year with allocated funds. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">Surdhur Paschim Chief Minister Kamal Bahadur Shah echoed the call, assuring legal and investment security to attract national and international investors. The summit is scheduled for November 17-18 in Dhangadhi.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1x3r274 r-p1pxzi\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">The interaction, held Friday morning at the ministry, featured presentations on the region\u2019s opportunities, with participation from tourism leaders like Nepal Hotel Association\u2019s Binayak Shah and Nepal Tourism Board\u2019s Deepak Raj Joshi. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1x3r274 r-p1pxzi\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">They expressed readiness to invest, urging the government to identify priority areas. Recent government moves include free mountain climbing in Far-West and Karnali for two years, alongside upgrades to Dhangadhi and Kanchanpur airports.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 29, Kathmandu: The Far-Western region (Sudur Paschim), dubbed an &#8216; unexplored avenue&#8217; for tourism, has been pitched for investment ahead of the Far-West Investment and Development Summit. During a tourism-focused discussion organised by the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, the Sudur Paschim government, and Nepal Tourism Board, Minister Badri Prasad Pandey urged &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":415770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,8,3,4,5,2],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-415769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administration","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-news","category-top-stories","category-top-stories-main"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415769"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":415771,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415769\/revisions\/415771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415769"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=415769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}