Kathmandu, October 01: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has noted the need for both the state and private sector to lay emphasis on the promotion of hotel entrepreneurship – a main source of the government revenue.
Inaugurating the golden jubilee of the Hotel Association Nepal (HAN) here on Friday, President Bhandari sadi the hotel enterprises—the largest foreign currency drawer after remittance – have significantly contributed to the economic prosperity of the country.
The President noted that the country would reap much benefit if Nepal created an environment to welcome scores of tourists throughout the year while taking advantage of Nepal being the main destination of international tourists.
Expressing grief over non-progress in the reconstruction and construction of priceless cultural heritage devastated by the earthquake, she stressed the need of collaboration between the government and private sector for the reconstruction of such heritages.
On the occasion, Industry Minister Nabindra Raj Joshi said the government is effortful to enable investment-friendly environment in the country and suggested the political parties to come up with unison to prosper the country and make the people empowered.
HAN Chairperson BK Shrestha said that the hotel enterprises who have come across five decades of its operation have contributed largely to increase revenue and employment opportunities in the country.
He added that the domestic and international investment has increased in this sector of late.
As many as 1,200 mega hotels and resorts are in association with the HAN. There are 36,000 rooms with international standards in Nepal. Construction of physical infrastructure is underway to furnish 4000 rooms up to the mark. RSS
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