DHILIKHEL: A food festival will be organized every week during the Visit Nepal Year 2020 in Dhulikhel.

The Dhulikhel municipality will host the food festival for three days every week during the year.

Along with the food festival, local art and craft, as well as culture, will be showcased during the event to be hosted by the municipality at Old Bus Park.

The event is being planned to attract tourists and also to increase the duration of their stay, said Mayor Ashok Byanju. Efforts will also be made to publicize and promote the art and culture of Dhulikhel.

Mayor Byanju said that the municipality is also constructing parks in all the 12 wards of the municipality and 10 new parks in Dhulikhel area, along the BP Highway.

“We will be organizing events and programs targeting domestic and foreign tourists,” he said.

He also appealed to all the local industrialists, private sector, non-government organizations and the locals to contribute to the success of the VNY 2020.