DAMAULI: A street food festival is going to be organized at Bandipur of Tanahun on the occasion of Nepali New Year.

Bandipur Tourism Development Committee Regional Hotel Entrepreneurs Association, Bandipur, and Tanahun Chamber of Commerce and Industry are jointly organizing the street food festival.

The three-day event would begin on April 13, said Chairperson of the Bandipur Tourism Development Committee, Kisan Pradhan.

He further said that the street festival is going to be organized with an objective of bringing in more tourists at Bandipur welcoming the Nepali New Year.

Pradhan shared, “Programs were not conducted in new year for the past few years due to COVID-19. Now, we are organizing the street food festival along with musical program in this New Year as infection rate of COVID-19 has now declined. We have believed that this program would attract tourists at Bandipur.”

There are 77 hotels associated with Hotel Association are in operation at Bandipur. Hotels–Green Park, Hotel Durbar, Himalaya Fewa, Gamghar, Bandipur Mountain Resort, Bandipur Palace, and Magar Village – are in operation at Bandipur.