KATHMANDU: Prime Minister and CPN (UML) Chairperson KP Sharma Oli has urged effective publicity to attract more foreign tourists to Nepal.
He stressed that organizations like the Nepal Tourism Board and the Department of Tourism should aggressively publicize Nepal’s attractive and scenic tourist destinations in a modern (digital) style.
Speaking at a national seminar on ‘Tourism in Nepal: Status, Challenges and Prospects’ organized by the party’s Central Department of Tourism and Civil Aviation here today, he said, “We should be able to tell the world that it is not enough to just earn a lot of money, we should live a real life. We should see what the real mountains are like.” We should be able to tell the world that we can experience real happiness by watching rhinos riding an elephant, so let’s visit Nepal.
He stressed that the government has prioritized the development of tourism infrastructure, while calling on the stakeholders to pay attention to creating a tourism-friendly environment. There should be no fear in making digital content and promoting the things mentioned in scriptures such as Lord Ram was born in Nepal and Sita died in this land, he said, “Why can’t we say that Nepal is the sacred birthplace of Ram?”, Prime Minister Oli said, “Vishwamitra taught Valmiki in our Chatara village. Ram and Lakshmana left the Ashwamegh horse on this land. Dasharatha is from here. I did not say these things they are mentioned in the scriptures. There should be no reference to politics in promoting such topics.”
Stating that he could not understand why Nepal, which has knowledge, fertile land, learned ancestors, and hardworking people, should not be developed, Prime Minister Oli expressed the view that the citizens of a country known as a working nation in the world should trust in their own might and work to build the country without relying on external aid.
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