Pokhara is to be declared the tourism capital of the country. Pokhara would be declared the tourism capital on March 17 in the presence of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, ‘Prachanda’.

Secretary at the Ministry of Industry, Tourism, Forestry, and Environment of Gandaki Province, Kuman Singh Gurung, shared that the announcement program would be organized by the Gandaki Province government and Pokhara metropolitan city. A rally with different cultural processions would be taken out of Basundhara Park before the announcement.

The announcement program would be organized at the bank of Fewa Lake, Barahighat, according to the organizer. Pokhara would be officially declared the tourism capital by unveiling the tourism capital marker, he added. A main ceremony committee has been formed under the coordination of the mayor of Pokhara metropolitan city to make the declaration ceremony grand.

The chief secretary of Gandaki Province, all secretaries, chairpersons of Rupa, Madi, Machhapuchchhre, Annapurna rural municipalities of Kaski, Phedikhola of Syangja, Suklagandaki of Tanahu, Kushma, and Modi rural municipalities of Parbat, and tourism-related organizations are in the committee.