Lack of aircraft hitting Nepal’s tourism
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Lack of aircraft for the national carrier has made Nepal an expensive destination for the tourists, The Himalayan reported.”Though fooding and lodging and other tour packages in the country are considered comparatively cheaper to other destinations, it is the airfare that has made Nepal an expensive destination,” a member of Nepal Tourism Year 2011 working committee, Dhurba Narayan Shrestha, was quoted saying.”Airfare to Nepal is 50% more expensive than the airfare to India,” he said, adding that visitors from European countries are forced to pay extra airfare of US$1,000 to visit Nepal from other foreign airlines whereas, if only we had enough national carriers with direct flights to Europe the airfare would have been around US$700 – $800.In ten years interval, the number of tourist arriving Nepal from Japan and Germany has decreased largely, Shrestha cited the example. “Earlier total Japanese and German tourist arriving Nepal used to be around 45,000 that has been now limited to half due to lack of direct flight. Then, Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation (RNAC)
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