Hotel entrepreneurs in Pokhara have expressed grave concern over the woes faced by tourists in the course of the indefinite bandh called by the Unified CPN (Maoist) and urged concerned agencies to create an environment for tourists to move around freely and reach their destinations.
Issuing a press statement Tuesday, Western Regional Hotel Association, Pokhara said, tourists who have come to Pokhara are not only stranded, but also unable move around and eat.
Association chairman Govind Raj Pahadi and general secretary Bishnu Hari Adhikari has urged concerned agencies to create an environment to allow the tourists to move freely and return home and let the restaurants that cater them open.
Saying the bandhs would have an adverse impact on the Nepal Tourism Year 2011, they have also urged to make the tourism sector bandh free.Meanwhile, about 400 Indian tourists stranded in Pokhara were evacuated Tuesday by the help of police escorting.
They were taken to the Indian border town Sunauli in 10 buses and a Tata Safari escorted by police.
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