Non-Resident
Nepalis (NRNs) are planning to establish a five-star deluxe hotel in
association with an international chain in the country.
The newly
elected president of the Non-Resident Nepali Association Shesh Ghale today announced
in Kathmandu that the hotel will be established through a collective investment
of the NRNs. He said that they would start looking for the location soon. Kathmandu, Lumbini and Pokhara are some of the locations for the proposed five-star hotel.
At a time,
when the NRNs are blamed for their tall talks of investment but no action,
Ghale said that they will carry out a feasibility study. "We will,
then call for a collective investment from the NRNs," he said, adding that
many of the international hotel chains have shown interest in establishing hotel
in Nepal.
Ghale – who has
also been constructing a five-start hotel in association with an international chain
Sheraton in Kathmandu – also claimed that the international hotel chain
will bring a slew of opportunities for Nepalis. "A hotel of 200 beds can
provide employment to over 400 Nepalis, apart from getting an opportunity to get
global exposure," he added.
The NRNs
have been trying to set up a collective investment fund to help not only creat
employment in the country but also develop infrastructure. "NRNs are also planning
to promote entrepreneurship," he added.
The collective investment in hydropower through
NRN Investment Ltd will continue, he informed. "We are also mulling over
the investment in commercial agriculture and infrastructure."
The meeting of the NRNA International Coordination Committee on
Friday also decided to establish a relief fund to help Nepali migrant workers.
The NRNs will also continue to lobby in bringing foreign direct
investment (FDI) in the country, Ghale added.
With the legal recognition of NRNA for the first time in last one
decade, the Nepali diaspora has also planned to construct their own office building
soon. The NRNA was
registered at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs last week on October 20.
The newly elected committee
earlier in the afternoon has also held discussion with the Federation of
Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry executive members at the FNCCI
headquarters..
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