Around 17 per cent of the hotels in Nepal have completely shut down their businesses, whereas more than one million people in the tourism business lost their jobs due to Covid-19 pandemic, according to a tourism entrepreneurs.
Tourism entrepreneurs -- during a meeting with the Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI) - today also claimed that many countries have still kept Nepal in the negative list in view of the Covid-19 infections, which have adversely affected the inflow of tourists.
The entrepreneurs also urged the government to give momentum to the vaccination drive across the country to disseminate the message that Nepal is a safe destination in terms of Covid-19.
They also called for provision of collateral free loans and easy access for the refinance facilities to revive the pandemic-hit tourism industry.
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