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October 5: Chitwan’s Sauraha, the third-largest tourist destination in the country, is wearing a deserted look. Even though the tourism season has started, tourists are not coming, leaving business owners disappointed. The tourism season has set in, but hotel bookings are not made, rendering tourism entrepreneurs disappointed.
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Ghimire attributes the lack of domestic tourists to the economic downturn in the country. "Firstly, the country is in an economic crisis, and secondly, air travel has become expensive, and the roads are in sorry state," he explains.
Ghimire also mentions that the tourists who have come to Nepal are more interested in trekking, and there is an expectation that they might come to Sauraha from the next month.
Sauraha is globally recognized. It has its own brand. But, the young generation of tourism entrepreneurs lack the zeal and creativity to introduce new products to attract the tourists to Sauraha. “We have not been able to introduce new products like our predecessors,” said Deepak Bhattarai, the erstwhile president of the association.
Sauraha is known for jungle safaris worldwide. However, most tourists coming here are not interested in jungle safaris these days. Safety challenges in the jungle, issue of animal rights, and other factors have caused a decrease in tourists interested in activities like elephant safaris and jungle walking.
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'access_type' => null,
'activated' => true,
'sortorder' => null,
'published' => null,
'created' => '2022-12-08 15:31:54',
'last_login' => '2024-08-13 15:00:05',
'ip' => '172.68.250.137'
),
'ArticleComment' => array(),
'ArticleFeature' => array(),
'ArticleHasAuthor' => array(),
'ArticleHasTag' => array(),
'ArticleView' => array(
(int) 0 => array(
'article_id' => '19175',
'hit' => '505'
)
),
'Slider' => array()
)
$current_user = null
$logged_in = false
$xml = false
simplexml_load_file - [internal], line ??
include - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 133
View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971
View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933
View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224
View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418
include - APP/View/Articles/view.ctp, line 391
View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971
View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933
View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473
Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968
Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200
Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167
[main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117