February 11: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Sudan Kirati, has said that the government has formed a committee to study the prospects of operating new international airports on public private partnership model.    
Speaking at a programme organised at Baleka Municipality on Saturday, Minister Kirati pointed out the need of bringing new international airports into operation to fulfill the target of welcoming 3.5 million foreign tourists in 10 years. He added that the study committee was formed for the same purpose.    
Sharing that the government fulfilled the target of bringing in one million foreign tourists in 2023, he underscored the need of some changes in tourism act for the development of tourism sector of the country.    
The Tourism Minister mentioned that a draft of tourism policy has already been sent to Finance Ministry. -- RSS