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Annapurna Tourism Festival Inaugurated

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Annapurna Tourism Festival Inaugurated
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October 13: With an aim of promoting trekking in the region, the first phase of Annapurna Century Tourism Festival has started from Wednesday (October 11). The Annapurna Century Tourism Committee is planning to organise the festival in three phases.

The festival was inaugurated by Rabindra Adhikari, chairman of the Parliamentary Development Committee. Adhikari said that tourists are attracted to the Himalayas and the festival organised in the area will contribute to the development of Nepal’s tourism.

In the first phase of the festival, a statue of Maurice Herzog, a French mountaineer who climbed Annapurna for the first time, was laid at the Annapurna Base Camp.

The festival is being organised in association with Annapurna Rural Municipality, Chomrong Tourism Management Sub-Committee and different local organizations. A team had reached Annapurna Base Camp to participate in the festival upon three days’ trekking. The team will return to Pokhara on October 14.

Lalit Gurung, coordinator of the festival’s organizing committee, said that the festival features different cultural programs in the first phase. “Different programs will be conducted in Chomrong, a tourist destination, during December 25 to 30, 2017 in the second phase of the festival,” he added.  

The third phase of the festival will be organised in Ghandruk from June 1 to 3, 2018 where the program will be officially wrapped.

Annapurna is considered one of the best trekking trails in the world. The organizers hope that the festival will help the mountain range to be known all over the world and attract more tourists. 

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