Nepal Bicycle Tour to revive COVID affected tourism

The tourism agencies in the country have joined hands to revive the tourism affected by the pandemic by organizing the ‘Nepal Bicycle Tour’.

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KATHMANDU

The Trekking Agencies Association of Nepal (TAAN), Nepal Association of Tours and Travel Agents (NATTA) and Nepal Mountaineering Association (NAM) have organized the tourism promotion event in the promotion of the government’s tourism body-the Nepal Tourism Board.

The Nepal Bicycle Tour group started their cycling from Board’s office at Bhrikutimandap in Kathmandu. Board’s CEO Dr. Dhananjaya Regmi saw off the cyclists today who will be cycling from the Mahendranagar in the western part of the country to Pashupatinagar in the east. 

Renowned cyclist and Everest summiteer Pushkar Shah will be coordinating the bicycle tour. The team will cycle through Thakurdwara, Nepalgunj, Birendranagar, Ghorahi, Swargadwari, Tauhihawa, Bhairahawa, Butwal, Tansen, Pokhara, Narayanghat, Hetauda, Birgunj, Lalbandi, Janakpur, Gaighat, Dharan, Biratnagar and Kakadvitta covering as many as 1,624 kilometers during their three-week-long sojourn. 

Board member Deepak Mahat said that this bicycle tour would help breathe a new life into the COVID-19-affected tourism industry and promote the message of the Board throughout the country as the cyclist pedal through the length of the country. The tour will reach up to Pashupatinagar in Ilam. The team will return to Kathmandu after three weeks.

The cyclists' team comprises Rajendra Sapkota, Shankar Adhikari, Mukti Pandey and Subhash KC among others.

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