KATHMANDU
RSS
Nepal is to be presented as the 'theme country' in the International three-day Himalayan Tourism and Cultural Fair that is going to kick-start in Ganzi Prefecture of Sichuan Province of China on Wednesday.
The entire cost of the event will be covered by host country China.
Nepal handicrafts, Lumbini, and Pokhara would be promoted through 30 stalls at the fair. On the sidelines of the fair, a workshop on Nepal-China small and medium enterprises promotion is also scheduled to be organized.
Committee's chairman Dhruba Poudel said that the government of the Ganzi Prefecture has vowed to ensure top priority for Nepal at the exhibition and a memorandum of understanding will be signed to this effect.
The fair is expected to support Nepal's tourism and handicraft industry which is badly affected by the Covid-19 outbreak.
China's Sichuan province good air connectivity with Nepal with Air China, Tibet Air and Sichuan Air have regular flights from Chengdu to Kathmandu.
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