With several tourist attractions on board, Nepal is becoming one of the favourite travel destination for the tourists in the south Asian region. While most of the tourists arrive for holidays, mountaineering and trekking, the culture, heritage, locals festivals have always been a part of every tourists who visits Nepal. In fact there are certain portion of them
The capital of Nepal, Kathmandu has a different environment and vibe unlike of tourists destinations filled with natural beauties and adventures. The city of temples- Kathmandu is rich with local cultures, festivals, temples and heritage sites. It is probably the best place to witness and live the cultural vibe in whole Nepal for the foreign visitors.
Before covid-19, the arrival of international tourists were increasing every year. Kathmandu with all those art and architectures, cultures and festivals were attracting huge portion of tourists. Tourism was slowly aiming towards to peaks. Several tourism plans and ideas were on board but things did change with pandemic and after nearly a year the tourism industry has not recovered yet.
Moving on,
Kathmandu is one of the busiest and crowded places in whole Nepal. From the traffic to the tourists destinations, everything is busy in normal days.
With the only international airport of the nation- TIA, the first entry point for the foreign nationals to Nepal is Kathmandu. So everyone who visits Nepal definitely gets the taste of the capital. However, the city of temples has several attractions and tourists destinations to offer for the visitors, so most of them are always pleased and happy to enjoy their trip in Kathmandu.
On the other hand, there are a few things that we should talk about. Kathmandu might be one of the best places to travel in Nepal.
The heritage sites, art and architectures, temples and monasteries are some of the unique things that you get to see. Kathmandu which is also known as city of temples is filled with houses and buildings in the present days. The development and infrastructure has covered the beauty of these heritage sites, art and architectures.
With the density of the capital getting higher and higher, the settlement areas in Kathmandu are increasing day by day. With the higher number of people living in the places needs higher facilities and services. So while improving the services and infrastructure, the development in the capital is slowly covering the beauty of temples and heritage sites.
The culture and heritage sites seems to be slowly fading in the capital. Cultures, festivals, heritage sites, art and architectures, local settlement areas are the major tourists attractions in Kathmandu and we can not loose it.
Next up is pollution in Kathmandu which is one of the major problem of the capital these days. If you are updated with the news then you might know that Kathmandu is one of the most polluted cities in the world. At certain places you will need face masks to walk around. The pollution has degraded the quality of air as well and the situation seems to be not improving at all which is a huge negative for the place and people as well as the tourism sector.
However, the locals and the concerned authorities seems to have known about the importance of tourism and these attractions now. We can see many local communities working on to improve their local cultural and heritage sites. The concerned authorities are coming up with new ideas and plans along with the renovations of the heritage sites and temples. You will still find temples around the every corners of the local communities in the capital. With Kathmandu becoming on of the favourite travel destination in Nepal, solutions for the above mentioned problems is a NEED!
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