Lumbini tourism operators demand for NAC flights from GBIA

Kathmandu: Lumbini-based tourism entrepreneurs have demanded that there should be regular domestic and international flights of the Nepal Airline Corporation (NAC)  from the Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA) located in Bhairahawa.

The Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA) Lumbini Province called on the Deputy General Manager of the NAC, Janak Raj Kalakheti, at the office in Kathmandu and submitted a memorandum on Sunday to remind of this tourism-related agenda.

The tourism operators memorandum states that since over Rs 60 million has already been invested in various hotels and tourism businesses it is imperative on the side of the government to protect the promote such a huge investment in the tourism sector by regularizing the flights at GBIA.

The demand states that at least NAC lights if regularly operated from the GBIA will safeguard the huge investment done in the tourism sector in Lumbini.