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Tourism Minister calls for promoting religious tourism

KathmanduPati June 15, 2025

KATHMANDU – Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Badri Prasad Pandey has said that it is essential to promote the country’s religious tourism so as to attract more number of visitors from China and India.

He said that some religious sites in the country serve as the centers of faith for the Chinese and Indians as well. The Minister said this during his address to a five-day programme on ‘Mountainous Buddhist religion and traditions’ organised by the Bouddhanath Area Development Committee here today.

The Minister went on to say that due to our shared religious beliefs, both Buddha and Vedbhumi have become centres of faith for both nations.

In the view of the Minister, the adequate promotion and publicity of the country’s religious and cultural sites in the country will help expand the scope of religious tourism. He added that the government is committed to implementing measures to promote tourism based on religion and culture.