KATHMANDU, March 11 -- Tourism entrepreneurs have alleged that the government's tendency to announce tourism campaigns for gaining popularity without making necessary plans to implement the campaign has failed to increase the number of foreign tourists visiting Nepal.

They maintain that such a tendency of government agencies involved has not helped grow their businesses. The government has so far announced programs such as the 'Brihat Lumbini Project', 'Visit Nepal and Know Nepal', 'First your country, then only abroad', 'Tourism Decade', 'Visit Nepal'. But none of these campaigns was implemented effectively, forcing tourism entrepreneurs to look for alternative businesses.

Pom Narayan Shrestha, chairman of Pokhara Tourism Council (PTC)...