Kathmandu, Dec. 14 -- A Belt and Road Initiative lobby in Nepal has urged the government to invest in cross-border road connectivity to boost Chinese tourist arrivals to Nepal.

The proposed Kerung-Kathmandu railway is a distant dream that may be realised in a few decades, but for the near future, road connectivity is essential, a Nepali and Chinese think tank said on Friday.

They said that Nepal-China road connectivity would not only ensure improved Chinese tourist inflow for a certain year, but could be a sustainable way to bring visitors from the northern neighbour.

China remains the world's biggest outbound tourism market with Chinese travellers making nearly 150 million foreign trips in 2018, according to a report by the China Tour...