Dhangadhi, Jan. 8 -- The Sudurpaschim Provincial Government allocated Rs 440 million to promote tourism. But six months into the fiscal year and Visit Nepal year ongoing, tourism entrepreneurs say the budget is being spent on ambitious, poorly prepared projects of little strategic footing.

The government has planned to construct a corridor to Badimali Temple, along with three other corridors. Of which, three corridors would link Sudurpaschim to Kailash Mansarovar, according to Kishore Aryal, chief of the implementation unit of the tourism development programme. Aryal said that a total of Rs130million has been allocated to those corridors which would link Kanchanpur, Dhangadhi, Baitadi, Dadheldhura and Bajhang to Mansarovar. According to ...