CHITWAN, Jan. 24 -- The Bharatpur Metropolitan City (BMC) is going to launch Bharatpur Visit Year on March 1.

A meeting of the executive of the metropolis decided to launch the tourism promotion campaign in presence of the Prime Minister, former prime ministers, ministers, dignitaries and over 50,000 general public.

The metropolis had decided to observe the visit year towards the beginning of January but citing the lack of preparation, the inaugural got deferred to March 1, according to the metropolis.

Dr Bishwa Subedi, tourism advisor to the metropolis, said the inaugural would see the presence of persons involved in the tourism sector at the federal, provincial and local levels. To ensure local residents' attendance in the inaugural,...