Nepal, July 28 -- Bishwa Adhikari, from Astam in Machhapuchhre Rural Municipality-6, Kaski, used to be a trekking guide. He tried everything to establish himself in the tourism sector - guiding foreign tourists through the hills, opening a trekking shop and even starting a trekking company. When that wasn't enough, he rented and operated a hotel.
But none of those efforts took him forward; instead, he faced setbacks. He kept coming up with new ideas to succeed in tourism, but nothing worked. On top of that, the COVID-19 pandemic added further pressure to his business.
While Bishwa was trying to build his career in Pokhara's tourism hub, Lakeside, his father, Shivalal Adhikari, had already started thinking about how to use their ancestral ...