KATHMANDU, July 28 -- Tourism entrepreneurs have demanded 5,000 doses of vaccines for tourism workers and business people.

A team headed by Pokhara Tourism Council Chairman Gopi Bahadur Bhattarai on Tuesday called on Gandaki Province Finance Minister Ramjee Prasad Baral demanded immediate arrangement of vaccination to bail out the coronavirus-battered tourism economy.

On the occasion, Council Chairman Bhattarai said 5,000 doses are required to administer vaccines to the workers and entrepreneurs of hotels and restaurants in the first phase. "Though it requires 20,000 doses for entire tourism entrepreneurs in Pokhara, we have merely demanded 5,000 vaccines to address the immediate need", he said.

The delegation also called for reschedul...