KATHMANDU, Aug. 14 -- Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai has directed authorities to develop Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), Nepal's only international airport, as a boutique airport and inaugurate it at the beginning of Visit Nepal Year (VNY) 2020.

After a monitoring visit to TIA, the newly appointed tourism minister said that the services and facilities at the airport should be enhanced to build the image of the airport by developing infrastructure and bringing modification to the existing management to make VNY 2020 campaign successful.

The government is planning to declare the sole international airport of Nepal a boutique airport within this year. The minister has directed the TIA to beautify a...