Tourism setback from protests: Peace first, promotion later, say hoteliers

POKHARA, Sept 18: The Gen-Z protests affected the tourism sector just at the start of the tourist season. With the protests came vandalism and arson in tourism infrastructure, causing significant physical and financial losses to the sector. Not only that, foreign tourists already in Nepal shortened their stays and hurriedly returned home due to the fear of the protests, adding further losses to tourism. Those planning to come have also started canceling their bookings.