Tourism boom in tri-city area in central Tarai loses steam after Covid-19

The anticipated resurgence has been excruciatingly slow with tourist arrivals still 80 percent below 2019 levels.

Butwal, Bhairahawa and Lumbini were on the way to becoming Nepal's second largest cities after Kathmandu with the way the hospitality industry was flourishing in this tri-city area in the central Tarai.