GANDAKI: Finance Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat today said the country's economy has been on a positive track. Despite going through difficulties during the 2015 earthquake and subsequent Covid 19, the situation of the country is not disappointing, he said while inaugurating the 23rd annual general meeting of the Pokhara Tourism Council (PTC) in Pokhara.
Negativity only decreases confidence, and there is no need to be disappointed about the country's economy as revenue collection, a key performance indicator, has been good as compared to the previous fiscal year, he stressed.
Stating that the government was active in resolving problems in the economic sector, Minister Mahat said capital expenditure will take place effectively.
He mentioned that tourism has been taken as an important base for prosperity and stressed the need for making Pokhara as a transit of tourism, which he said would increase tourism activities.
Similarly, Minister for Industry, Tourism, Forest and Environment of Gandaki Province, Dipendra Bahadur Thapa said the provincial and federal governments had focused on the operation of international flights from the Pokhara International Airport.
PTC President Pom Narayan Shrestha said Indian tourists were facing problems in the exchange of Indian bank notes of 500, thus affecting their inflow. Drawing the attention of the concerned authority to non-operation of international flights from the Pokhara International Airport, he said the delay in the construction of the Pokhara-Muglin road has had direct implication on Pokhara's tourism.
On the occasion, various people and institutions that have contributed to the activities of the PTC were honoured.
