While the arrival of Chinese tourists is growing in Nepal, a number of Chinese nationals have acquired more than a dozen of sick star-rated hotels in Kathmandu under lease, rent or management contract.
Confirming the news, Prakash Shrestha, the president of Hotel Association of Nepal, said the Association is studying the impact of Chinese entry in the country’s hotel business.
Among the hotels in the Chinese hands is Hotel Nepa International which is now named Hotel Beijing. The other hotels are Hotel Centre Point, Hotel New Gajur, Hotel Manang, Hotel Siddhartha, Hotel Pyramid, Hotel ‘Lai Lai, Hotel Star, Hotel Marshyangdi Mandala and Hotel Guangzhou.
Meanwhile, some Chinese nationals are reported to be trying to acquire hotels also in Pokhara and Lumbini.
In the year 2007 till July end, 7,342 Chinese tourists arrived in Nepal recording a 120 percent growth as compared to the same period previous year. Three years ago, the Chinese government had included Nepal in the list of favoured destinations for the Chinese nationals to go as tourists. Since last year, China Southern Airlines started flying to Nepal and now the Nepal government is reported to be preparing to revise the air traffic agreement with China.
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