Nawalpur (Nawalparasi), Dec 19:
Over Rs 100 million of revenue has been collected from 72,000 tourists visiting
Chitwan National Park. A total of 72,461 people visited the park from mid-July
to mid-December in the current fiscal year.
According to CNP’s Information
Officer and Conservation Officer Avinash Thapa Magar, the foreigners surpassed
the domestic tourists in terms of visiting the park. The number of foreign
tourists visiting the CNP during the reporting period was 33,730 while domestic
tourists according to the record were 32,880.
According to him, 5,851 tourists
from South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries visited
the park during the period.
He further shared that revenue
worth Rs 106.71 million was collected from domestic and foreign tourists
visiting the park in the last five months.
Meanwhile, during this period, the
park has released 41 gharial crocodiles reared at Gharial Breeding Center
Kasara in the natural habitat. According to Officer Magar, 40 female and one
male were released into the Rapti River in three different times.
According to him, the park has been
holding meetings and preparing action plan in collaboration with the locals for
wildlife protection and poaching prevention.
Stating that the number of rhinos
has increased in the western part of the park, he said preparations have been
put in place to relocate them to the eastern region.
The relocation, he argued, is
necessary for the conservation of rhinos in view of threats posed by flooding
in the Narayani River.
Also present in the interaction as
part of the preparation for internal relocation of rhinos were senior ecologist
at the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Haribhadra
Acharya, Chitwan National Park Office Senior Conservation Officer Dr Ganesh
Panta, battalion commander of the new Gorakh Battalion, Divisional Forest
Officer, Chairs of the Buffer Zone Users Committees, tourism committee
officials as well as businesspersons and representatives of the local level.(RSS)
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