On 08th June 2022, Nepal Tourism Board organized a program at Chandragiri Municipality observed by UN Assistant Secretary General and Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, Ms. Kanni Wignaraja to observe 15 km long foot and cycling trail. The program had the presence of representatives of UNDP Nepal, Local Government representatives and implementing partners.
Under the Sustainable Tourism for Livelihood Recovery Project – STLRP, a project of UNDP and Nepal Tourism Board, NATTA had provided short-term employment to more than 320 tourism workers with 3125 man-days. With the view to developing new tourism products, NATTA had also mobilized more than 100 tourism workers with 1090 man-days for the construction of this cycling trail.
Speaking on the occasion NATTA Secretary Ms. Yubika Bhandari spoke about the positive impact of the STLRP project for providing short-term employment to tourism workers during the hard times of the pandemic and gave highlights of the work on all the 11 sites that NATTA had undertaken. How and why NATTA choose these sites and how were the beneficiaries collected and mobilized. Along with Ms. Bhandari, 6 of the tourism workers who had worked for this cycling trail from NATTA were also present.