Bhaktapur, July 16
More than 300 people have joined a bicycle tour held in Bhaktapur with objective of making the tourist area of Bhaktapur known to the world.
'Bhaktapur Kora cycling tour 2022' started this morning as part of the cycling challenge travel program under the initiative of Cycle Connect Bhaktapur with the main slogan 'Walk and paddle friendly city'.
President of Cycle Connect Bhaktapur Sunil Bala shared that the journey has started from Bhaktapur Darbar Square in three routes of 50, 75 and 100 km to connect the tourist and heritage sites of Bhaktapur, Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Kavrepalanchok.
One of the goals of the event is also to establish a fund of six hundred thousand rupees to increase the arrival of tourists and to support the family of cyclist Yamalal Rasai, who died of Corona, according to Bala.
Program coordinator Sunil Khyaju said that the three routes have been selected to observe the attractive tourist spots in Bhaktapur's four municipalities, from cities to rural area.
One of the participants of the cycle tour and owner of Hotel Highland Resort in Ranikot Ramsundar Banke said that domestic and foreign tourists could be attracted by promoting cycling.
