Kathmandu, December 30
A street festival will be organised at Thamel, the main tourism hub of Kathmandu, to welcome 2023.
Thamel Tourism Development Council is organising the street festival on Saturday (December 31) aiming to revive tourism there.
In a press conference organised by the council on Friday, Council Chair Bhabishwor Sharma said the street festival is going to be organised at the main road, in front of the Employee’s Provident Fund Building on the eve of the English New Year for the revival of Thamel’s tourism adversely affected due to COVID-19.
The festival will also see multiple cultural programmes. Over 100,000 people are expected to attend the festival.
Vice-President Nanda Bahadur Pun will be the chief guest of the festival which will start at 5:30 pm and run till 12:30 am, said Vice-Chair Sahadev Dhamala.
