Birgunj, April 7
The arrival of domestic and foreign tourists has increased in Parsa National Park, officials said.
Information Officer of the National Park, Santosh Bhagat said the number of Indian and domestic tourists has increased compared to the past.
In the first eight months of the current fiscal year, the Parsa National Park witnessed the arrival of 613 tourists. During the same period in the last fiscal year, only 140 visitors reached the Parsa National Park.
To ensure good hospitality services to the tourists there, a community homestay is run in the Sunakhari buffer zone area of the national park. The homestay has offered local cuisines and delicacies to the tourists arriving at Parsa National Park.
Besides endangered wildlife, the national park boasts religious and natural heritages including Kaminidaha (lake), Halkhoriyadaha and Laukidaha. Religious sites Mayamandir and Dugdheshwor Mahadev Mandir are also in the national park.
