{"id":6988,"date":"2019-12-30T07:57:43","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T07:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=6988"},"modified":"2019-12-30T07:57:44","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T07:57:44","slug":"nepal-bans-vehicles-with-indian-number-plates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/nepal-bans-vehicles-with-indian-number-plates\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepal Bans vehicles with Indian number plates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nepal has banned vehicles with Indian number plates from\nplying in the tourist hub of Pokhara ahead of the new year, a move that has\nsparked an uproar among tourism entrepreneurs. Nepal aims to attract two\nmillion tourists, mostly Indians, by 2020 and Pokhara is one of the most\nvisited tourist destinations in the country on Christmas and the new year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision to ban Indian vehicles was taken by Pokhara\nTourism Council in consultation with the district administration of Kaski to\nease traffic congestion during celebrations. Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has\nchalked out an ambitious plan seeking to increase the number of Indian tourists\nvisiting the Himalayan country by up to 25 per cent in 2019. In 2018, around\n2,00,000 tourists from India visited Nepal by air. Nepal does not have a system\nto count the number of tourists coming by road from India. NTB launched &#8216;Visit\nNepal Year 2020&#8217; campaign in June to achieve two million arrivals from across\nthe world by 2020 and a daily spend of over USD 75.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nepal has banned vehicles with Indian number plates from plying in the tourist hub of Pokhara ahead of the new year, a move that has sparked an uproar among tourism entrepreneurs. 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