MUSTANG: Minister for Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation, Khadak Raj Paudel, has stated that the government aims to develop the Korala road under the Kaligandaki Corridor as a “tourist highway.”

During a discussion on the development and promotion of Mustang’s tourism sector organized by the District Administration Office on Sunday, he shared the government’s plan to quickly upgrade the road from Bhairahawa in the south to Korala in the north under the Kaligandaki Corridor to establish it as a tourist highway.

Emphasizing that the tourism sector is the fundamental basis for economic prosperity, he said the Korala highway would be established as a tourist highway.

He also informed that the government has placed the Mustang–Dolpa road on high priority.

Minister Paudel noted that the issue of tourists falling ill due to altitude sickness in the Muktinath area is becoming severe. To address this, he suggested that relevant authorities implement a tourist “time card” system.

During the interaction, representatives and entrepreneurs from various local tourism associations drew Minister Paudel’s attention to the potential and challenges within the tourism sector.