Source::RSS
KATHMANDU
RSS
The government has made public the list of hotels and the price in order to quarantine people returning from abroad from chartered flights. The District Administration Office, Kathmandu, released the list and charge of hotels provided by the Department of Tourism.
The hotels have the capacity to accommodate 3,500 people. The District Crisis Management Centre (DCMC) decided the list of hotels where people could willingly stay in hotel quarantine as per their own arrangement.
As per the decision, the Department of Tourism had provided the list of such hotels and room charges to the District Administration Office. Administrative Officer at the DAO, Kathmandu, Rama Ghimire, shared that the list of charges of hotels from star hotels to normal hotels have now been made public.
Information Officer at the Department, Surendra Thapa, said that the hotels able to follow health-related criteria have been enlisted to be used for quarantine. Hotels in an isolated area having compounds where outsiders cannot enter without authority and people can maintain social distancing have been prioritised, he said.
Hotels in tourist area Thamel, Tahachal, Gaushala, Battisputali, Durbarmarga, Sano Gaucharan, Naksal, Bhaktapur, Lajimpat, Godawari, Kamaladi, Swayambu, Jhamsikhel, Budhanilkantha, Lainchaur, Kamalpokhari and Bagbazaar will be used as quarantine facilities.
The Department has also made public food menus and price list of tourist and star hotels which will be used as quarantine facilities.
Five-star hotel will charge Rs 9,000 per person per day stay and Rs 6,000 each for shared rooms.
Rs 8,000 will be charged for using a four-star hotel and Rs 5,500 per person for sharing the room.
Three-star hotel and deluxe resort will charge a person Rs 6,000 and Rs 5,000 per person for sharing rooms.
Two-star hotel can charge a person Rs 5,000 and Rs 3,500 for sharing rooms.
One-star hotel charges a person Rs 4,000 and Rs 2,500 per person for sharing rooms.
Tourist hotel will charge a person Rs 2,800 and Rs 1,800 per person for sharing rooms.
The government has been rescuing Nepalis stranded in foreign countries due to COVID-19 pandemic through chartered flights. Rescued Nepalis are required to stay in a quarantine facility for at least one week upon arrival from foreign countries.
Till August 19, approximately 52,000 Nepalis stranded in foreign countries have been rescued and brought back to Nepal.
