-Ashok Ghimire
Kathmandu, August 21 : The government has made public a list of hotels with their price rates in order to quarantine the people returning from abroad via chartered flights. The District Administration Office, Kathmandu, released this list provided by the Department of Tourism.
According to the Department, the enlisted hotels, which follow the set safety criteria vis-a-vis the COVID-19, can together accommodate 3,500 people.
They are located in various places of the Kathmandu Valley like Thamel, Tahachal, Gaushala, Battisputali, Durbarmarga, Sano Gaucharan, Naksal, Bhaktapur, Lajimpat, Godawari, Kamaladi, Swayambu, Jhamsikhel, Budhanilkantha, Lainchaur, Kamalpokhari and Bagbazaar.
The hotels ranging from tourist-standard to five-star category are providing quarantine facility to the foreign returnees at various price rates.
Tourist-standard hotels will charge Rs 1,800 per person for a twin sharing- room per night and Rs 2,800 for a single-bed room per night. Guests of one-star hotels have to pay Rs 2,500 per person for a twin-sharing room per night and Rs 4,000 for a single- bed room per night.
Similarly, two-star hotels or standard hotels will charge Rs 5,000 per person for a single bed room and Rs 3,500 per person for a twin- sharing room per night. For the three-star hotels or deluxe resorts, Rs 6,000 has set set for a single-bed room and Rs 5,000 per person for a twin- sharing room per night.
Likewise, those staying in the four-star hotels are required pay Rs 8,000 per person for a single- bed room and Rs 5,500 per person for a twin- sharing room per night. When it comes to the five-star hotels, Rs 9,000 is set for a single-bed room and Rs 6,000 per person for a twin- sharing room per night.
The government has been evacuating those Nepalis stranded in foreign countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic through chartered flights. The rescued Nepalis are required to stay in a quarantine facility for at least one week upon the arrival from foreign countries. Till August 19, approximately 52,000 Nepalis stranded in foreign countries due to the infection were evacuated back to Nepal.
