Nepal: Floriculture expo receives plenty of interest
The four-day event, which began from Wednesday to promote local flowers, especially Chrysanthemum, is also supported by the Ministry of Agricultural Development (MoAD).
Besides the high flow of spectators, florists have also done business worth more than Rs 1.5 million (14,000 USD) within the penultimate day of the event, according to Kumar Kasaju Shrestha, president of FAN.
“Visitor flow has drastically increased this year. This is probably because florists have put on a display of a wide variety of flowers this year and flowers have also become comparatively cheaper this Tihar,” added Shrestha.
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