Youths in Baglung are drawn to the new walking paths.

Fifty-three trekking trails were developed in Baglung in the last fiscal year to draw foreigners and local tourists, considering rural tourism's contribution to rural community development.

A trekking route has been built to Teuwa, where a statue of Gautam Buddha has been constructed in the Open Sculpture Museum of Galkot Municipality.

An hour-long hiking trail to Teuwa from Harichaur has been the latest draw for youth.

Similarly, another trekking route has been developed to connect Kot Ghar, which once served as the fortress of the hilly kingdom ruled by the Mallas. The renovated historical palace offers a reason to visit Galkot.

Kot Ghar, once considered the seat of powerful Malla kings of Galkot, a pretty kingdom in the confederation of 24 states known as Chaubise Rajya, has been restored and preserved to draw tourists.

The Kot Ghar means a house where weapons are placed or stored.

Mahadev Sapkota, a tourism entrepreneur, said that the construction of trekking trails in Baur, Kothekhola rural municipality-7 to Gumba has been attracting locals to the two-day hiking trail.

In the last fiscal year, local governments constructed 53 trails in the district, spending Rs1 million to Rs2 million in each project.

“ We've been observing an affluence of youth for touring after the development of touring trains, ” said Prem Lamichhane, president of ward 9 of Kothekhola Rural Municipality.

Bishnu Nath Sharma, information officer of the Tourism and Industry Office of the Galkot Municipality, said that the touring routes with homestays have been attracting domestic excursionists in the area. 

The Tourism and Industry Office of the Gandaki fiefdom in Baglung funded Rs66 million to construct the trails. 

Locals said that numerous structure systems are untreated, but the construction of touring routes has come successful and meets the ideal of community development. 

“For hiking of a day or two, the trail has come easy and seductive, ” said Saurab Khatri, a youth of ward 9 of Baglung Municipality. “ There's a need to promote these destinations to bring excursionists. ” 

Khatri prefers to hike rather than use the vehicle. “ The trail has seized the attention of numerous youths like us. ” 

In the last financial time, 73 tourism structure systems were completed through the Tourism and Industry Office. With the expenditure under Rs 500,000 to Rs2 million, utmost of the systems were trail construction. 

There are enterprises that small systems are delayed and untreated. 

Paar Singh Thapa, chief of the Tourism and Industry Office, said the tourism structure design achieves 95 percent of physical progress. 

The trail has been constructed to connect the religious spots. 

Besides touring trails and homestays, contemplation centres have been constructed in two Buddhist spots. 

Thapa said the systems will increase profitable conditioning by charming excursionists and conserving religious places. 

The office has also invested in developing Durleni, in Baglung, as a tourism destination. 

The Baglung megacity has allocated Rs25 million to develop the area as a tourism destination.

Also, the tourism office has invested Rs 1.5 million to construct a fatality's honorary demesne at Argal in ward 2 of Tarakhola Rural Municipality.

“Investing in analogous work can be repetitious. In such a situation, the office needs to be responsible, ” said Amar Thapa, chief of the District Coordination Committee. “ We've directed the authorities to help the duplication and apply similar systems that yield results.

The office has made investments to identify numerous places. A master plan has been formulated to develop tourism spots.

Bharat Sharma, mayor of Galkot Municipality, said they had demanded a budget of Rs20 million to develop major spots as per the master plan.

Still, in some areas, the budget has been firmed as the design did n't move ahead. The budget allocated under Ghumte Tourism Development in the last financial time was firmed . 

Rs 1.5 million has been invested to maintain Udaya Righa Buddha Bihar, located in Righa Ward No. 11 in Galkot, along with the trail.

Rs1 million has been allocated for the construction of a tourism trail from Gaighat cascade of the Tara River to Baraha Lake.

Also, Rs1 million has been invested to construct tourism structure in Soledada at Tamankhola pastoral megacity, Rs1 million for the construction of Jaimini Dham Meditation Center, and Rs2 million for tourism structure in Kuduledham. 

Thapa said that tourism advents will rise as structure has been erected and repaired in the coming days. 

Thapa said a temporary adjunct mastermind from the Tourism and Industry Office is doing all the specialized work on the systems. 

The original government has been trying to save the literal artefacts to show to callers. 

The ancient palace of Galkot was in dire woe because of the lack of conservation.

The Shreemeher Battalion barracks of the Nepal Army and Galkot Municipality have concertedly repaired the nearly- collapsed Kot Ghar.