Kathmandu: Shital Nivas sources say that high placed officials of Nepal and Thailand will be meeting at the end of January next year.
This would be the fourth joint meeting to be held in Kathmandu between the Nepali and Thai authorities.
However, sources opine that Nepal is yet to arrive at an agenda to be put to the perusal of Thai officials at the impending meeting.
Sources close to Thailand say that Thailand would be more than pleased to support Nepal through package tourism provided Nepal acted honestly and promptly.
The idea, according to non-governmental sources, is to bring in the Thai tourists to Janakpur—the seat of Mahajanaka.
To recall, Janakpur, a town in eastern Nepal, got extra prominence in Thailand when a story on the ancient King of Janakpur, Janaka, was published in Thailand.
The book became a hot-cake as it was penned noneless than the King of Thailand itself.
However, the Thai authorities seek some sort of assurance from Nepal’s civil aviation authorities that the Thai tourists thus visiting Janakpur apart from Lumbini should get connecting flight to return to Thailand.
“If the mode of transportation is guaranteed to the Thai tourists by the Nepali side, Nepal can become both a tourist and holy destination for the people of Thailand.