27th Flora Expo in Kathmandu Sees Rising Visitor Turnout and Sales
The 27th Flora Expo, organized in the capital with the objective of promoting the flower business, is witnessing increasing visitor attraction. Organizers stated that both the daily number of visitors and transactions are growing at the fair currently underway at Bhrikutimandap.
The expo, organized by Floriculture Association Nepal (FAN) under the main theme 'Flower Business for Clean Environment, Employment, and Economic Prosperity,' will continue until Chaitra 8.
Rajkrishna Bajgai, treasurer of Floriculture Association Nepal (FAN), informed that on the first day of the fair, which began on Chaitra 5, 9,500 people observed the event, with transactions amounting to 2.15 million rupees.
According to him, on the second day, Friday, 17,500 visitors observed the fair, with transactions reaching 2.95 million rupees. Similarly, on the third day, Saturday (today), 21,500 visitors observed the event, with transactions totaling 3.98 million rupees, he stated.
With this, in the first two days alone, 27,000 visitors observed the fair, and transactions exceeded 5.1 million rupees. An additional increase in both visitor numbers and transactions has been observed after the third day.
The expo features a total of 83 stalls, including 65 commercial, 11 official, 2 competitive, 2 food, 1 landscape, 1 selfie, and 1 BYD EV car stall. Ram Bahadur Tamang (Sunil), the coordinator of the expo, stated that flowers and saplings produced by participating florists will be judged in various categories.
Coordinator Tamang informed that this year's expo is expected to be observed by approximately 60,000 visitors, with transactions exceeding 12 million rupees.
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