Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation has installed the statues of tourism heroes Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, Sir Edmund Hillary and Boris Lissanevitch in the premises of Nepal Tourism Board.

Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation Sharat Singh Bhandari and Minister for Culture of Kaluga State of the Russian Federation Alexander Tipalovin inaugurated the statues amidst a ceremony on October 11.

Tenzing and Hillary were the first summiteers of Mt Everest while Boris had opened Nepal's first tourist standard hotel - Royal Hotel. Many tourism entrepreneurs regard Boris as a pioneer of Nepali tourism. According to ministry sources, the statue of Boris was erected also because of the request of non-resident Nepalese.

The government, during Everest Golden Jubilee Celebration in 2003, had offered honorary citizenship to Sir Edmund Hillary.

Source: TAAN

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