Nepal opened a Chinese-built airport intended to capitalise on Buddhist tourism.
Nepal on Monday opened a Chinese-built airport intended to capitalise on Buddhist tourism.LUMBINI - Nepal opened a Chinese-built airport intended to capitalise on Buddhist tourism as India's prime minister landed a few kilometres away to mark the birth, enlightenment and death of the religion's founder.
The sequence of events illustrates the competition for influence in the landlocked Himalayan country by its two giant neighbours. The $76-million airport project in Bhairahawa, the closest city to Lumbini, is funded by the Asian Development Bank and OPEC Fund for International Development but built by China's Northwest Civil Aviation Airport Construction Group.
It is only Nepal's second international airport after Kathmandu, which Pradeep Adhikari, the chief of Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority, told AFP was full to capacity.
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