Nepal's hotel industry stuck to its gloomy outlook for the year even as the country launched a COVID-19 vaccination drive on Wednesday, not expecting tourist arrivals to rebound despite the immunisation campaign.

Hotel Association Nepal, which counts around 3,000 establishments among its membership, retained the uniform payout structure, fearing that hotels would not be able to pay their employees as it did not see a tourism recovery this year either.

Under the uniform payout deal made with trade unions, all staff, from front door workers to general managers, will remain on salary without working; but they will all get the same pay. The hotels have also trimmed salaries by 50 percent.

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