The 27th Flora Expo organized by the Floriculture Association of Nepal concluded on Sunday by drawing more than 60,000 visitors and business worth Rs 12.2 million. 

The four-day-long expo that began with the slogan 'Floriculture for Clean Environment, Employment and Economic Prosperity' was organized in Bhrikutimandap exhibition hall and received an impressive number of visitors, Association's Senior Vice Chairman Ram Bahadur Tamang said. 

The Expo had 65 commercial, 11 official and two competitive stalls.  

Floriculture is currently being carried out in about 270 hectares across 52 districts and that more than 53,500 people are employed directly or indirectly in the flower business in the country, it is said. 

Likewise, this sector has a total investment of more than Rs 8.8 billion in Nepal. 

Also, some agricultural policies have been modified and implemented, which has led to policy issues in imported flowers and flower-based products that need to be produced domestically.

Earlier, the Bagmati Province Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development, Madhusudan Paudel, had inaugurated the event while expressing his readiness to support the prosperous floriculture business.