Bhairahawa, the gateway to Lumbini, the birth place of Gautam Buddha, on Friday marked the formal starting of Nepal Tourism Year-2011 (NTY-2011) by greeting a few of tourists at the Sunauli-Bhairahawa border of the region.Members of the District Coordinating Committee for NTY-2011 comprising representatives of assorted political parties, tourism entrepreneurs, officers of Siddhartha Nagar Chamber of Commerce and Industries and general folks greeted the tourists who arrived through land at the Sunauli-Bhairahawa border purpose early within the day.The border has been one amongst the most points for tourists getting into Nepal from India.DCC Chairman Tara Nath Gautam, native Development Officer Tara Bahadur Karki and alternative members of the team offered the tourists Nepali caps and welcomed them with a vibrant procession with the Panchebaja (a ancient musical band) and Panchakanya, a team of 5 young ladies. The team additionally saw-off variety of tourists leaving the country through the border purpose.The tourists coming back in to Nepal were then taken to the various locations of the town. The team additionally welcomed the primary tourist arriving within the space through the air route at Bhairahawa Airport. According to the Immigration workplace, Belhaiya, the border purpose received 102,000 tourists in 2010. concerning seventy % of them arrived by road.