Boris Lissanevitch and his second wife, Inger. Photo: Betty Woodsend
The Russian hotelier who brought Nepal’s first tourists, and his legacy
- Known as the father of tourism in Nepal, Boris Lissanevitch is remembered fondly in Kathmandu
- He opened the Himalayan nation’s ‘first proper hotel’ and put Ukrainian borscht on its menus
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Boris Lissanevitch and his second wife, Inger. Photo: Betty Woodsend
