::: Nepal hopes to boost its tourism industry by promoting the country nestled among Himalayan peaks as a wedding destination for gay couples. “They do have a lot of income … they are high-spending consumers,” a spokesman for the Nepal Tourism Board, Aditya Baral, told UK’s Press Association. “If they behave well, if they have money, we don’t discriminate.” There’s one significant catch: Such a wedding in Nepal would carry no legal status. Passport, the gay travel blog notes, “Promoting gay tourism in the South Asian country is a drastic change from the way the conservative, Hindu nation once treated LGBT individuals. Five years ago, police beat gay and transgender individuals in the street.” The driving force for the gay tourism outreach is Sunil Pant, an out gay member of parliament and the nation’s most prominent gay activist. Pant is also founder of the new Pink Mountain tour company. He told UKPA that his nation’s mountains, food, and culture are a natural tourist magnet. He added that gay tourists could get married at Everest base camp and honeymoon on an elephant safari.