In 1976, the BDP decided that one way to increase employment would be to jump-start the tourist industry. To do this it was decided to make two of the renovated structures into restaurants. One restaurant was located across from the Pujari Math ([T] ) in the Jangam Pati and became the Peacock Restaurant. The other was located in Taumadhi Square across from the Bhairava Temple [A] in the Bhaildyo Satta and became the Nyatapola Restaurant.

     In 1996 and again in 1998 this idea was blown up to a citywide scale. In a number of meetings the municipality discussed as a way of increasing tourism making all of Bhaktapur into a traditional city. This not only meant that the whole area would come under the Monumental Area regulations, but that a series of stricter acts would be implemented (Bhaktapur Magazine, Baisak 2053, 3­11).

    The rhetoric used to legitimate both these actions was the ideology of development. Because, as the article "The Discussion about Making Bhaktapur a Cultural City" reads:

There is no doubt that historical and archeological heritage has played a major role in developing the tourist industry. Intellectuals have argued that the main solution of the problem is to love and protect our culture. To accomplish this, a renaissance is necessary (Bhaktapur Magazine, Baisak 2053, 2).

How have tourism and the discourse on renaissance of heritage become intertwined?