Thursday, September 3, 2009

HAN, NATTA on Promotional Tour for NTY-2011

The Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA) and Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) completed Shanghai and Beijing promotional campaigns yesterday. The team is in Shanghai to promote Nepal in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation Sarad Singh Bhandari and Nepali ambassador to the People's Republic of China Tanka Prasad Karki and joint secretary of MOTCA Pursottam Paudel took part in the Beijing campaign coordinated by the Nepal Embassy in Beijing. There were more than 100 tour operators and media who actively interacted with the Nepali Tour operators in Beijing, said the NATTA.

Similarly, more than 90 Chinese tour operators including the media personals joined the meeting in Shanghai.

Similarly, ambassador Karki highlighted Nepal as the birth place of Lord Buddha and the great potential China holds for Nepal in Tourism.

Meanwhile, NTB and Hotel Association Nepal (HAN) also organised a press meet on September 1 at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT) at Bangkok to promote Nepal Tourism Year 2011 (NTY 2011).
They were briefed on Nepal's peace process, the road map of the country regarding Foreign Investment in tourism industry and the challenges it faces in consolidating the peace process, tourism potentiality and the economic transformation of the country.

Bhandari formally launched Nepal Tourism Year -2011 programme internationally in Bangkok.

CEO of NTB Prachanda Man Shrestha, made a presentation on theme: one million tourists in NTY-2011. Nepali ambassador to Thailand Naveen Prakah Jung Shah, president of HAN Prashiddha Bahadur Pandey, president of Thai Travel Agents Association, director of Tourism Authority of Thailand and many more were present on the occasion.

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