Nepal Tourism Year (NTY) 2011 has begun its campaigning at US. The Nepali Ambassador to US Dr. Shankar Sharma inaugurated the first hoarding board of the campaign outside the country here on 8th March 2010.
The hoarding board with NTY information is installed in the busy streets of Los Angeles where 160,000 vehicles pass everyday. It’s situated near the main city of LA 710 Highway. According to Nepali Embassy at Washington DC, the hoarding board is sponsored by tourism entrepreneur Basudev Ghimire. “It’s just a small initiation to promote Nepal’s tourism sector”, Ghimire said. Such hoardings can be placed in other places in US if there is support and co-operation from Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) and entrepreneurs in Nepal he adds.
The campaign which was formally launched on February 26 by PM Madhav Kumar Nepal targets to welcome one million visitors in ...
Nepal being hopeful awaits to welcome at least two lakh Indian tourists through the campaign “Nepal Tourism Year 2011”. Public Relations and Publicity Department, Director of Nepal Tourism Board, Mr. Aditya Baral said, “Earlier, Jet Airways, was limited to Delhi-Kathmandu flight but now it has started operations from Mumbai to Nepal. Apart from that Kingfisher has also started flights to Nepal and Spicejet has keen interest to start its services in the same sector.” According to NTB statistics, there is an annual flow of around one lakh Indian tourists in Nepal. This campaign is expecting the increase in arrival by double.
Baral said that the tourism board is undertaking major campaigns globally to showcase Nepal as a vital tourist and business destination for corporate meetings and vacations, adding he said, “Apart from global campaigns, we are holding campaigns in major Indian cities to attract all sections of Indian tourists including those wanting to travel for spiritual reasons.
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Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) along with 6 travel trade companies participated in the Vakantiebeurs Holiday Fair 2010 held at Utrecht in the Netherlands from 12-17 January, 2010.
The Vakantiebeurs Holiday Fair 2010 is the largest consumer travel fair and the world’s largest trade event in the Benelux region. The main theme of the Holiday Fair 2010 was “Meet the locals” where the visitors had opportunities to meet with exhibitors and have first hand information.
According to an estimate, between 120,000-130,000 travel enthusiasts visited the fair of which 13,058 were trade visitors. The first day was exclusively reserved for the trade people.
During the fair, NTB organised a multimedia presentation for the visitors regarding overall Nepal’s tourism products and Nepal Tourism Fair.
After the multimedia presentation, a quiz programme was organised where the audiences were quizzed on Nepal’s tourism in order to generate curiosity among the potential visitors to Nepal.
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