Archive for the ‘Nepal Tourism Year 2011’ Category

The Government of Nepal launched a tourism promotion campaign sloganed “Nepal Tourism Year 2011" at Nanking Darbar Hall, Bangladesh on Monday. The program was launched by a campaign team of Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) at a presentation ceremony. The presentation ceremony was titled as 'Together for Tourism: Nepal Tourism Year 2011'. The program was launched to expose tourism industry of Nepal. The chief guest of the ceremony was AHM ... Full story

The Embassy of Nepal in London had organized a program at Town House of Aberdeen, Scotland to promote Nepal Tourism on Saturday. The program was specially concentrated on the campaign of Nepal Tourism Year 2011 and it was organized in coordination with the Nepalese Himalayan Association, Scotland and Scot- Nepalese Friendship Society. Dr. Suresh C. Chalise Nepalese ambassador to UK was warmly welcomed in the program and ... Full story

Nepal Tourism Year (NTY) 2011 Coordinating Committee — with an aim to bring 3,00,000 Indian tourists — is going to start its promotional programme at the Indian border cities. “We are set for the promotion programme at Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Raxual, Sitamadi, and Sunauli and other places at the Nepal-India border cities,” said Dhruba Narayan Shrestha, coordinator of tourism sector at the Federation of Nepalese ... Full story

Nepal Tourism authorities are hoping a new Kingfisher Airlines service starting today between the UK and Kathmandu will help drive down prices on the route and revive interest ahead of the Nepal Tourism Year 2011 campaign. Kingfisher’s daily service, which has a 2.5-hour connection at Delhi, means the Indian carrier is the fifth major airline on the UK-Nepal route, along with Jet Airways,Etihad, Gulf and Qatar. ... Full story

Fulbari Resort & Spa, Pokhara, started its new sales and marketing office in New Delhi, India, on Friday. The office in India is to provide a full range of travel solutions such as travel packages, ticketing and luxurious accommodation in the Resort. With the mission statement of ‘Nepal Tourism Year 2011’, this resort is the first one to start its official sales and marketing office ... Full story

Shanghai World Expo 2010 is the largest world expo that is happening in China. It is a global stage on which various countries from all over the world participate to display best of their latest achievements. Mr. Binod Bahadur Shrestha, an official organizer for Nepal's national participation at Shanghai Expo 2010 stated that, “This expo is both an opportunity as well as a challenge for Nepal”. He ... Full story

Hotel Association of Nepal (HAN) has introduced a new logo to promote Nepal Tourism Year 2011 (NTY-2011). Mr. Sharat Singh Bhandari Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation unveiled the new logo during the HAN's 40th annual general meeting. HAN will incorporate the logo on all luggage and handbags of tourists coming to Nepal to disseminate information and awareness in the international arena about NTY-2011. Full story

Global Tourism & Leisure Pvt Ltd is an internationally renowned Australian company which is based in Sydney. It has submitted a proposal to the Government of Nepal to conduct "Tourism Development Scoping Study" and chalk out "Tourism Master Plan". The proposal was submitted on the third week of March to Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoTCA) and Nepal Tourism Board by Jerry Lissing who is a ... Full story

Tara Air is going to start commercial hot air balloon flights with two balloons from the first week of April 2010 and it will be launched from Lake Side of Pokhara. The hot air balloon can carry only six people at a time. Tara Air states that Mt. Annapurna, Dhaulagiri and Lamjung Himalayan ranges can be seen from the hot air balloon and the flight will begin ... Full story

Nepal Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management (NATHAM) will provide training to trekking guides in view of Nepal Tourism Year 2011. Chief executive officer (CEO) of the academy Ram Prasad Ghimire said the training is aimed at producing sufficient manpower so that there is no shortage of trekking guides during the tourism year. He said the demand for trekking guides has gone up and the academy plans ... Full story