Posts Tagged ‘NTY 2011’

In an attempt to lure more tourists to the country ahead of Nepal Tourism Year 2011, canyoning, one of the outdoor adventurous and entertaining sports has started for the first time in Gandaki zone, Kopse forest at Bandipur-6, Tanahun. Canyoning entangles abseiling, climbing, jumping, swimming and sliding down steep canyon walls and waterfalls to deep pools below through close passages of twisted rock and powerful blasts ... Full story

The Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoTCA) has authorized a short-dated policy for home stay to promote new tourist places in the country. The idea of home stay grants tourists to stay with local people in their homes supplied the home have basic facilities required for tourists. Secretary of MoTCA, Mr. Kishore Thapa said, “The home stay idea has been started with a working policy ... 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

The most anticipated and highly expected Tourism campaign of Nepal, Nepal Tourism Year (NTY) 2011 is set to officially launch on February 26, 2010. With an aim to attract one million tourists, tourism entrepreneurs are urging to celebrate this campaign as “Year of Celebration”. NTY Secretariat announced the program will formally begin with the illumination of the ... Full story