The 9th Convention and 21st AGM of NATTA Western Regional Association was held on 9th February 2016 at Hotel Barahi, Pokhara, Lakeside. The program kicked off with the grand inaugural ceremony. Chief Guest for the program was the Military attaché from Embassy of the People’s Republic of China. Speaking on the occasion, he said that the name NATTA itself has been quiet meaningful to promote Nepalese Tourism as NATTA enshrines both Nature and Adventure.
NATTA Central President Mr. Madhu Sudan Acharya focused that the stakeholders of tourism should have a clear vision in regard to their objective of promoting tourism. Whether this promotion should target the increased number of visitors or increased revenue, he said. Other speakers on the occasion were the Chairman of Pokhara Tourism Recovery Committee, Mr. Ganesh Bhattarai and the outgoing President Mr. Pom Narayan Shrestha.
After the inaugural session, the program went through the closed session with the members of the association. Hon. General Secretary Mr. Sanjay Kant Sigdel and Treasurer Mr. Tulsi Ram Pokhrel presented their annual reports. After the discussions on the reports the general meeting passed both the reports.
NATTA Pokhara also got a new team in the leadership of Mr. Dilli Prasad Gautam. The Newly Elected Team Members are:
President, Mr. Dilli Prasad Gautam
I.P President, Mr. Pom Narayan Shrestha
1st Vice President, Mr. Harka Bahadur Gurung
2nd Vice President, Mr. Sanjaya Kant Sigdel
General Secretary, Mr. Subash Bhandari
Treasurer, Mr. Hariram Adhikari
Secretary, Mr. Rishiram Poudel
Joint – Treasurer, Mr. Kishor Dahal
Executive Member, Mr. Durbajit Kunwar
Executive Member, Mr. Pradip Kaphle
Executive Member, Mr. Nabaraj Adhikari
Executive Member, Mr. Kulchandra Sharma
Executive Member, Mr. Prem P. Subedi
Executive Member, Mrs. Kamala Giri
Executive Member, Mr. Rajesh Pahari
The election program was conducted by Mr. Basu Dev Tripathi, Mr. Santosh Pokhrel, Prof. Dr. Hari Sarmah and Mr. Devraj Devkota.