With an objective of celebrating 37th World Tourism Day (WTD) -2016, with the slogan Tourism For All- Promoting Universal Accessibility, a committee has been formed under the chairmanship of Hon’ble Tourism, Culture and Civil Aviation Minister, Mr. Jivan Bahadur Shahi.
The committee meeting had its first meeting held on 9th September 2016 at NTB Hall and had the discussions on how the WTD should be celebrated this year and also had reflections on programs to be implemented by private sector tourism related associations.
Secretary Mr. Sudhir Kumar Upadhyay and Executive Member Mr. Binay Basnet represented NATTA in it first committee meeting. Committee is comprised of all the tourism associated organizations, government agencies and local bodies.
Ever since its inception, World Tourism Day is celebrated on 27 September to foster awareness among the international community about the importance of tourism and its social, cultural, political and economic value.