Marking the 43rd World Tourism Day, from the regular calendar of events of NATTA, NATTA organized a noble activity Eleventh NATTA Blood Donation Program in collaboration with Frontline Hospital at Goma Ganesh Temple premises on Sunday, 25th September 2022. The program is conducted every year by NATTA, this year humanitarian gesture was shown by the members of NATTA, and other generous people at the event coordinated by NATTA Executive Member and Chairperson of Sports & Entertainment Committee Mr. Dendi Sherpa. For More Read More
The seventh NATTA Futsal Tournament in association with Frontline Hospital was held at Dhanyantari Futsal having a total of 9 teams from the tourism fraternity; NATTA Members, and Airlines on 24th September 2022. Team Sincere Travels were the champion of the tournament. On the occasion, Winners and Runner Ups of the NATTA Futsal Tournament were awarded. Team Precious Travel bagged the 2nd Runner Award, Team Open Sky Travel bagged the 1st Runner Up Trophy with a Cash Prize of Rs. 20,000 Read More
A "Heritage Walk in Bungamati" event was held on September 20, 2022, by UN Habitat in collaboration with NATTA in Bungamati, Ward 22 of the Lalitpur Metropolitan City on the occasion of World Tourism Day 2022. The walk was organized in the presence of chairperson LMC-22, NATTA (Nepal Association of Tours and Travels Agents) representatives and other local stakeholders. The major objective of this initiative was to assist the Bungamati community and local government in promoting tourism. An orientation program Read More
Government Officials, Diplomats, NTB officials and NATTA Members participated in the Hiking program organised to mark the International Mountain Tourism Day on 29th May 2022. NATTA in association with International Mountain Tourism Alliance (IMTA) China organized a Hiking Program on the Sankhu-Nagarkot route. The destination has great potential being nearest to the valley with a beautiful panoramic view of the Himalayan range and pristine nature. Participants gathered at NATTA Secretariat, Naxal and were sent off by the Proposed Ambassador of Read More
On 30th March 2022, NATTA XXIII Convention was held at Radisson Hotel Kathmandu. The theme of the celebration was "Rejuvenating Through Spiritual Tourism" to bring a special focus on spiritual tourism. In addition, NATTA also organized a preparatory event for Buddhist International Travel Mart (BITM). The event was organized as a preparation for the second edition of BITM going to be held at the end of May 2022. The event organized together with the Convention was conducted to publicize and Read More
Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA) celebrated its 54th Annual General Meeting on July 13, 2021, in a Hybrid Style via Zoom Application. The inauguration of AGM had the physical presence of Chief Guest Mr. Yadab Prasad Koirala, Tourism Secretary of Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MOcTCA) and Special Guest Dr. Dhanajaya Regmi, CEO of Nepal Tourism Board (NTB). Mr. Yadab Prasad Koirala and Dr. Dhanajaya Regmi spoke a few words regarding the current situation of Read More
NATTA in close coordination with Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) organized a webinar on Nepal's Buddhist sites with the motto of ‘Following the Footsteps of Buddha for Universal Peace and Prosperity' on 10th January 2021 at Kathmandu. Started with the Promo video covering the whole of the journey of our first edition of Buddhist International Travel Mart (BITM) 2019 and the special video of Goodwill Message shared by Venerable Metteya Sakyaputta, Vice Chairman, Lumbini Development Trust, the Webinar was officially inaugurated Read More
Amid widespread concerns in Nepal and the World Health Organization raising the global risk of the Covid-19 outbreak to “very high”, the government is now scrambling to step up measures to contain the possible outbreak of the deadliest infectious disease. Please find here the updates on the measures taken by government in regard to COVID-19:
Despite the pandemic situation, the determination for the completion of the renovation of the building has been completed. All the Secretarial works have been resumed from the newly renovated building of NATTA Secretariat. In February 2020, NATTA embarked on a project to renovate its Secretariat building situated in Gairidhara Road. NATTA had started collecting and accumulating the funds from its well-wishers, peer member friends, seniors and industry allies as a contribution for the Building Renovation. Interested contributors who wish to Read More
Nepal Association of Tour Travel Agents (NATTA) is organizing a 10 day long Training Program from 15th – 25th April 2019 at NATTA Secretariat as a part of Skill Development Training. This training package is specially designed for new staffs or beginner in tourism industry who desire to learn on travel and ticketing. The session will be 3 hours each day combining both theoretical and practical knowledge on IATA/BSP update, GDS, Digital Marketing and more. The application has been opened Read More
In Nepal, tourist arrival has shown a rapid recovery after the earthquakes of 2015. Total arrivals neared the one-million mark for the first time. Buoyed by the growth in tourist arrivals in recent years, Nepal has already set a target of welcoming 1.5 million international visitors by 2020. Tourism sector holds immense potentials for Nepalese economy that can provide stimulus to other sectors through backward and forward linkages. The best part of tourism revenue is that it trickles down to Read More
In conjunction with Nepal Tourism Board, NATTA is coordinating Nepal’s participation in 39th FITUR-2019 which is being held in 23-27 January 2019 at Madrid, Spain. Nepal will be showcasing its tourism products in one of the coveted Fair in Europe. Nepal’s Participation is comprised of 16 participating tourism companies. On this regard, Briefing with participants along with NTB officials was held at NATTA Secretariat on 16th December 2018. The meeting was held to discusse the details about Nepal Pavilion in Read More
NATTA organized an Interaction Program with its members on 9th December at Naxal Banquet. The objective of the program was to inform about NATTA’s upcoming event, Buddhist International Travel Mart (BITM) 2019 which is being held on January 10-12 2019 at Lumbini, Nepal and to collect the feedback and suggestions from the members before chalking out the event. President Mr. CN Pandey welcomed all the members apprising short details on upcoming NATTA endeavors. Number of members along with Past Presidents Read More
Preparations for Nepal's participation in FITUR 2019 is in progress. A total of 16 participants have already registered their names and the further process in conjunction with NTB is being carried out. FITUR – 2019 is scheduled to be held in Madrid (Spain) from 23rd – 27th January, 2019. FITUR 2019 is being coordinated by NATTA 2nd Vice President Mrs. Sangita Jirel Bade.
Hello! Come, Participate in Buddhist International Travel Mart “BITM 2019” Logo Competition Win Cash Prize of Rs. 20,000/- Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents invites YOU to participate in the creation of “BITM 2019” logo. Guidelines for Logo Design Logo should carry the message “Exploring Buddha Land” The Design should be Vibrant, Unique and Appealing-depicting Buddha’s Home Land, Lumbini and Buddhist vibes. The Logo should depict at its maximum to the Nature and origin of Buddhism in Nepal The logo should be Read More
Buddhist International Travel Mart (BITM) is an annual marketplace of the Buddhist pilgrimage industry conceived by Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA). The main objective of organizing the Mart is to exploit the immense potentials that Nepal has in Buddhist pilgrimage tourism. The Travel Mart will not only promote Buddhist heritage sites in Kathmandu Valley and Lumbini, but will also offer new tourism products that Nepali tourism entrepreneurs can sell in the international market. Also, the Mart will Read More
From the date of 4th June 2018, NATTA has started the Skill Development Training to the members at NATTA Secretariat. Initially, in coordination with IATA office, Nepal and in initiation of NATTA, the three batch of IATA BSP training was held with total of 36 number of participants. On the training, trainees were guided on BSP Link, Customer Portal, Update on procedure of Post Billing Dispute (PBD) and Update on accreditation procedure for changes to agency. The similar training to Read More
Nepal Association of Tour & Travel Agents (NATTA) in association with Nepal Embassy in Beijing, China, and Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) successfully concluded its 3 daylong event China Outbound Travel & Tourism Market (COTTM) which was held at National Agricultural Centre, Beijing starting from April 16-18 2018. The exhibition was organized by Tarsus Group Limited, UK. With many stalls of the international exhibitors, the Business to Business (B2B). Around five thousands Chinese tour operator buyers were invited for the show. Read More
Like in the past year, NATTA is coordinating the participations of Nepalese tourism stakeholders in Bangladesh Travel & Tourism Fair (BTTF) 2018, going to take place in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 19-21st April 2018. Mr. Hem Raj Bastola (Tara) has been nominated to coordinate the Nepalese participation. Registered participants for the event were briefed about programs schedule, Nepal Pavilion information and certain rules and regulations to be observed throughout BTTF. Nepal Night Program is also being observed on the last day Read More
Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA), in collaboration with Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), is participating in the Bangladesh Travel and Tourism Fair (BTTF) to be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 19th -21st April 2018. NATTA is also organizing Nepal Night with support from and Embassy of Nepal in Dhaka and NTB after the conclusion of Fair. The Participation fee for the participation is NRs. 35,500 which includes Airfare, Company Stall, Stall Decoration as well as lodging and food.
