Nepalese Embassy from India had circulated to get a No Objection Certificate (NOC) to all the Nepalese nationals wishing to travel to foreign countries via India. As this had been done for the secured reasons of travel. But this led trouble to the luxury travelers for their smooth travel as they had to go through the long process to have the NOC. Therefore, NATTA delegation with NATTA Past President Mr. Bhola Bikram Thapa, CEO of NTB Mr. Deepak Raj Joshi, President Mr. CN Pandey, Senior Vice President Mr. Achyut Sharma Guragain and Secretary General Mr. Ramesh Thapa visited to Secretary of MoCTCA, Mr. Mohan Krishna Sapkota to request on the same issue. The delegation requested Mr. Secretary to urge the concerned governments to consider on the provision of having NOC for all travelers and eliminate the provision for those who are traveling to third country from Kathmandu via India. NATTA Read More
In regard to the discussion and request of local municipality taxes, Vice President Mrs. Sangita Jirel Bade and CEO Mr. Jeevraj Ghimire visited the office of Deputy Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan Office, Mrs. Hariprabha Khadgi Shrestha on 18th June 2019. From our previous meetings with Kathmandu Metropolitan Office, it was already agreed that the tax will be collected only from the fiscal year 2072/73. However the other Metropolitan cities had been collecting taxes before the year of 72/73. Madam Hariprabha Shrestha informed NATTA Delegation that Kathmandu Metropolitan Office has sent a letter to all the Metropolitan cities making the base year 72/73 and collect from those date for IATA and Non IATA agents.
NATTA and Nepal Clearing House (NCHL) signed a MOU today, 14th June 2019 at NATTA Secretariat. The MOU is in regard to the connectIPS e-Payment system which is a single payment channel. NCHL has started connectIPS e-Payment system as a single payment channel for the end users to initiate their payments from alternate channels of mobile, web or payment gateway/processor (directly integrated with service provider’s website). Here, the transactions are processed directly through the bank accounts on real-time basis. Customers can link multiple bank accounts within connectIPS and select the one at the time of payment. This has been very useful for the customers for their payments due to convenience and to the services providers like travel agents/ airlines/ aggregators to receive payments. Members can be enrolled within connectIPS e-payment system through Mobile App or www.connectips.com. NATTA believes that the MOU signed between NCHL and NATTA would be for facilitation of members Read More
In regard to regulate on the Modality of Working Procedure 2076 for operating the tourism service in Conservation Area, several meetings were held with tourism organizations as NATTA, TAAN, NMA, NARA at HAN Secretariat. The meeting also comprised a committee of Secretary General of five tourism organizations in chair of HAN for the further development of the modality. After the various discussions and considerations HAN enlisted Suggestions for the upcoming Working Procedure where NATTA revised with some additional points to be considered on the Procedure. Some points are; once entry fee paid in National Parks should be permitted for Multiple Entry to tourists for at least a week. Likewise, the conservation Areas which has not been in use since long should be reused as touristic spot by having an opportunity of services such as Lodge, Resort, Teahouse or Tented Camp with at least 30 years of Lease and 2 years Read More
The Joint Meeting with Council of Past Presidents of NATTA and HAN was successfully held on 9th June at Hotel Ambassador. The meeting had the major discussions on the ongoing issues in the tourism industry. The Prioritization of tourism sector by the Government, Reformation of structure of Nepal Tourism Board were some of the major concerns that was raised and discussed. The meeting concluded in assurance of both associations working together mutually in the coming days in making tourism industry more powered and sturdier and working towards the effective policies of the tourism industry. It was decided to form a committee comprising of Convener of Council of NATTA Past President, Mr. R.R Pandey, President of NATTA, Mr. CN Pandey, Former President and Convener of Council of Past President of HAN, Mr. Yogendra Shakya and President of HAN, Mrs. Shreejana Rana to actively lookout and improvise the possible inaccuracies taking place Read More
NATTA welcomed the executive members of Tourism Sisterhood Nepal Association (TSNA) at NATTA Secretariat on June 7th 2019. NATTA Executives and Executives of TSNA shared the ideas and prospects in empowering women from the tourism sector through different plans and activities. NATTA President Mr. CN Pandey assured that NATTA is ready to extend support in all the projects empowering women as a part of development of tourism industry.
Nepal Government has recently began some Training Campaigns in purpose of elimination of unemployment. On this regard, Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security organized a meeting with private sectors of tourism in request of the cooperation of private sectors for the campaign. The idea is in preparing skilled and competitive manpower in accordance with the national and international market cooperating with different private sectors. Expressing the solidarity, NATTA was represented by Secretary General Mr. Ramesh Thapa and Executive Member Mr. Shree Ram Pandey in the meeting.
Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) organized a Budget Preparatory Meeting for the preparation of upcoming fiscal 2076/77. The meeting had the participation of all the tourism related organizations and mainly focused on collecting feedback from the tourism organizations for upcoming budget. Several organizations requested to earmark the budget for tourism promotion, branding, training and marketing purposes. NATTA 1st Vice President Mr. Achyut Sharma Guragain participated and expressed NATTA say to be incorporated in the Budget of NTB. Mr. Guragain on behalf of NATTA also submitted the Budget Plan to NTB including regular annual programs of NATTA to be accomplished in coordination with NTB and allocate the required budget accordingly.
Nepal hosted the first Asian Resilience Summit with leading figures in global travel and tourism converging on Kathmandu started from May 30-31 2019. Asian Resilience summit was an opportunity to share the strategies that has enabled the country to recover despite the different economic, political, natural and anthropogenic changes in the last few years. The event was seen as a platform to foster opportunities for partnerships in sustainable business practices. Speakers from all over the world shared the best practices in the field of Resilience and Tourism which can be adapted in other parts of the world. Mr. Taleb Rifai, former Secretary General of UNWTO, Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism of Jamaica, Jing Xu, Director of UNWTO and Mario Hardy, CEO of PATA spoke during the one-day event. Following the 1st Asian Resilience Summit, the board also hosted the prestigious International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) Award 2019, one Read More
Ministry of Culture Tourism and Civil Aviation organized a program in coordination with NMA to celebrate 12th International Sagarmatha (Everest) Day on 29th May 2019. The program started with the morning procession from Sanchaya Kosh Building, Thamel and concluded at City Hall (Rastriya Sabagriha). High level government officials, Everest summiteers and other mountaineers, representative from different tourism related organization and their members were present in the program. NATTA also expressed its solidarity and participated in the significant program.
The Launching Ceremony of International Mountain Tourism Day and Mountain Tourism International Forum (Nepal) was held in Kathmandu on 29th May 2019 on the occasion of International Sagarmatha Day. The program was inaugurated by Minister for Foreign Affairs, Nepal Hon'ble Mr. Pradeep Kumar Gyawali at Hotel Yak & Yeti, Kathmandu. The first “International Mountain Tourism Day” was jointly held by International Mountain Tourism Alliance (IMTA), China, Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) and Nepal Association of Tour & Travel Agents (NATTA). The major objective of the program was in raising public awareness about protecting mountain resources and preserving mountain civilization and public responsibility for promoting mountain economy to benefit the community of mountain people. Dividing into different sessions, the Mountain Tourism International Forum (Nepal), themed “Ecology, green, science & technology lead the high-quality development of mountain tourism”, focused on the opportunities, challenges and trends facing by the development of mountain tourism, the Read More
A joint meeting was held with NATTA Executive Members and Past President Council of NATTA on Monday, 27th May 2019 at Secretariat of NATTA. Coinciding with the meeting, NATTA Executives along with Past Presidents welcomed IMTA delegates at Secretariat, who were at Nepal for organizing International Mountain Tourism Day on 29th May. Speaking at the meeting, Executive Secretary General Mr. Fu Yingchun apprised that it chose Nepal as the destination for holding International Mountain Day, as Nepal is one of the most representative countries in the world for mountain tourism. Along with that, the arrival percentage of Chinese Visitors in Nepal is ranked second and the bilateral relation between Nepal and China is highly admired. Former Past Presidents appreciated for this eminent event being organized in Nepal in coordination with NATTA and assured for the full support for this event. In continuation of the Council Meeting, President Mr. CN Pandey Read More
A Debriefing meeting of the delegates who participated in the BTTF Fair 2019 at Dhaka, Bangladesh starting from 19th – 21st April this year was held at Secretariat of NATTA in the afternoon, 20th May 2019. The participants expressed their appreciation to NATTA along with Coordinator Executive Member Mr. Hem Raj Bastola and Sub Coordinator Executive Member Mr. Amrit Kumar Dhakal for successful coordination of Nepal's participation in the BTTF Fair. With the more than 20 Nepalese tourism stakeholders NATTA organized the participation in the BTTF Fair. In the conclusion of BTTF Debriefing, 1st VP Mr. Achyut Sharma Guragain thanked NTB, and everyone in the delegation for their effort to make this participation a very fruitful one.
A meeting with different colleges was held at NATTA Secretariat on 6th May at NATTA Secretariat. Basically the meeting was held to seek the suggestions from leaders of Tourism Colleges to initiate in providing practical training to the students who recently graduated from the Bachelor's degree. The meeting chaired by Secretary General apprised that NATTA will train the participants to be educated and proficient enough to be employed and recruit in the ticketing and tour sector. Representatives from colleges appreciated and agreed on support for this initiation.
In promoting the domestic destinations of Nepal, Domestic Tourism Mart (DTM) 2076 was held from April 26-27 2019 at Exhibition Hall, Bhrikutimandap. Several tourism associations, travel agencies, organizations participated with their stalls in the tourism mart. NATTA also supported the Mart by actively participating in the event. The two day long Mart had run with slogan 'Pahila Desh ani Bidesh'.
Delegates from Nepal Clearing House Limited (NCHL) were at NATTA Secretariat on 28th April 2019 to have a presentation on their Interbank Payment System (IPS) e-payment system. In the presentation, they shared an insight about current update of e-payment system, the national payment systems that are currently in operation. Nepal Clearing House Ltd (NCHL) informed that this facility would be hassle free and economical in using the service which will be highly supportive and an effective tool for IATA Members in their business transaction procedure. Soon, a MOU will be signed with NCHL and NATTA in facilitation of the members.
NATTA led Nepalese tourism trade delegates successfully concluded Nepal tourism promotional campaign, Nepal-China Sales Mission, in four major cities of China – Beijing, Changsha, Guangzhou and Chengdu. This year a total number of 22 participants representing 15 various travel enterprises including tour and travel, hotels and trekking took part in the mission. The mission adhered to single modus operandi in all the four cities. The program usually continued for three to four hours beginning with welcome address by Coordinator for Nepal China Sales Mission and NATTA Executive Member Mr. Sudarshan Nepal followed by Presentation on Nepal’s cultural and natural heritages by Manager of Nepal Tourism Board Ms. Shradhha Shrestha. And the program continued with B2B sessions. The sessions in each four cities had the presence of more than 100 invitees including travel tour operators and media that made an opportunity to connect with all the Nepalese travel trade entrepreneurs. The Read More
NATTA successfully accomplished 10 day long Skill Development Training Program from April 15th -26th 2019 at NATTA Secretariat. The training was held basically to the beginners of tourism industry who desire to learn on travel and ticketing. The curriculum in the Training included almost all the basic fundamentals essential in tourism industry such as Travel & Ticketing, Travel Communication, Digital Marketing, GDS online training by SABRE Nepal, Basic & Advance and BSP IATA updates. In the initiation and coordination of Secy. General Mr. Ramesh Thapa the class was successfully run accommodating 10 students for the Training. Different Trainers from different genres trained the students. On the last day of Training, in appreciation of their study a Certificate Distribution Ceremony to the participants was held on 26th April. NATHM Executive Director Mr. Durga Datta Dhakal attended Closing Ceremony as Chief Guest. Likewise NATTA President Mr. CN Pandey and board members were also Read More
Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA) in collaboration with Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) successfully accomplished 9th Bangladesh Travel and Tourism Fair (BTTF) 2019 along with 20 tourism stakeholder companies from Nepal. The 3 day fair organized by Tour Operators Association of Bangladesh (TOAB), was held from 18th through 20th April 2019 in Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC), Dhaka, Bangladesh. The participating Nepalese stakeholders had an effective interaction with the visitors and shared their best and attractive tourism products to pleasing them to visit Nepal. They also actively participated in B2B session with the travel trade companies from Bangladesh. Further, the delegates from Nepal participated in the Seminar on Buddhist Circuit Promotion in the region. There were other side-line events like seminars, table discussions, presentations, press conference, cultural shows and raffle draw during the fair. Nepal's participation in BTTF also highlighted the salient features of upcoming Visit Nepal Year Read More
A meeting with Outbound Tour Committee was held at NATTA Secretariat on 22nd April 2019 to discuss on the VAT issues raised by outbound tour operators. The meeting was chaired by 2nd Vice President Ms. Sangita Jirel Bade and Chairperson of Outbound Committee Mr. Shree Ram Pandey. The participants in the meeting stressed on the mode of VAT payment to the Government that has arisen issues on their daily operation. 2nd VP Mrs. Bade at the meeting informed that all the raised valid issues of VAT/Tax on Tours including both Outbound as well as Inbound has been addressed in the Recommendations for the upcoming budget of the year FY 2076-77 prepared by NATTA which is believed to have an impeccable solutions. The Recommendations for budget was submitted to Internal Revenue Department (IRD) and FNCCI. NATTA has been frequently participating in meetings called by IRD and FNCCI to give the inputs Read More
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