Mr. Steven Cleary representing Xinhua News Agency Vientiane Bureau called on NATTA Secretariat on Monday, the 12th October to gather information regarding the post-earthquake situation of Nepal and the tourism status in particular. He also discussed on the possibilities of tourists from Laos. President Mr. D.B. Limbu, CEO Prof. Dr. Hari Sarmah provided the answers to Mr. Cleary’s questions. Mr. Steven Cleary said that he would write a story on Nepal and include the points raised by NATTA during the discourse.
NATTA Delegates, today, 9th October 2015 visited NOC to submit the letter from Tourism Department, MOCTCA requesting to provide fuel to the tourist vehicles who are in major need for the sightseeing as well as transfers for the tourists. Mr. Narayan Gurung Koney,Treasurer and Coordinator for Tour and Transport Committee had yesterday met with DG of Tourism department and submitted the request letter to MOCTCA to assist in the current situation which is being hampered due to fuel crisis.
NATTA Officials, President D.B Limbu, Secretary General Mihika Dhakhwa and CEO Prof. Dr. Hari Sarmah had an official meeting with official of World Bank Group Ms. Claire Honire Hollewg at NATTA Secretariat on Wednesday, 7th October. The meet basically focused on the current scenario of Tourism in the aftermath of Earthquake and the overall industry and the constraints faced by the industry in its recovery process.
NATTA had shortly completed the recent events, XXth NATTA Convention, Sixth Special Program - Carnival along with FAM Trip. To give an overall view it organized a Press Meet at NATTA Secretariat on 4th October, Sunday. President Mr. D.B Limbu, 1st V.P Mr. Shambhu Raj Pathak, Secretary General Ms. Mihika Dhakhwa in the interaction responded with all their views, opinions queried by the media. On the occasion, a video was also showcased to all the media. The video has the footage of all the activities accomplished by NATTA for the revival of tourism including the activities performed during the last week of September i.e Convention, Special Program and Fam tour to Chitwan, Pokhara and Kathmandu.
Twentieth NATTA Biennial Convention-2015 with the theme Building Better Tourism With Renewed Strength, Sixth NATTA Annual Special Program Carnival-2015, Fourth NATTA Blood Donation Program and the Familiarization Tour for International Media and Tour Operators including the 2nd EC Meeting of South Asia Tourism Federation have concluded with resounding success on 01st of October 5, 2015 at a stretch beginning from 21st of September 2015. The XXth Convention of NATTA was inaugurated by Rt. Hon’ble Speaker of Legislative Assembly Mr. Subhash Chandra Nembang and was graced by Hob’ble Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Mr. Kripasur Sherpa. NATTA Special Guest of Honour from China Mr. Jiang Ming Yang popularly known as Mr. Ocean, a very popular and well-known Chinese celebrity participated in all NATTA events. He also signed an MOU with NATTA to work for the promotion of Nepalese tourism in China as NATTA Goodwill Ambassador for one year. SAMARTH-NMDP Read More
NATTA organized an event "Meeting the Press" on its upcoming 20th NATTA Convention, 6th NATTA Special Program - Carnival, NATTA FAM Trip and 4th NATTA Blood Donation Program at NATTA Secretariat on 8th September 2015, Tuesday. President Mr. D.B Limbu, 1st Vice President /Convenor Mr. Shambhu Raj Pathak, 2nd V.P Mr. C.N Pandey, Treasurer Mr. Narayan Gurung Koney and CEO Prof. Dr. Hari Sarmah briefed the press regarding the details of the upcoming events. Also present in the meeting were NATTA Secretary Mr. Ramesh Thapa, Executive Member Mr. Yubaraj Subedi and Mr. Sudhir Kumar Upadhyay. International media representatives and tour operators from several countries are participating during convention and familiarization tour to Chitwan and Pokhara. Mr. Udaya Nanayakkara , President of the Universal Federation of Travel Agents Association ( UFTAA) ,will be the keynote speaker of the convention. Renowned French photographer and director of films Honey Hunters of Nepal and Read More
President Mr. D.B Limbu, Secretary Mr. Ramesh Thapa and CEO Prof. Dr. Hari Sarmah met newly appointed Tourism Secretary Mr. Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya. Delegates welcomed and congratulated him. Similarly NATTA President and CEO called on and greeted Govind Bahadur Karki at Department of Tourism and apprised him of some of the problems of NATTA, viz. the contracting Tourism and Transportation Acts and cancellation of License of Agents etc.
NATTA Sagarmatha and Bhaskar Award Meeting of NATTA Award and Nomination Committee was held at NATTA Secretariat on Thursday,August 27, 2015. The meeting discussed regarding the nominations tabled for award. In the meeting present were Committee Members Hon’ble Ms. Chhaya Sharma, President D.B Limbu, 1st V.P and Convenor MR. Shambhu Raj Pathak, 2nd V.P Mr. C.N Pandey. NATTA Media Award Similarly, the Award for Media Nomination Committee was held on the same day. The award was categorized into National Daily, Pvt. Sector Tourism News Media, Electronic Media and Travel Writer. The committee members were Senior Tourism Journalist Mr. Hari Raj Joshi, Mr. Sarad Pradhan, NTB, NATTA President D.B Limbu, 1st V.P and Convenor MR. Shambhu Raj Pathak, Secretary Mr. Ramesh Thapa, Executive Member Ms. Sabita Bhattarai K.C. The award will be handed over during the Inaugural Session of NATTA XXth Convention, 25th September 2015 at Hotel Yak and Yeti.
At the 69th Board Meeting, NATTA welcomed four new travel members. They were welcomed by President Mr. D.B Limbu by handing over Membership Certificate and Khada of NATTA. The member companies admitted in NATTA as New Members are: Riyan Travel & Tours Pvt. Ltd. Smile Adventure and Tours Pvt. Ltd. Rasbita Travel & Tours Pvt. Ltd. Satelite Travels Pvt. Ltd.
A joint meeting was held at Nepal Tourism Board on 19th August’15, Wednesday under the aegis of NATTA in regard to the upcoming FAM Trip for International Media and Tour Operators from 24th –30th September ‘15. NATTA President Mr. D.B Limbu, 1st V.P Mr. Shambhu Raj Pathak, NTB Chief Administrator Mr. Ramesh Kumar Adhikari, TAAN President Mr. Ramesh Dhamala, NMA President Mr. Ang Tshering Sherpa, HAN Secretary General Mr. Binayak Shah, Mountain Experience Mr. Tamding Sherpa, Manager of NTB Mr. Sunil Sharma and CEO of NATTA Prof. Dr. Hari Sarmah were present in the meeting. NATTA President requested for possible assistance and cooperation from NTB and all Association Presidents and leaders present in the meeting informing that the invitations have already been sent to the international media and tour operators. All the attendees have assured of their full support to NATTA to make the event a mega success. NATTA President Read More
On Wednesday, 12th Aug 2015,President D.B Limbu called on the office of Consulate General of Nepal for Hong Kong at the Consulate General’s office in Tsim Sha Tsui East, Hong Kong. During conversation with Consulate Mr. Mahesh Prasad Dahal, NATTA President briefed about the current situation of Nepal in the aftermath of April 25th Earthquake and its aftershocks. In addition, he also informed regarding NATTA FAM Trip commencing from 24th September’15 and requested him to assist NATTA providing the inventory of Travel writers, Journalists, Association heads and the leading tour operators. Consulate General has assured to help NATTA in this matter.
NEPAL ASSOCIATION OF TOUR & TRAVEL AGENTS (NATTA) 20th NATTA Convention 25TH September 2015 Nepal Association of Tour & Travel Agents (NATTA) is preparing to host the much coveted 20th Biennial NATTA Convention-2015 with the theme Building Better Tourism with Renewed Strength followed by 6th NATTA Special Program-Carnival an annual event of NATTA organized to welcome the advent of World Tourism Day on 25thSeptember this year at Hotel Yak & Yeti, Kathmandu. Circulars : Inviting Articles for Souvenir Inviting International Medias
Joint Tourism Coordination Committee, established more than a year ago to work as a watchdog against the existing discrepancies in the tourism sector, is a joint committee of more than forty-nine travel related associations in the country. It has the tradition of nominating its Coordinator from one of the member associations for the tenure of six months. Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) President Mr. R. Dhamala being the founder coordinator for six months had handed over the responsibilities to NATTA six months ago and NATTA President Mr. D.B. Limbu who acted as the honcho of the committee has completed his tenure quite successfully and now the coordinator ship of JTCC has been shifted to Nepal Rafting Agents’ Association (NARA). NARA President Mr. Chandra Dahal took over the JTCC leadership on 02nd August 2015 amidst a program held at the auditorium hall of Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) in the presence Read More
Nepal Rastra Bank unveiled its monetary policy for the F/Y 2072-73 at a program organized in Kathmandu on July 23 last. NATTA Treasurer Mr. Narayan Prasad Gurung Koney represented in the program. Earlier, NATTA delegates had met the Governor of the Bank Dr. Chiranjibi Nepal at his office and requested him to look into the problems caused by the duel currency system in IATA payment and the problem of the tour operators handling the Indian groups visiting Mansarovar-Kailash via Nepal. NATTA had demanded that the Indian pilgrims heading to Kailash should be facilitated with required US dollars in exchange of Indian Currency on the basis of the invoice they receive from Tibetan/Chinese Tour Operators for their services across the border. Nepal Rastra Bank doesn’t seem to have considered the NATTA demand of removing the dual currency system in IATA payment but has created the provision of Foreign Exchange facility upto US$500 to Indian tourists visiting Read More
A NATTA delegation led by President D.B. Limbu called on the office of Mr. Ramesh Kumar Adhikari, Administrative Chief of Nepal Tourism Board and apprised him of the forthcoming promotional programs of the association. The delegates also requested the Chief to incorporate those programs in NTB’s Annual Plan of Action and extend support and co-operation to NATTA in implementing them. NATTA Programs submitted to NTB includes: NATTA Fam Trip for 50 pax including int’l media and tour operators (Mid Sept),Himalayan Travel Mart (May, 2016), Participation in MATTA Fair in Kuala Lumpur followed by Sales Mission to Penang (05-07 Sept.), Participation in OTM/TTF (Mumbai) followed by Sales Mission to Ahmedabad in Gujarat (Jan. 2016), MITT (Russia- March 2016), COTTM followed by Sales Mission to three major cities of China (Jan-Feb 2016), FITUR (Jan-Feb, 2016), TITF (Bangkok), BITF (Dhaka), Travel Adventure Show in Chicago, USA in Jan 2016 and participation in ATM Read More
A group of local tourism enthusiasts Passion to Travel after completing its ever first promotional documentary reflecting the current tourism scenario of Nepal after the 25 April earthquake presented the documentary at NATTA meeting hall on 14th July. Mr. Pankaj Pradhananga from Four Season Travel & Tours, one of the pioneers in the group narrated the rationale behind the production of the documentary and hoped that this four minute long documentary could play an instrumental role in bouncing our tourism back to a better status. The documentary is now already in the YouTube for the general viewers. Speaking on the occasion President D.B. Limbu and Secretary General Mihika Dhakhwa thanked the producers and hoped that in future Passion to Travel will seriously brood on producing additional sequel of this documentary aiming the dissemination of positive messages about Nepal’s tourism. The video can be viewed in the following link: Read More
A joint meeting of NATTA Executive Board with NATTA Advisory Committee and Past Presidents of NATTA was held on Friday, the 10th July last to reflect on the problems faced by quite a number of ticketing professionals of NATTA as a result of the indefinite closure of all the offices of Nepal Association of Foreign Employment Entrepreneurs in Kathmandu in protest against the government decision of sending the Nepalese labor force to seven of the foreign countries on free visa and free air tickets. As suggested by the above meeting, a four-member delegation of NATTA met the Hon’ble Minister for Culture, Tourism & Civil Aviation on Monday, the 13th July ‘15 and apprised him of the situation and requested him to coordinate with the Hon’ble State Minister for Labor to find a win-win solution to the problem immediately. NATTA delegates then called on the Labor Minister on the same day. Read More
NATTA is going to host its biennial event 20th NATTA Convention and 06th NATTA Special Program– Carnival 2015 on 25th September this year in Kathmandu with the theme “Building Better Tourism with Renewed Strength”. As per the tradition NATTA publishes a Souvenir on the occasion to mark the event and distribute the same to all the participants including the delegates from various countries and all the invitees from the tourism fraternity. NATTA Members with facile pen are herby requested to kindly ink out their ideas and feeling on tourism issues focusing on the given theme and email the same to NATTA Secretariat at natta@mail.com.np or mediacentre@natta.org.np Articles for the Souvenir must not exceed the word limitation of 2000 and should be in typed form in English with double space. The deadline for the submission of articles is 03rd August 2015. The articles selected by the Editorial Board will be published in the NATTA Souvenir.
NATTA is proud to inform its members that the National Tourism Promotion Committee formed under the Chairmanship of Hon’ble Minster for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has upheld the NATTA suggestions for implementation for the rapid recovery of current national tourism scenario. The suggestions were put up at various forums including at the meetings of Tourism Recovery Committee (TRC). Few of our suggestions that are included: exemption of VAT on aviation fuel, slash the ground handling cost at TIA, decrease the landing cost at TIA and extension of loan recovery deadline for the tourism sector by a year and expedite the construction of alternative international airports.
A five- member delegation of NATTA called on the Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank Dr. Chiranjibi Nepal on Thursday, the 09th July, 2015 and apprised him of a few problems faced by NATTA members which could be easily solved by NRB through its fiscal policy. The suggestions to solve the problems cited by NATTA included provision of exchange facility to the Indian nationals visiting Mansarovar Kailash to settle the invoice of the Tibetan tour operators in terms of dollars. Secondly, the delegation suggested removing the dual currency system in IATA payment by allowing the agents to make all the payments in NPR. Thirdly, the Bank Guarantee payable to NRB for foreign exchange facility should be made timely. NATTA delegation to NRB was led by President D.B. Limbu and it included Secy. General Mihika Dhakhwa, Treasurer Mr. Narayan Gurung Koney, Secretary Mr. Ramesh Thapa and CEO Prof. Hari Sarmah.
