NATTA held a meeting with the Presidents and representatives of various Tourist Vehicles associations on 02nd April at NATTA Secretariat. The main agenda of the meeting was to review the existing rates of tourist vehicles used by the tour operators for transportation including site-seeing. The review was deemed necessary in the wake of the deflating cost of petroleum products. After a long and vigorous discussion on the issue it has been finally agreed to form a committee to go minutely into the pros and cons of the issue and suggest NATTA a scientific rate. The committee comprises of the following officials: Mr. Narayan P. Gurung Koney; Coordinator, NATTA Tour & Transport Mr. Sange Lama, Advisor, Nepal Tourist Vehicles Association (NTVA) Mr. Gyanendra Giri, Nepal Private Tourist Vehicles Association (NPTVA) Mr. Hansa Raj, Nepal Tourist Service Mr. Achyut Guragain, Former Secy. Gen of NATTA
NATHM (Nepal Academy of Tourism & Hotel Management celebrated its 42nd Anniversary on 27th March 2015, at its premises located at Rabi Bhawan, Kathmandu. On the occasion, it was declared that NATHM would soon be starting its newly built hotel with all services required. The hotel will also serve as a platform for NATHM students to complete their internship. NATTA President Mr. D.B Limbu is one of the Board members of NATHM. President Limbu also attended the program organized by NATHM MHM 3rd Batch Students on the Theme of Opportunities and Challenges in Hospitality Education on 29th March 2015 in NATHM.
On invitation of Ministry of Culture, Tourism & Civil Aviation, NATTA participated in a Brain Storming Session dedicated to Operationalisation of the Tourism Strategy & Action Plan with special emphasis on the 5-year Detailed Action Plan on 26th March, 2015 at Hotel Yak & Yeti. Tourism Secretary Mr. Suresh Man Shrestha chaired the program graced by Chief Guest Hon'ble Dr. Chandra Mani Adhikari, Member, National Planning Commission. President of NATTA Mr. D.B. Limbu and CEO Prof. Dr. Hari Sarmah participated in the program aimed to identify the interventions and activities – roles and responsibilities on priority basis. NATTA was placed in the Group to focus on the Tourism Infrastructure part along with TAAN & NARA and representative from MOCTCA. The half-day long program was summed up by Jt. Secretary, MOCTCA Mr. Mohan Krishna Sapkota thanking the Chief Guest Hon'ble Dr. Adhikari, SAMARTH- NMDP and all the delegates from the private sector and the ministry.
A meeting in regard to deportee cases was held at NATTA Secretariat on 25th March 2015. The meeting was held in the presence of heads of LCC, Mr. Namit Mediratta, Country Manager of Air Arabia, Ms. Sangita Rauniyar, National Sales Manager of Air Arabia, Mr. Navaraj Shahi, General Manager of Fly Dubai and Mr. Sachin Pradhan, Head Sales, Marketing and Distribution of Air Asia. The LCC heads expressed their unanimous view that they have understood NATTA’s problem centering the inadmissible passengers and have requested NATTA to come up with a proposal to t he effect of the problem of inadmissible passengers. President Mr. D.B Limbu, Secretary General Ms. Mihika Dhakhwa, Treasurer Mr. Narayan P.Gurung Koney, CEO Prof. Dr. Hari Sarmah were present in the meeting.
The 11th Annual Washington D.C. Travel & Adventure Show took place at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on March 7 till March 8. Participation from Nepal as exhibitors in the Fair showed prominence attracting numerous visitors. It has been hoped that this participation will go a long way to make tourism heritage of Nepal known to the cross Atlantic Tourism market. NATTA Jt. Treasurer Mrs. Jiswan Tuladhar Shrestha, MD, Swaa Travels and Executive Member, Mrs. Sabita Bhattarai K.C, MD, Arrow Travels participated in the event. A souvenir from NATTA was presented to Mr. John Spooner, Vice President– Sales, Travel Show by NATTA officials.
Nepal Association of Tour & Travel Agents, Eastern Regional Association completed its 4th AGM on 28th February’15 at Janakpur at Hotel Sitasaran. The Chief Guest, Chief District Officer of Dhanusha District, Mr.Krishna Prasad Dhungana inaugurated the NATTA AGM. On his inaugural deliberation, he insisted that all the tourism entrepreneurs should run their businesses normally as the local administration is quite prompt in delivering peace & security to local inhabitants. And the government is always ready to take the step towards the promotion of tourism industry considering it country’s major economic component. NATTA Eastern Regional Association, President Mr. Tara Bastola presented his annual report from the chair. The report stressed the touristic spots in the Eastern Region should be attracting conserved and promoted at home and abroad. At the inaugural ceremony, present were NATTA Central Executive member Mr. Sudhir Kumar Upadhyay, Founder President of NATTA Western Regional Association, Mr. Krishna Prasad Bastola, and Read More
President D.B Limbu and Secretary General Ms. Mihika Dhakhwa had a special meet with H.E. Bulat Sarsenbayev, Ambassador, The Republic of Kazakhstan, based in New Delhi. The delegation meet was with regard to the possibility in promotion of tourism of both the countries.
The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) has formed a 10-member team under the leadership of Joint Secretary Umakanta Parajuli to represent Nepal in the Joint Working Group (JWG) on tourism between Nepal and India. Tulsi Prasad Sitaula, Director General of Department of Tourism; Nandini Lahe Thapa, officiating CEO of Nepal Tourism Board; Shreejana Rana, Tourism Convener of Nepal India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NICCI); DB Limbu, President of Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA); Ramesh Dhamala, President of Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN); and Ashok Pokharel, President of Nepal Association of Tour Operators (NATO) are the members in the group. The group will also have three representatives from MoCTCA. JWG is expected to oversee implementation of agreements related to tourism sector that are included in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that Nepal and India signed on the sidelines of the 18th SAARC Summit in Kathmandu in November Read More
The 20th AGM of NATTA Western Regional Association was held on 30th January 2015 at Hotel Barahi, Pokhara, Lakeside. The program kicked off with the grand inaugural ceremony. Chief Guest for the program was Ambassador of Republic of Korea His Excellency Choe Yong -Jin. President of NATTA Western Regional Association Mr. Pom Narayan Shrestha initiated the program with his welcome speech. Various tourism stakeholders such as Tirthunga Tours and Travels, Avia Club Pokhara, Barahi Jungle Lodge, Sunrise Paragliding, Adam Hill were honored with the certificate ofappreciation for their significant contributions to uphold tourism in Pokhara. Adam Hill, a UK national was honored as he had been the first to establish paragliding in Pokhara. His Excellency Jin, in hiscommendation speech expressed that Pokhara can be world's most coveted tourism destination and numerous numbers of tourists can visit Pokhara. It requires theinfrastructure development. Yearly 30 thousands of Korean Tourists visit Nepal and Read More
NATTA received aninvitation to an interaction program on the Expansion of Bilateral Cooperation on Tourism: Nepal & India which was held on January 29, 2015 at the Hotel Annapurna. The program was organized by Nepal India Chamber of Commerce & Industry in association with theEmbassy of India. The program was addressed by His Excellency ShriRanjit Rae, Ambassador of India, Mr. Suresh Man Shrestha, Secretary,Ministry of Culture,Tourism & Civil Aviation. In the program, later the floor was opened forquestions from theparticipants. NATTA President Mr. D.B Limbu and Secretary general Ms. MihikaDhakhwa participated in the program.
Nepal Association of Tour & Travel Agents (NATTA) participated in the International Travel Trade Fair, FITUR 2015, in coordination with Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has concluded successfully. A total of sixteen travel related companies from Nepalese Travel Industry exhibited their products at the Fair. Mr. Narayan Prasad Gurung Koney, Treasurer and Coordinator for Nepal’s Participation in FITUR and Mr. Ramesh Thapa,Secretary as well as the sub coordinator from NATTA participated to facilitate the participating exhibitors. ‘FITUR which was held in Madrid, Spain had begun on 28th January and ended on 1st February 2015. Participation of Nepal in FITUR is coordinated by NATTA over the years.’
A Briefing Program on TTF- Mumbai 2015 was held on 27th January 2015 at NATTA Secretariat with the participation of the companies registered asexhibitors in the event. Senior Marketing Director of NTB, Ms. Ujjwala Dali briefed on the aspects of the Fair and on the promotional materials to be displayed. With the presentation of the graphics design of the Nepal Pavilion, layouts werediscussed with theparticipants. Like in FITUR 2015, Nepal Tourism Board will be contributing 25% on the cost of stall design at TTF which in return will make Nepal Pavilion more attractive & prominent. Also, Nepal destinationadvertisement will be placed on the walkways to the exhibition hall to attract more attention on Nepal. Present in the meeting were 1st Vice President & TTF Coordinator, Mr. Shambhu Raj Pathak and Secretary General Ms. MihikaDhakhwa. TTF Mumbai—2015 will be held from 4th February till 6th February 2015 in Mumbai, India. Read More
A meeting of Implementation Committee of National Tourism strategic Plan (2015-2024) was held at the Ministry of Culture, Tourism & Civil Aviation on 26th January 2015. Representing NATTA, Secretary General Ms. Mihika Dhakhwa attended the meeting.Similarly, representatives from HAN, NMA & TAAN were also present in the meeting which was chaired by Joint Secretary Mr. Mohan Krishna Sapkota. Also present in the meeting was the DG of Tourism Department, Mr. Tulsi Prasad Gautam and representatives fromSamarth - NMDP an INGO involved in theimplementation plan ofNational Tourism Strategic Plan (2015-2014).
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JTCC organized a Honorprogram for the three newly appointed NTB boardmembers Mr. RajendraSapkota, Mr. GhanendraBahadur Shrestha and Mr. Phurba Gyaljen Sherpa on 23rd January 2015 at Nepal Tourism Board Auditorium Hall. In the presence of members of JTCC, various tourism dignitaries andmedia persons, the program started with the welcome speech by JTCCCoordinator and President of NATTA Mr. D. B Limbu. Newly appointed members were honored and presented the Plaque of Honor by Chief Guest for the program, Mr. Suresh Man Shrestha, Secretary for culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation and Guest of Honor Mr. Tulsi Prasad Gautam, Director General of Department of Tourism. Various delegates from tourism sector delivered felicitation speeches on the occasion. Also the programhonored the sevensummiteers, a team ofNepalese women who climbed the world’s seven summits. The program concluded with the vote of thanks by Sub Coordinator of JTCC and President of NARA Mr. Chandra Dahal. Read More
NATTA in coordination with NTB is coordinating the annual fair TTF (Travel and Tourism Fair) Mumbai, India’s biggest travel show, to be held from 4th—6th February’15. Coordinator for TTF, Mumbai is NATTA 1st Vice President Mr. Shambhu Raj Pathak. For Registration, please contact NATTA Secretariat Deadline for Registration: 15th Jan 2015 (Priority to Participants is on the basis of “First Come First Serve”)
A five-member delegation of Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA) comprising of Mr. D.B Limbu, Ms. Mihika Dhakhwa, Prof. Dr. Hari Sarmah, all from NATTA Central Region including Mr. Pom Narayan Shrestha, President of NATTA Western Regional Association (Pokhara) and Mr. Bijay Gurung from NATTA Pokhara called on the office of the Ambassador of South Korea, RaviBhawan on 7th January 2015. The prime mission of the visit was to exchange goodwill and inform HE about the successful participation of NATTASecretary at a training program held recently in Seoul.President of NATTA Pokhara requested HE to visit Pokhara and encourage the travel trade entrepreneurs by kindlyinaugurating the upcoming 20th AGM of the Association in Pokhara on 31st January 2015. HE accepted the invitation and thanked the NATTA fraternity for the same.
NATTA held talks with Director General Mr. Chudamani Sharma and Director of the Department Mr. Gopal Ghimire in regard to VAT issues on transport on 7th Jan 2015 at IRD Office, Lazimpat. It has been agreed that NATTA and NATO will cooperate IRD in making the VAT more effective in the days to come. The major issue discussed was waiving ofoutstanding VAT amount for the F/Y 2069-70 that have not been billed. The meeting also agreed to organize anOrientation Program on VAT latest by 3rd Feb as a joint venture of NATTA, NATO and IRD. The NATTA delegation was headed by 2nd V.P / Coordinator, Special Tax andRevenue Subcommittee Mr. CN Pandey along with Mr. Ashok Pokhrel (President, NATO), Mr. MadhuSudan Acharya, Mr. Bishwesh Shrestha and Mr. G.N Shakya.
The Eighth Meeting of the Nepal-Tibet (China) JointCommittee for Tourism Promotion was held in Lhasa from 23-27th December, 2014. Mr. Binay Basnet, Executive Member of NATTA was nominated to participate in the above meeting. Director General of Tourism Department, Ministry of Culture, Tourism & Civil Aviation Mr.Tulashi Prasad Gautam and Nepalese Consul-General Mr. Hari Prasad Bashyal had jointly led the sixteen NepaleseDelegates representing government and non-governmentsector in the meeting. From the Tibet (China) side, Mr. Zeng Wanming, the Vice-Chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region (China) led the 21 member Chinese delegates. The meeting, as felt by both the delegates from Nepal and Tibet (China) went very fruitful and a fresh MOU was signed by the Chief of the delegates on 25th December in Lhasa. Besides the agenda of easing the tourists mobility in the Tibet Region, the meeting also focused on the cross Boarder and Immigration points. The details Read More
