Nepal Tourism Board, celebrating its 16th Anniversary held a presentation on the burning issue ofcommercialization of mountaineering by Mr. David Durkan, the author of “Penguins on Everest” dated on 24th December, at Auditorium Hall, NTB. Mr. Durkan spoke on how commercialization has turned climbing Everest into a product to be bought and sold like any other commodity and not an adventure activity anymore. Also raising the issue, whether is mountaineering a challenge for the intrepid explorer or just a fun activity for moneyed pleasure seekers, the followed program gave a tribute to climbers who recently died in an avalanche on Everest. President Mr. D.B Limbu and 1st Vice President Mr. Shambhu Raj Pathak., represented NATTA in the program.
President Mr. D.B. Limbu, also the Coordinator of Joint Tourism Co-ordination Committee, acongregation of about fifty tourism relatedassociations in Kathmandu, called a joint meeting of the Committee on Wednesday, 24th December at NATTA Secretariat and discussed on the agenda of the two contradictory provisions in Tourism Act and in Transport Act in regard to the definition of 'tourism'. The meeting also focused on nominations of new members in the Nepal Tourism Board, & discussed about the possibility of Tourist BusTerminal in Kathmandu. Presidents of various associations participated and delivered on the issues. It was also agreed that all associations under JTCC will identify their problems and issues in their respective associations and will submit the same to the Coordinator as JTCC isplanning to submit a memorandum of JTCC Grievances in the near future.
We are pleased to inform that NARA (Nepal Association of Rafting Agents) on the occasion of its 26th Anniversary is organizing a Blood Donation Program on 26th December 2014 (corresponding to Poush the 11th, 2071 B.S), Friday, 10 am at Thamel, Kathmandu. Interested members are kindly requested to participate on the same. Forfurther information, please contact NARA, 4244048.
Nepal Airlines is operating twice daily flights except on Saturday to Pokhara by Y12 E aircraft with effect from 18December 2014, one flight in the morning and one in the afternoon. NA has also floated special promotional fares for some time keeping in mind the maximum benefit to agents as far as possible. More destinations will be added in the near future to different places like Janakpur, Simara, Tumlingtar, Dang and so on. NA has been operating daily flights to Biratnagar, thrice weekly flights to Nepalgunj and twice daily flights to Bhairahawa, Bhadrapur and Dhangadhi by MA 60 aircraft and have assured the improvement in punctuality and reliability of the flights to thesedestinations subject to the weather condition. Nepal Airlines has requested the travel members to join on domestic web ticketing (those who have not yet joined) as soon as possible and sell flights for the mutual benefit. Read More
Mr. Ramesh Thapa, Secretary of NATTA visitedSecretariat of Korean Association of Travel Agent (KATA) on 14th November 2014. During his visit, he met with Director of KATA, Mr. Kim Byeong Sam and had andiscussion on promotion of tourism, relationship andexchanged the allied membership.
Apropos of the recent nomination of Mr. Pavitra Kumar Karki, an executive office bearing member (Immediate Past President) of the current NATTA Executive Committee and Managing director of Danfe Travel Centre to the most prestigious andwell-deserved position of Board of Director of Nepal Airlines, NATTA fraternity and NATTA Board in particular feels extremely honored and deems his personalexperience of leadership at various national and international travel trade forums would go a long way towardsrapidly consolidating our national flag carrier. NATTA wishes Mr. Karki a very active and resourceful tenure in NA Board and extends most sincere and profound Best Wishes to him and his other colleagues Mr. Mukti Ram Pandey, Chairman of Samrat Tours and Travels, Mr. NimaNuru Sherpa,Managing Director of Cho-Oyu Trekking an unprecedented success to make NA stand erect in the presentcompetition in theaviation sector. NATTA also pledges to support Mr. Karki all through his endeavors to heighten the Read More
Mr. D. B. Limbu, President NATTA & Coordinator JTCC, attended a meeting on Great Himalaya Trail at the Ministry of Culture, Tourism & Civil Aviation on 5th December 2014, Friday at 11:30 a.m. Also, present in the meeting was the NATTA Secretary General, Ms. Mihika Dhakhwa.
A meeting was held with the marketing department of Nepal Tourism Board on 4th December 2014, Thursday at 2:30 p.m. The main purpose of the meeting was to discuss on further possibilities of joint coordination for the participation on the international Travel trade fairs. NATTA has proposed NTB to jointly work on coordination of at least one travel trade fair in India & China to start off with. NATTA has been coordinating FITUR which is held in Madrid, Spain since past several years. Moreover, NATTA hasrequested Nepal Tourism Board to contribute 25% extra on the stalldecoration/design so that our Nepal stand will be of better standard and up to the international mark. Present in the meeting was the President Mr. D. B. Limbu, Secretary General, Ms. Mihika Dhakhwa & Secretary Mr. Ramesh Thapa.
Ms. Mihika Dhakhwa, Secretary General who is the appointed member of NTB Restructuring Committee attended themeeting at the Ministry of Culture, Tourism & Civil Aviation on 3rd December 2014, Wednesday at 3 p.m. This meeting was in continuation of the past several meetings which were held to discuss on suggestions of NTB Restructuring.
A meeting was held in preparation for FITUR 2015 which is going to be held from January 28 to February 1st 2015 at Madrid, Spain.Present in the meeting were those registered travel companies who are participating for the event. Meeting was coordinated by theCoordinator for FITUR 2015, Mr. Narayan Prasad Gurung Koney at NATTA Secretariat.
For all the IATA Accredited NATTA members, we are pleased to inform you that NATTA has managed to get approval from Nepal Rastra Bank for the remittance of IATA Agency fee & BSP Link fee to IATASingapore for our valued members. Therefore we request all our IATA accredited members to do the following: - The letter format to be filled up and printed in the company letterhead signed by the authorized person & stamped. - The letter along with the amount is to be sent to NATTASecretariat latest by 5th December 2014. Thus, we have circulated the email regarding the approval from Rastra Bank to all IATA Accredited NATTA members along with the letter format to be filled up. lf you require any further information, please kindly contact NATTA Secretariat. We assure our continuous effort to work towards the benefit of our members at all times. Read More
Pokhara Ultralight has added new flights of various durations at different trek routes. There are flights operating for 30, 60 and 90 minutes through scenic routes around Pokhara valley.
President DB Limbu of Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA), has been appointed as newcoordinator for Joint Tourism Coordination Committee (JTCC). Outgoing coordinator Mr. Ramesh Prasad Dhamala, President of Trekking Agencies´ Association of Nepal (TAAN), handed over the responsibility of JTCC to Mr. Limbu on Wednesday,19th November’14. Secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Mr. Suresh Man Shrestha handed over minute-book of JTCC to President Mr. D.B Limbu amid a function held at Nepal Tourism Board (NTB). Speaking at the program, President Mr. Limbu assured to givecontinuity to the works initiated by the outgoing coordinator and will work in coordination with all tourism associations that areunder JTCC. Similarly, outgoing coordinator Mr. Ramesh Dhamala thanked government officials, staffers of Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), tourism entrepreneurs, and media persons, for their support and cooperation. Mr. Dhamala also drew the attention of Tourism Secretary Mr. Shrestha, Read More
With a view to easing vehicular movement of tourists, NATTA Delegates, Secretary General Ms. MihikaDhakhwa and Executive Member Ms. Kamla Gurung met with Deputy Inspector General of Police Mr. Keshav Adhikari, head of Traffic Police Division. After continuous follow up with the concerned authorities the government has decided to allow tourist vehicles to move in the valley without the requirement to follow the odd/even number rule. Similarly the airport pick up drop off at the airport has been eased for the tourist movement. NATTA hascirculated detail information to all members regarding the traffic management in Kathmandu valley during SAARC Summit. It has been requested to listen Traffic FM 96.6 regularly (It updates traffic news in every 15 min) in vehicle to get update about traffic movement and call at 103 or 4219641 or 4233108 to know about the traffic movement.
NATTA welcomes five members as NATTA Member. President D.B Limbu handed over the certificates withrelated documents. Executive Board Members also expressed their best wishes to the newly joined members. The members were honored in the 42nd Board meeting held at NATTA Secretariat. Members are: · Lumbini Holidays Tours & Travel Pvt. Ltd. · Touch Kailash Travel & Tours Pvt. Ltd. · World Vacations Travels & Tours Pvt. Ltd. · Signature Holiday Pvt. Ltd. · Tour Desk International Nepal Pvt. Ltd.
The MOU was made and entered betweenNATTA and Sajha Yatayat, a public Transport Cooperative for outsourcing buses for SajhaYatayat's Nepal India Bus Service. Both theparties have mutual concord to start Nepal-India bus service in the banner of Sajha Yatayat using the quality buses of tour and travelcompanies who are the members of NATTA. Mr. Sher Bahadur Budha, CEO of Sajha Yatayat and NATTA Acting President / 2nd Vice President Mr. C.N Pandey signed the agreement. NATTA Executive Member, Mr. Sudhir Kumar Upadhyay has been appointed the Coordinator for this project.
In coordination with PastPresident Mr. Arjun Prasad Sharma, NATTA had a meeting with H.E Mr. Deepak Dhital, Nepal Ambassador forSwitzerland on 9th ofNovember. Present in the meeting were Past Presidents Mr. RM Singh Pradhan, Mr. Arjun Prasad Sharma, Mr. Ram Kaji Koney, Also present were President Mr. DB Limbu, 2nd VP Mr. C.N Pandey, Secretary General Mrs. Mihika Dhakhwa, ExecutiveMembers Mr. Chitra BahadurGurung, Mr. Yubaraj Subedi, Mr. Sudhir Kumar Upadhyay and Mrs. Sabita Bhattarai K.C. During the meeting, various ideas were exchanged on how to make most out of the existing potential that Nepal has in tourism andpromote Nepal in EuropeMarket. H.E Mr. Dhital assured to support the travel trade sector in promotion of tourism in Nepal and showed eagerness to work together with NATTA in the coming days.
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281 7772400 10058400 259 261 257 276 262 279 1 0`````````````````````` 5 1 0 285 282 1 False 0 0 0 0 -1 304800 243 True 128 77 255 3175 3175 70 True True True True True 278 134217728 1 3 -9999996.000000 -9999996.000000 8 Empty 7167831 3639038 14260341 10351615 1989103 12693415 16777215 90 Oriel 22860000 22860000 (`@````````` 266 263 5 110185200 110185200 On behalf of NATTA. Mr.Binay Basnet, Executive Memberparticipated on the National Tourism Strategy & Action Plan (2015-2024) - Validation Workshop organized by Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MOCTCA) on 31st October 2014 at NATHAM Academy, Ravibhawan. Secretary of MOCTCA, Mr. Suresh Man Shrestha was the Chief Guest on the workshop and the Speakers were Former Secretary Dipendra Purush Dhakal, Member ofConstitutional Assembly Ram Chandra Pokharel, Joint Secretary MOCTCA, Director General,Department of Tourism. The Presentation Consultants were Mr. Rabi Jung Pandey and Mr. Sumeet Baral. The Read More
281 7772400 10058400 259 261 257 276 262 279 1 0`````````````````````` 5 1 0 285 282 1 False 0 0 0 0 -1 304800 243 True 128 77 255 3175 3175 70 True True True True True 278 134217728 1 2 -9999996.000000 -9999996.000000 8 Empty 7167831 3639038 14260341 10351615 1989103 12693415 16777215 90 Oriel 22860000 22860000 (`@````````` 266 263 5 110185200 110185200 A six-member NATTA delegation called on the office of theDirector General of the newly set up Department of Tourism replacing theTourism Industry Division at Bhrikuti Mandap. Thedelegation led by President D.B. Limbu presented a bouquet and congratulated Tulsi Prasad Gautam on his appointment as Director General of DOT. He also handed over a letter of NATTAgrievances to DG Gautam and expressed the hope that under his ableleadership in thedepartment, all thosegenuine demands of NATTA will be addressed. The demands put up by NATTA include inter alias amendment Read More
