In the invitation of the SNV-Nepal, NATTA General Secretary Mr. Madhu Sudan Acharya and Executive Member Mr. Anangam Raj Timalsena attended a discussion program held on 19 October at Shankar Hotel in Kathmandu. (L-R) NATTA CEO, General Secretary, Monica and Marjotrie (file photo) The discussion was focused on the SNV’s upcoming project to be centred on the capacity building of the new job seekers in the tourism sector. This program is expected to be implemented in the near future. NATTA Chief Executive Officer Prof. Dr. Hari Sarmah represents NATTA in the steering committee for The Great Himalayan Trail (GTHT) of the SNV.
NATTA Immediate Past President Ram Kaji Koney has been nominated in the Investment Promotion Council (IPC) of Federation of the Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) for the year 2068/70 BS. As the government has been mulling the upcoming year 2012 as the Investment Year, the move of the FNCCI has come as to assist the campaign of the year. IPP Ram Kaji Koney IPC has been formed under the convernership of Mr. Chandra Prasad Dhakal, a FNCCI member recently. The committee comprises of Mr. Ashok Agrawal as the sub-coordinator and Mr. Ram Kaji Koney (Tourism sector), Mr. Jiva Lamichhane (NRN), Mr. Dr Jugal Bhurtel (Hydropower sector), Mr. Gyan Bahadur GC (Charter Accountant Association), Mr. Pancharatna Shakya (Nepal China Chamber of Commerce), Mr. Purnaman Shakya (Nepal Bar Association) and Mr. Radhesh Panta (Nepal Bankers’ Association) as the members.
A Chinese delegation led by Mr. Xu Zhenghua, Marketing Director of Lijing Tourism Administration, met Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA) President Mr. Arjun Prasad Sharma and General Secretary Mr. Madhu Sudan Acharya on 18 October in Kathmandu. President holding talks with Chinese delegation In the meeting, the Chinese delegation invited NATTA officials to participate in the travel trade fair which is scheduled from November 22 in China. In response the NATTA officials informed them that the participation for the fair is not possible due to the short span of time. However, they assured that NATTA would be participating in the upcoming fair COTTM Beijing in China. The Chinese team expressed their interest to tie up with NATTA to enhance the bilateral relations of the two friendly counties-Nepal and China especially through development of the tourism sector.
In the invitation of the SNV-Nepal, NATTA General Secretary Mr. Madhu Sudan Acharya and Executive Member Mr. Anangam Raj Timalsena attended a discussion program held on 19 October at Shankar Hotel in Kathmandu. (L-R) NATTA CEO, General Secretary, Monica and Marjotrie (file photo) The discussion was focused on the SNV’s upcoming project to be centred on the capacity building of the new job seekers in the tourism sector. This program is expected to be implemented in the near future. NATTA Chief Executive Officer Prof. Dr. Hari Sarmah represents NATTA in the steering committee for The Great Himalayan Trail (GTHT) of the SNV.
1st Vice President Mr. Pavitra Kumar Karki has been appointed as the board of Director of the Citizen Bank International recently. 1st Vice President Pavitra Kumar Karki Karki is also the Managing Director to the Danfe Travel, a leading travel agency in the country since two decades.
A Chinese delegation led by Mr. Xu Zhenghua, Marketing Director of Lijing Tourism Administration, met Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA) President Mr. Arjun Prasad Sharma and General Secretary Mr. Madhu Sudan Acharya on 18 October in Kathmandu. President holding talks with Chinese delegation In the meeting, the Chinese delegation invited NATTA officials to participate in the travel trade fair which is scheduled from November 22 in China. In response the NATTA officials informed them that the participation for the fair is not possible due to the short span of time. However, they assured that NATTA would be participating in the upcoming fair COTTM Beijing in China. The Chinese team expressed their interest to tie up with NATTA to enhance the bilateral relations of the two friendly counties-Nepal and China especially through development of the tourism sector.
Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents has organized the 2nd Annual NATTA Special Program 2011, mega event on 24th September at the Tribhuwan Army Officers’ Club in Kathmandu. The program was organized to welcome World Tourism Day, National Festival Dashain, Tihar and Chhath with the slogan of the ongoing Nepal Tourism Year 2011, ‘Together for Tourism’. Singers Komal Oli, Shital and Subani Moktan, Avaya Subba, Mingma Sherpa performed their performances. Likewise, the dance groups of Renash Rai, Bboying and Nepsydaz also entertained the participants through their performances in the event. In the program, some 23 international sponsored air tickets of different airlines and other surprise packages were distributed to the participants as the door prize. Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} More than 1500 Read More
Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents has launched its new version of website www. natta.org.np on the occasion of the 2nd Annual NATTA Special Program. NATTA President Arjun Prasad Sharma inaugurated the NATTA’s new version of website amid a function at the Amy Officers’ Club on September 24. The website was developed and designed by the Sabaiko Technology Pvt., Kathmandu. The new NATTA website has incorporated latest technologies and link in social networking like facebook, Twitter, linkind and RSS. The new website could be converted in 50 different international languages. NATTA members would get benefit from varieties of features of the website after logged in.
SNV-Nepal, Netherland Development Organisation, officials Marjotrie van Strien, Tourism Associates Advisor of HITT Programme and Monica Oliveros, HITT Global Programme Leader & Tourism Advisor, met with NATTA General Secretary Madhu Sudan Acharya and Professor Dr Hari Sarmah at the NATTA Secretariat in Goma Ganesh, Naxal on 28th September. During the meeting, SNV officials said that they are going to start some trainings programs targeting poor populations to become more involved in the tourism sector. They urged NATTA to be remaining in the trainings program’s steering committee to develop the training material and its design. NATTA Chief Executive Officer Dr Hari Sarmah will represent in SNV Nepal’s upcoming project for the same.
After the meeting with NATTA officials, Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has agreed to extend the deadline to increase the tourist entry fee in Kathmandu Durbar Square area recently. According to the new agreement, KMC would introduce its new fare after December of this year. KMC revoked its decision to increase the tax keeping in mind the decision of the Main Hosting Committee of Nepal Tourism Year 2011 not to increase any kind of tourist fees and charges during the NTY campaign. NATTA 2nd Vice President Sarbottam Lal Shrestha and General Secretary Madhu Sudan Acharya represented NATTA during the talks with KMC.
Gianni Braizzi, a World Bank Consultant, discussed with Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA) General Secretary Madhu Sudhan Acharya and Chief Executive Officer Prof. Dr. Hari Sarmah on September 8 at the NATTA Secretariat in Naxal. Mr. Braizzi raised the queries on the current challenges and opportunities in the tourism sector as well as solid west management, aviation sector especially stricken situation of Nepal Airlines Corporation, the national flag carrier. In response, General Secretor briefed him on the latest developments for the same.
A joint meeting of the Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA), Nepal Tourist Service, Nepal Private Tourist Vehicle Association and Nepal Tourist Vehicle Association decided to increase the transport rate for the tourist vehicles. The new fare has been increased in view of the increase the in the cost of services and goods. The new fare is effective from September 1. The hard copy of the fare-book will be made available on complementary basis at NATTA Secretariat in Goma Ganesh, Naxal within a week or so.
Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA) organized the most anticipated mega event “Annual NATTA Special Program-2011” welcoming World Tourism Day, National Festival Dashain, Tihar and Chhath with the slogan of the ongoing Nepal Tourism Year 2011, ‘Together For Tourism’ on Saturday September 24 at the Army Club, Sundhara Kathmandu.Singers Komal Oli, Shital Moktan, Subai Moktan, Avaya Subba and other artists along with famous bands presented their varities of performance in the program. Most of the tourism stakeholders, travel agents, tour operators, and members of the other tourism related associations including government and non governemnt dignitaries along with the media representatives were present in the porgram.
Nepal’s tourism industry will pull out all the stops to make tourists feel valued on Tuesday on the occasion of the 32nd World Tourism Day. The first three foreign visitors disembarking at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) will be treated to a grand welcome and presented gifts. Tourists will also get discounts at hotels and cultural shows as part of the World Tourism Day celebrations. “As culture is one of the major parts of tourism, this World Tourism Day aims to promote the values of cultural diversity through tourism which holds significance for the development of sustainable tourism in Nepal,” said Prachanda Man Shrestha, chief executive officer of the NTB. The Tourism Ministry, the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) and more than 40 organizations associated with tourism have lined up various programmes to observe World Tourism Day. Hotel Association of Nepal (HAN), the Tara Gaon Development Board (TGDB) and the Nepal Read More
NATTA CEO Dr Hari Sarmah (left to right), Event Manager Binit Shrestha and NATTA President Arjun Prasad Sharma duing the 2nd NATTA Special Program at the Tribhuvan Army Officers' Club on Saturday, September 24, 2011.
he number of overland visitors from India has reached 520,522 in 2010, a jump of 74 percent from 2009. This was revealed by a survey conducted by the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) entitled "Indian Visitors by Land 2010".The survey, the second in the series, shows that a total of 674,608 tourists entered Nepal over surface routes from India in 2010. Considering that Nepal Tourism Statistics 2010 shows 154,086 third-country tourists entering Nepal by land in 2010, the survey has concluded that 520,522 Indian tourists visited Nepal. The number of Indian overland tourists visiting Nepal in 2009 amounted to 298,821.The survey shows that the highest number of Indian tourists entered Nepal from the Belhiya point (Bhairahawa). Of the total arrivals, 50 percent entered the country through this check point.Other major entry points for Indian tourists, according to the survey, were Vittamod (Janakpur) with 17 percent, Birgunj with 13 percent, Kakkarbhitta with Read More
Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA) has approved the membership request of the Aviation International Travel and Tours Pvt Ltd, Everest Miracle Travels and Tours and Shangri-la Tourism and Hotel Training Centre (P) Ltd. In one of the latest Board meetings at NATTA Secretariat, President Mr. Arjun Prasad Sharma awarded the certificate to the representatives of the concerning agencies. Other NATTA officials and executives were present in the meeting.
