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MOU WITH NATTA AND JYOTI BIKAS BANK

On the occasion of NATTA's 54th Annual General Meeting, July 13, 2021, Mr. Achyut Guragain, President of NATTA, and Mr. Paras Raj Kandel, Deputy CEO of JBBL, signed the MoU to collaborate on providing financial services to NATTA members. The MoU intends to engage both parties whilst providing Professional Loans and Subsidy Loans (Women Entrepreneurship …

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PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TRAINING BY NATTA SUDURPASCHIM

As part of skill development training for tourism personnel, NATTA Sudurpaschim in coordination with Nepal Tourism Board and NATTA Central, organized four-day Digital Marketing Training in conjunction with a specialist to familiarize with tourism operations digitally. The training was organized virtually via Zoom with participants from Sudurpaschim Province. At the Closing Ceremony of the training …

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COORDINATION WITH NCELL

NATTA in coordination with Ncell is planning to collaborate with NATTA members by designing an exclusive product, especially on roaming offer. The product shall offer the members to have their roaming travel pack with certain voice calls, SMS and data according to the travelled country at a minimal price.

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PROPOSAL TO NTB ON THEIR UPCOMING BUDGET

NATTA proposed tourism promotional programs and the estimated budget required for those programs to the Nepal Tourism Board for their budget for Fiscal Year 2078. NATTA involving all its provinces requested to address the estimated budget in their budget program for the promotion of tourism of Nepal.

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UFTAA AGA 2021

The Annual General Meeting of UFTAA was held on 28 June 2021 virtually. AGA was updated on the resolution adopted at the EGA to endorse, confirm ratify and approve all decisions taken by the UFTAA Board since 1 April 2020 because of COVID. UFTAA President, on behalf of the UFTAA Board, presented the exhaustive report …

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TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR THE MEMBERS

Regarding the training to be provided to members of NATTA, several meetings had been held with different organizations. Via online, a meeting was held with the representative of PUM, Netherlands, Mrs. Lajali Bajracharya regarding exploring the several possibilities of training to the tourism professionals on 2nd June 2021. The training shall be organized on …

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SUGGESTIONS SUBMITTED TO KATHMANDU METROPOLITAN CITY

NATTA sent a letter to the Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City addressing some reasonable demands in the allocation of budget for the fiscal year 2078/79 for the tourism sector. Some important demands included the tax collection from the municipality for the tourism sector to be only Rs. 5000, waiving off of the tax of home …

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MEETING WITH PAST PRESIDENTS (JUNE)

Meeting with Past President was held via Zoom Application on 16th June 2021, with the presence of all the Past Presidents chaired by Convener of Council of NATTA Past Presidents (CNPP), Mr. RR Pandey. The meeting discussed the modality of the 54th Annual General Meeting and the current issues such as the members having difficulty …

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NEPAL OIL REDUCE JET FUEL PRICE BY 20 PERCENT

The Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) reduced the price of international aviation turbine fuel beginning from 7th June 2021 midnight Sunday. Fuel is the largest operating expense for airlines, accounting for as much as one-third of total costs. A 20 percent drop in fuel price, according to airlines, may see a roughly 10 percent drop in ticket …

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NATTA DEMAND ON EASE OF REGULATIONS

A Press Release was issued by NATTA on June 4, 2021, demanding Government that there should be ease of standards for the travelers who are willing to travel to country Nepal with only negative RT-PCR Report within 72 hours and no compulsion of quarantine for the fully vaccinated travelers (Nepalese/Foreigner). The new standard then issued …