Kathmandu, June 22: Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) organised a destination presentation programme exclusively for the incentive buyers and conference organisers in the United Kingdom recently.
‘Night in Nepal’ organised in collaboration with London based Royal Nepalese Embassy, Nepal Incentive and Convention Association (NICA) and Qatar Airways was attended by about 50 convention holders and incentive buyers in the UK and five local media.
Addressing the function, Royal Nepalese Ambassador to UK Dr. Singha Bahadur Basnyat highlighted the friendly ties between Nepal and UK which date back to over 200 years and said that Nepal was a suitable place for investment in water-resources and tourism, among others.
Dwelling on the tourism promotion initiative taken by the Nepalese Embassy in UK, Basnyat expressed his commitment towards destination promotion in future and invited the incentive buyers to promote Nepal in an aggressive way.
NTB’s Marketing and Promotion Director Tek Bahadur Dangi said that Nepal was a unique travel destination with diverse attractions ranging from the sub-tropical jungles with one-horned rhino, elephants and Royal Bengal Tiger in the south to snow leopards and musk deer in the north. “Nepal is a centre and pioneering destination for adventure activities like mountaineering, trekking, rafting, jungle-safari, mountain-flights, bungi-jumping.”
“Nepal is also a living cultural museum with various ethnic groups and their living cultural traditions where renowned world-heritage sites including Lumbini – the birthplace of Lord Buddha is located,” an NTB press release stated Dangi as saying. “Nepal is recently emerging as a convention destination with world-class facilities for regional and global level conventions and incentives.”
Dangi’s presentation was followed by a short multi-media show with highlights on Nepal as a travel destination with convention and incentive specialities, the press release said.
Qatar Airways’ regional manager for Europe and North America Mohamed Salehi said that Nepal needed to be promoted as an all— season destination. He promised that Qatar Airways would always support NTB initiatives to promote Nepal. Qatar Airways also made a short presentation.
The function also featured the lucky draw of a free trip to Nepal for a British couple. The free air-ticket to Nepal was sponsored by Qatar Airways while the participating Nepalese companies would jointly sponsor six nights and seven days accommodation.
Qatar Airways also provided free passage to all the Nepalese participants at the function who are also scheduled to participate in M & IT show, Olympia, London, from 21-22 June.
The Nepalese participants of the event were Subodh Thapa and Bhagirath Singh of Fulbari Resort & Spa, Subodh SJB Rana of Marco-Polo Travels, Bijaya Amatya of Yeti Travels, Sangita Shrestha Einhaus of Kathmandu Travels & Tours, Pitambar Guragai and Lal K. R. Bajracharya of Gaida Wildlife Camp, Walid Soubara of Qatar Airways and Punam Ghimire of NICA.