Kathmandu, Feb. 26:Nepal’s participation in the three-day 16th Tourism Trade Fair (ttf) recently concluded in Mumbai, India remained quite effective and fruitful in terms of Nepal’s tourism promotion.
A total of 27 companies led by Nepal Tourism Board took part in the fair. The Nepali pavilion was decorated with attractive wood works, enlarged photographs of various tourist spots and several other items.
Useful travel information like visa fee structure, trekking area royalty, mountaineering royalty, international air schedules were put up for general information of the visitors.
Video documentary featuring some aspects of Nepalese tourism was a regular highlight throughout the fair.
Likewise, various brochures, pamphlets, travel guide books, posters, maps, travel manuals, cd-rom, lokta paper bags, passport bags, documentary on Nepal were distributed throughout the fair.
Coinciding with the fair a “Destination Nepal presentation and press conference” was held on Feb. 19 with the objective of dispelling security related doubts about Nepal from the minds of Indian travellers and projecting Nepal as a safe haven for tourists.
At the press conference, marketing and promotion director of Nepal Tourism Board Tek Bahadur Dangi cautioned the Indian tourists and people in general about the misleading propaganda launched by a section of Indian media regarding security matters in Nepal and asked them to differentiate facts from baseless rumours.
The security arrangement at Tribhuvan International Airport conforms to the international standards and the fourteen other international airlines including two national ones are operating flights to and from Kathmandu without any doubts about the security standards implemented at the airport, Mr. Dangi said, adding this itself is also a strong proof of good security system at the airport.
The cancellation of Indian airlines flights has caused loss not only to Nepal but also to India and other adjoining countries since the tour operators between the two countries have a tied up multiple destinations packages connecting adjoining areas in the Indian subcontinent, Dangi said.