Foreign business delegation to assist Nepali tourism

With an aim to assess tourism potentialities in Nepal, a 30-member business delegation from Italy, Slovenia and Vietnam is paying visit to Nepal from April 21-27.

According to Dibya Mani Rajbhandari, president of the European Economic Chamber of Trade, Commerce and Industry (EEC)-Nepal, this step will somewhat help the country's tourism sector ride out the reverberations of the global financial meltdown.

The team will comprise tour operators, tourism entrepreneurs and media persons.

The business delegation will take part in workshops, business-to-business matchmaking activities and educational tours in and around the famous tourist destinations of Pokhara and Kathmandu Valley.

According to reports, the programme is being implemented by EEC-Nepal under the project European-Asian Integration in Sustainable Tourism Management (Asian Tour) in Nepal with a special focus on tourism-related small and medium enterprises (SMEs), intermediary business organizations
(IBOs) and local institutions. The Asian Tour project is funded by the European Union under the Asia Invest Programme. Other project partner countries are Italy, Slovenia, Vietnam and Mongolia.

According to EEC-Nepal, the business delegation will take part in workshops, business-to-business matchmaking activities and educational tours in and around the famous tourist destinations of Pokhara and Kathmandu Valley.

More than 80 Nepalese tourism companies will be meeting the visiting business delegation to discuss ways and means to promote mutual business development.

The visit is also expected to provide considerable help to Nepal Tourism Year 2011. nepalnews.com Apr 21 09