The government has revealed various action plans to celebrate 2011 as 'Nepal Tourism Year' with an objective to increase tourist arrivals above the 1 million mark.
In press meet organized Sunday, minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation Hisila Yami said, "We will launch campaign of Nepal Tourism Year nationwide by improvising based on the experiences from Visit Nepal Year 1998."
In an attempt to promote Nepal as a tourist destination and lure maximum tourists, the government has made arrangements to waive the visa fee for 2011. It has also planned to start air services to Nepal from Riyadh, Lhasa, Gwanjhau, Frankfurt and London by the end of 2010 in order to provide better air connectivity. Flights to and from Mumbai, Shanghai and Tokyo are starting this March.
In the press meet, the government also revealed its plans to launch special promotional packages in the USA, Europe, Japan, Australia, South East Asia, Middle East Asia and neighboring China and India through high level Nepalese delegation teams in order to meet the target of more than 1 million tourist arrivals.
Earlier, the government had announced the plan to 2011 as 'Nepal Tourism Year' through the budget speech. The cabinet has also formed a steering committee coordinated by the minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation Hisila Yami and including stake holders from various sectors. nepalnews.com ta Jan 26 09
