Nepal Tourism Year 2011 promoted in Dubai

Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), along with five private travel trade companies and the national flag carrier Nepal Airlines Corporation participated in the ATM- 2009 held in Dubai, UAE, from May 5-8, 2009.

According to the Nepal Tourism Board, the Nepalese tourism industry gave the continuity to the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) participation for the third time to keep tapping the expatriates as well as the Emirate travelers’ market for Nepal from the UAE countries. This year the special focus was to create awareness for Nepal Tourism Year (NTY) 2011.

At Nepal stand most of the queries came in for connectivity and the attractions of Nepal especially soft adventure and nature. Some of the big outbound travel companies showed good interest to put Nepal in their list of outbound destinations as upcoming holiday destination for UAE market.

With good connectivity through Nepal Airlines Corporation, Etihad Airways, Bahrain Air, Air Arabia, Gulf Air and Qatar Airways, the tour operators floated special tour packages for Nepal.

His Excellency Ambassador of Nepal to UAE Mr. Arjun Bahadur Thapa along with Embassy officials visited the Nepal stall to interact with NTB officials and the participating companies

Nepal Airlines Corporation, KGH Group, Gokarna Forest Resort, Sierra International Travel & Tours, the Everest Hotel and Yeti Travels participated in the Mart.

His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and UAE Minister of Finance, inaugurated the ATM on May 5, 2009 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre (DICEC). Arabian Travel Market 2009 boasted more than 2,100 exhibitors and stand-sharers, from 69 countries, including 70 new-to-market representatives, as well as nearly 60 national tourist bodies representing six continents. nepalnews.com May 12 09