Nepal’s Participation at PATA Travel Mart 2016 Concludes on a High NoteSunday, September 11th, 2016
JAKARTA, Indonesia, Sept. 10, 2016 - Nepal Tourism Board along with PATA Nepal Chapter and national carrier Nepal Airlines made a successful participation in the PATA Travel Mart which was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, from 7-9 September 2016 in Indonesia Convention Center in Jakarta.
Mr. Yusuf Kala, the Vice President of Indonesia, inaugurated the fair amongst much fanfare. PTM 2016 this year witnessed participation of over 1,000 travel delegates from 60 countries around the world. PTM provided an exclusive platform for interaction between 300+ Buyers and over 200 Sellers. PTM is Asia Pacific’s premium travel trade fair providing unparalleled networking and business opportunities.
Nepal’s participation at PTM 2016 proved to be good platform to disseminate the information to the international travel trade and media that Nepal is back for business. The strong participation from the Nepal’s travel trade as potential Buyers and the overwhelming response they received at the fair attested the fact that Nepal is back in tourism business.
NTB did a special media briefing on 9 September to the international press at the venue. Mr. Deepak Raj Joshi, CEO Nepal Tourism Board, highlighted Nepal’s different facets such as culture, activities, festivals etc to break the stereotyped image of Nepal being more of an extreme adventure destination. Mr. Joshi also informed the press about the myths and the reality of Nepal post-earthquake. CEO also mentioned about the positive growth in the number of tourist arrival to Nepal and said the whole tourism industry is very encouraged and motivated with this confidence shown by the international sector towards Nepal as a destination.
The Nepal stall received a very positive response. The Nepal stall stood quite outstanding due to its unique design and branding.
Nepal Tourism Board is a destination member of PATA since its inception and shall continue to partner with PATA to bring further positive results in the Nepali tourism industry.
