Nepal Tourism Board Workshop in LahoreThursday, August 3rd, 2017

July 6, 2017, Nepal Tourism Board in cooperation and coordination with Nepal Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan organized a workshop in Lahore, for tourism promotion of Nepal in Pakistan on July 05, 2017 and a series of follow up and consultation ongoing meetings with tourism officials on following day focusing on market analysis and flight resumption to Kathmandu directly to Lahore or other cities of Pakistan.

Addressing the workshop the Ambassador of Nepal to Pakistan Ms. Sewa Lamsal Adhikari said that ” in order to increase arrivals to Nepal, there must be resumption of direct flights to Kathmandu and added that she is tirelessly holding a series of discussions with concerned partners for the same”.

During the program Minister of Sports and Youth of Punjab Province, Mr. Jahangir Khanzada reinforced on sports tourism and cultural exchanges between two countries: “we could make special events and arrangements for tourism, culture and sports exchange between two countries”.

Officiating Secretary of Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) Mr. Suresh Acharya was optimistic and said that “The immense tourism potential of Lahore and other cities could be a sustainable source of tourism market for Nepal , however, well planned and coordinated effort is needed” emphasizing on flight connections.

Bimal Kadel, Manager NTB while making destination presentation reiterated that “Nepal is a pioneer in outdoor tourism and has most of the attractions that visitors from Pakistan are looking for including cultural heritages, leisure products, MICE and special tours” and highlighted unique selling proposition like Everest, Lumbini , and outdoor experiences .

The program was attended by more than 150 trade representatives, government officials including that of Tourism Development Corporation of Punjab, media personnel and other related participants.

Business, sports, cultural exchange are identified areas for tourism and furthermore Buddhist learning center of Pakistan like Takshashila could be connected with Buddhist circuit of Nepal and India especially among Chinese, Korean, Thai and Japanese in the form of circuit. However, if direct flights, trade contacts, and promotion could be done, the market has high potentials to add arrivals to Nepal.