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Nepal's Tourism Promotion in China Stalled since Covid-19 Outbreak

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Nepal's Tourism Promotion in China Stalled since Covid-19 Outbreak
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December 21: Nepal's tourism promotion in China has been stalled since the past two years due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Although the number of Chinese tourists visiting Nepal is the highest after Indian tourists, Nepal's tourism entrepreneurs have yet to conduct any publicity and marketing activities in China since the outbreak of Covid-19.

In the first week of November 2019,  government officials and tourism entrepreneurs of Nepal were in China to promote the Visit Nepal 2020 campaign. Since then, Nepal has not made any promotion campaigns in China. Tourism entrepreneurs say they are yet to promote Nepali tourism in China due to the Covid-19 outbreak, lockdown, and restrictions. Strict policies in China have also affected promotion plans.

Sajan Shakya, general secretary of the Hotel Association of Nepal (HAN), said that he visited China for tourism promotion at the end of 2019 and is yet to make any further visit. He said that it is necessary to stress on publicity in China in the current market strategy. In the 'Nepal Tourism Statistics-2020' index, Myanmar has risen to the second position in 2020, surpassing China as the second-largest tourist destination in Nepal in 2019.

The number of tourists coming from China has gradually increased since 2016. However, the number has dropped dramatically since 2020. Around 170,000 Chinese tourists visited Nepal in 2019 which declined to 19,000 in 2020. As of November 2021, altogether 3,239 Chinese tourists visited Nepal.

Although the number of tourists from other countries increased in 2021, arrival of Chinese tourists has not improved.





 

 




 

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