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Govt to Commemorate 2016/17 as Domestic Tourism Year

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April 10: The government is planning to celebrate 2016/17 as ‘Domestic Tourism Year.’ “A cabinet level decision by the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoTCA) on April 8, decided to celebrate upcoming year as domestic tourism year,” informs the ministry Spokesperson Ghanshyam Upadhaya. According to him, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli will declare the Domestic Tourism Year on April 24, the same date the major earthquake jolted Nepal last year. The ministry is making necessary preparations for the declaration of the program.   

The Domestic Tourism Year will be celebrated aimed at the recovery of tourism industry which was badly affected by the last year’s devastating earthquake. “To inspire people to visit their own country, campaign like ‘ghumna jau hai Pokhara’ and similar campaigns in Chitwan, Lumbini, Rara will be started,” informs Deepak Raj Joshi, CEO of Nepal Tourism Board (NTB). “Due to the increase in the number of domestic tourists with higher levels of disposable incomes, the tourism sector will be largely supported by internal tourism that was down after the earthquake.”

As per the decision, public, educational and private sector organizations are required to provide leisure holidays mandatorily to their staffs and students during the Domestic Tourism Year. Under this, educational institutions should manage to provide inspirational holidays on festivals, educational tours and seminars. Similarly, the destination management and tour operators should also include discount on their packages. “If any private organisation provides leisure holidays once in a year, it will help to increase domestic tourism,” opines MoTCA Spokesperson Upadhaya.   

Meanwhile for the success of the Domestic Tourism Year, the ministry is collaborating with the private sector to bring attractive discount packages. Celebrating for the first time, the Domestic Tourism Year will be campaign and coordinate by NTB.    

 

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