Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) Tuesday held a program to welcome all the political parties represented in the Constituent Assembly and sought a firm commitment from them to foster tourism. Addressing the program, tourism secretary Lila Mani Poudel said a cloud of doubt hung over the tourism industry amid lack of infrastructure, inaccurate publicity in the international markets and sudden and frequent strikes.
“But we are hopeful that these challenges will be sorted out with our collective and united efforts in the coming days,” he said.
NTB chief executive officer Prachanda Man Shrestha said that due to Nepal's geographical characteristics, tourism was not only a choice for economic development but a compulsion and necessity. “According to research findings of the World Tourism Council, tourism has created over 500,000 jobs in Nepal,” he said.
“We are realizing that aside from rising fuel prices and poor infrastructure, strikes and bandas are pushing tourism to the brink of uncertainty,” he added. “Now we need to ask ourselves if we can make a commitment to bring smiles to the faces of the Nepali people, create an enabling atmosphere for businessmen and build a new Nepal through advancement in tourism.”
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