Apart from HRA and NTB, the cell comprises of other travel trade associations as well. [break]
Signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU), the two organizations also agreed to resolve all the problems plaguing the tourism industry.
As per the agreement, HRA has been entrusted with the responsibility of running shuttle bus service from Tribhuvan International Airport to different places in Kathmandu Valley during protests, bandas and other forms of strikes. Earlier, NTB used to operate shuttle bus service.
HRA, which has been involved in coordinating rescue operations in mountain areas, will establish and operate TCC´s secretariat at its office building in Lazimpat. The cell can been contacted round-the-clock through 4442555 and 9751044088 hunting lines.
“We will entertain calls made at hunting lines round the clock,” Bikram Neupane, president of HRA, said after signing the agreement. “We will continue to expand our areas of interest in a bid to ensure comfortable stay for foreign visitors,” he added.
Trekking Agencies Association of Nepal (TAAN), Hotel Association of Nepal (HAN), Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA), PATA Nepal Chapter and Nepal Association of Tour Operators (NATO) are the members of the cell.
Prachanda Man Shrestha, CEO of NTB, said the cell would deal with any problems that the tourists will face at any part of the country.
Representatives of travel trade associations expressed their commitments to support the endeavors of the cell.
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