The fair under the slogan ´Let´s travel our country first then only abroad´ is organised with an objective of identifying tourism destinations and promoting internal tourism in Nepal.
Different tourism related organizations as well as educational and training providing institutions are participating in the three-day fair.
The Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) organised the fair with the purpose of creating public awareness to raise the living standards of rural areas through tourism and to exchange knowledge and information about tourism sector.
Information will be provided about 13 homestay schemes operated in different parts of the country, tourism packages and new destinations in the fair.
There are stalls of different 19 organisations, 12 travel agencies, four tourism educational institutions, as well as food items of Muslim and Newar communities in the fair.
Cultural items will be performed and documentary of tourism destinations will also be screened in the fair.
Inaugurating the fair, Minister for Tourism, Ram Kumar Shrestha, said that tourism of the country could not be developed in international level due to lack of publicity and infrastructures even after Nepal is full of natural heritages, different languages, cultures and communities.
Minister Shrestha said that lack of marketization, air services and executive chief at the Tourism Board have created problems in tourism promotion.
He added process will be forwarded to bring aircrafts soon.On the occasion, Secretary at the Ministry, Sushil Ghimire, said that new tourism sites should be developed by using science and technology.
Similarly, Officiating Chief Executive Officer of the Board, Subash Niraula and member of the Board Dhruba Narayan Shrestha expressed the view that the government and private sector should move ahead together for identifying new tourism sites and for their promotion.
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