KATHMANDU, Aug 3: The Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN) and the Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA) have demanded that rescue operation for tourists be made easier and faster.
In a joint statement issued on Thursday, TAAN President Nawaraj Dahal and NATTA President CN Pandey made this demand, referring to many incidents of death of tourists for want of timely rescue.
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Prompt rescue operation is needed especially at a time when the government targets to bring in 2 million tourists by 2020, said Pandey. "This initiative will also help a positive message to the world about our treatment of tourists," he said.
Both the tourism bodies have demanded that the government should make a policy so as to make rescue operation for tourist easier and faster. RSS
