The 10-day event will be organized at Tundikhel in Kathmandu from January 11. [break]
Birendra Kumar Singh, joint secretary at the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoTCA), told myrepublica.com that they had already permitted Avia Club Nepal and NASA to organize the gala event. “We have permitted the event after the organizers fulfilled necessary requirements,” Singh said.
Natasha Shrestha, managing director of Avia Club that runs air sports activities in Pokhara, told myrepublica.com that the event would help promote Nepal´s tourism industry by bringing in air sports lovers during the NTY 2011 campaign. “We hope to get around 200 participants for the event,” she added.
After its inauguration at Tundikhel, Shrestha said the event would be organized in Bandipur, Chitwan and Pokhara. Different air sports like ultra light flight, paragliding, para-motor and hang gliding, among others are the major attractions of the event.
Shrestha said the event would be organized in close coordination with Federation of International Aeronautics (FIA) which is an umbrella organization of air sport companies from 140 countries. “Our tie-up with FIA might help us get more participants,” Natasha said.
NTY 2011 officials have identified adventure sports activities as one of the important events during the year-long tourism promotional campaign.
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