KATHMANDU, Aug 31: The Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) is to run an information desk to share details on tourists missing and rescued from the Bhotekoshi flash flood that occurred on August 26.
3,670 Chinese tourists have visited Nepal so far in 2022
A joint meeting of officials from the Tourism Board, NTB, Tourist Police and organizations from the tourism fraternity decided to establish such a desk to share information while expediting the search and rescue operations for those missing tourists.
Director General of the Department Ramkrishna Lamichhane said a decision was made to ensure coordination for the search of missing tourists and implement an integrated information system through the desk.