Nepal Tourism Department announces Special facilities to see Nepal
Posted on: 30/Jan/2020 10:32:55 AM
With a view to drawing the attention of the tourists from South India including Trichy and other cities, the Chief Manager Sunil Sharma of the Nepal Tourism Department has announced some special tourism trips without the passport and VISA requirement.
During an interview with the Tourism Agents and Press reporters conducted at Trichy on Tuesday (today, the Chief Manager of Nepal Tourism shared:
Nepal has boundaries with India on 3 directions - South, East, and West and in North with China.
Just like the many States in North India, Nepal also has the right pleasant climate for tourism and also there are plenty of interesting and important tourist spots to visit! The noteworthy tourist spots include Lord Buddha’s birth-place Lumbini, Pokhara, National Parks, Sky-diving, Jungle Safari, Rock-0climbing, Mountain-biking Elephant Polo games thus making Nepal as one of the best countries for touring.
As such, the government of Nepal has been taking various initiatives to promote tourism by the Nepal Tourism Department.
As per the tourism statistics for the year 2019, 1197191 tourists visited Nepal and out of this, the majority of 2.54Lakhs tourists were from India and them 1.68 Lakhs tourists from China.
The tourists from South Asian countries were 29.4% and tourists from other Asian countries were 29.2%, tourists from America were 9.2% and tourists from Europe were 19.9%. Tourists from other countries were 3.7%.
As compared to the year 2018, the number of tourists visiting Nepal in the year 2019 has gone up by 10%.
The environmental conditions in Nepal and their culture have attracted tourists to a large extent. This is why there is an increasing trend of tourists every year!
From the India-Nepal boundaries, it is possible to reach the important mountain locations in Nepal within an hour.
Though Nepal is another separate country, special arrangement has been made permitting entry without VISA. Even though Indian tourism does or does not have a passport, h/she can show the National ID cards (Voter ID, etc) to move anywhere inside Nepal.
Further, the facility to exchange Indian currency is added a positive aspect for the Indian tourist! The Master/VISA card issued by Indian Banks can be used in ATM devices in Nepal!
One of the foremost positive aspects is that Nepal culture, food, language, and religious traditions give the feeling as though still being in India only!
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Presently, the are direct flight services from Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Bangalore to Nepal Kathmandu. The direct flight from the Chennai Metro City to Kathmandu is to be introduced very shortly. This is being discussed with the airlines. Further, buses do operate from Delhi and Varanasi to Kathmandu apart from the other transport forms being available. Even Indian vehicles can enter with special permission.
Sales Mission 2020!
Nepal Tourism Corporation is implementing the special target programme for Nepal Sales Mission – 2020’ with the objective to increase the number of tourists to Nepal.
Extensive information on Nepal Tour is being shared with the travel agents especially in several cities in the state in India including Trichy from Tamil Nadu, Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi from Kerala, and Jaipur, Chandigarh, Amritsar, Pune, and Surat.
In the meeting specially organised in Trichy on Nepal Tourism, the travel agents participated and offered suggestions to the prospective tourists!
Tourism Department officials Janaki Upadhyaya, Prem Prasad Bhattarai and others participated in this meeting.
