Nepal‚ China sign tourism promotion pact

Nepal‚ China sign tourism promotion pact

KATHMANDU: Nepal-China signed a bilateral agreement to promote tourism. Representatives from Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation and Tibet Autonomous Region signed the bilateral tourism promotion memorandum during the fifth meeting Nepal-China (Tibet) Joint Tourism Coordinating Committee on December 28-29.

Eight member team of representatives from Tibet Autonomous Region participated during the two days long meeting, Nepal Tourism Board press statement said.

The meeting was focused on bilateral tourism promotion and mutual coordination. According to the memorandum signed, China (Tibet) will support for the different promotional activities during the Visit Lumbini Year 2012, instant shuttle bus service between

Kathmandu and Lhasa, and also increase number of flights between Lhasa and Kathmandu. 

The sixth meeting of the committee will be organised in Tibet on September 2012. Nepal has witnessed a

increase of Chinese tourists in the first 11 month of 2011. Their number grew by 74.4 percent as compared to

the corresponding period of previous year. From January to November 2011, the number of Chinese tourists coming to Nepal via air

has reached to 40,244 against 23,077 same period of last year

With this increment, China became a country with the highest percentage of growth of tourists to Nepal as it is celebrating the Nepal Tourism Year 2011. Chinese tourist expected to grow in coming year too.