The Embassy of Nepal in Oman, in cooperation with the Visit Nepal Year (VNY)
2020 campaign secretariat, organized an interaction program on VNY 2020 by
inviting the Ambassadors of Nepal to Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar,
Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt, Israel and Pakistan this aftemoon.
Mr. Kedar Bahadur Adhikari, Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and
Civil Aviation, chaired the interaction program. He shed light on various strategies
of the Government of Nepal to make VNY 2020 a grand success. He asked for the
support and cooperation of the Embassies of Nepal abroad for the campaign,
requesting the Ambassadors to continue their hard work to increase the number of
tourists to Nepal on a sustainable basis.
Addressing the program, Foreign Secretary Mr. Shanker Das Bairagi urged the
Ambassadors to choose creative and imaginative methods of publicity to disseminate
the principal attractions of Nepal in a manner that specially appeals the young
generation. He said that an innovative publicity campaign would be able to change
the perceptions of leisure in the region, attracting the people to adventures and
pristine nature of Nepal. ‘Nepal has all potentials of emerging as a vibrant tourist
hhub in the world,” added the Foreign Secretary.
The Ambassadors of Nepal shared their ideas, experiences and measures on
promoting tourism and investment of Nepal in respective countries. They also
presented tourism promotion programs being undertaken by their embassies, while
sharing their full commitment to the VNY 2020 campaign.
