Everest, Pashupatinath Draw Special Interest at Tourism Meet in Kerala, IndiaSunday, June 19th, 2016

TRIVANDRUM, Kerala, India, June 18, 2016 – Nepal Tourism Board in coordination with Nepal Embassy in Delhi and BP Koirala Nepal India Foundation arranged separate and special briefings for tour operators, media and the university students of Kerala, one of the most successful states of India for domestic and international tourism.

Addressing the gathering, Acting Ambassador of Nepal to India, Mr. Krishna Prasad Dhakal said that Nepal would like to foster functional ties between tourism entrepreneurs and investors for mutual benefit and the Embassy would make every effort to facilitate trade and tourism between Nepal and Kerela. He emphasized the prospects of pilgrimage tourism sensing the high potential of the segment.

NTB official Mr. Bimal Kadel emphasized that, “Hotels in Nepal provided competitive prices compared to India and Indian visitors were offered better price than any other nationals even in domestic airlines tickets, in trekking fees and concessional entry to UNESCO heritage sites.” He also emphasized on the Everest and other adventure activities for which interests is growing among young travelers in India.

Impressed by the success of Nepal’s conservation practices, Director of Kerala Tourism Mr. U.V Jose said, “We are eager to learn and replicate the success stories of Nepal’s conservation for the betterment and sustainability of tourism.”

In order to build business ties, Mr. Anish Kumar PK , President of Association of Tourism Trade Organization, India said, “I would like to visit Nepal along with a group of around 30 tour operators for making an observation tour of the destination and establishing business ties with Nepalese counterparts,” and requested NTB to host the program.

The devotional ambiance with the chanting of prayers and the chiming of bells seen in most of the temples in Kerala and other parts of South India strikes a similar chord with the temples activities of Kathmandu Valley indicating to a deeper cultural connection between the people of the South India and Nepal .

Currently, Kathmandu is linked by direct flight from cities like Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru with more than 50 flights per week . While in the south pilgrimage sites like Rameshwaram, Tirupati, Puttaparthy and Shirdi are gaining popularity with Nepali pilgrims and Nepal is serving as gateway to Mt. Kailash in Tibet for Indian pilgrims, Nepal too can cash on pilgrimage sites like Pashupatinath and Muktinath along with other leisure trips for South Indian travelers.

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