Outdoor and Cultural Experiences Highlighted at The NetherlandsMonday, April 2nd, 2018

Nepal Tourism Board coordinated Nepal’s participation at one of Europe’s largest trade fairs “Vakantiebeurs” at Jaarbeurs in Utrecht, the Netherlands from 9th -14th January, 2018. The co-exhibitors at the stall were: Asian Mystery Treks & Tours, Himalayan Dream Team Treks and Tours, Mountain Adventure Trekking, Himalayan Guides Nepal Treks and Travels.

‘The experience of visiting a country which lies above the clouds is amazing especially when one is visiting from Holland, a country which is below sea level in some of the parts’ comments a visitor to a Nepal stall.

Many of the visitors to the stall enquired about the trekking to Annapurna and Everest region. “I would prefer to trek in the Annapurna because of the varied cultural experiences, changing landscape and circuit path of the trek” said a college student who was collecting information about his forthcoming trip to Nepal.

A visit to Nepal and trek to the remote areas is a matter of pride and achievement for adventure lovers from Holland.

During the exhibition, Nepal presentation was done highlighting the beauty of the Himalayas, city tours, richness of Nepalese culture, Buddha’s teachings and the friendliness of the people. Adventurous activities such as mountaineering, jungle safari, rafting, biking, hiking, rock climbing, paragliding, ultralight aircraft, Everest flight, bungy jumping were also added feature of the presentation. The outdoor experience of Nepal was the most unique selling proposition of the presentation.

At the fair, one-to-one meetings were held with bloggers, video makers, virtual reality developers, writers, photographers and invitation were offered to them for Nepal visit for coverage and publicity.

Nepal is already an established destination for visitors from the Netherlands who are great out-door enthusiasts. As per the observation it was evident that Dutch travelers to Nepal tend to show a high degree of satisfaction and have the tendency to visit more than once and look for newer and exotic trekking places covering mountains, lakes, wild animals, vegetation and cultural experience which could be found in Manaslu, Khaptad, Rara, Dolpo, and Kanchenjunga among others.

The data of 2017 shows that the tourist arrival from the Netherlands has risen to 13,393 in 2017. The Dutch arrival in Nepal was 11, 453.

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