Kathmandu, March 30: Nepal has urged the United Nations for support for the development of technology and sustainable tourism. A delegation of the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) which is presently on the Europe trip made a call for this during its meeting with the UN Tourism official at Madrid of Spain.
The delegation led by Secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Binod Prakash Singh, acknowledged the UN support so far, calling for additional cooperation in technology specifically in the area of artificial intelligence, digital innovation and sustainable tourism development.
During a recent meeting with Harry Hwang, Director, Regional Department for Asia and the Pacific, the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), the Nepali delegation’s visit to the UN Tourism Headquarters was historic being the first one, pledging the continuity of the UN cooperation to Nepal. He urged Nepal to actively engage in UN tourism related activities and come up with formal proposals with the statement of priorities for additional support.
Director General of the Department of Tourism, Dr Narayan Prasad Regmi, apprised that Nepal is committed to further consolidating the partnership with the UN tourism body to promote the bilateral tourism relations.
Nepal needs the support of UN Tourism to improve its tourism policy, promote inclusive tourism and ensure just distributions of tourism benefits.
The NTB representatives highlighted Nepal’s potential for adventure tourism, eco-tourism and rural tourism. “Nepal needs the UN projects and further cooperation to take its tourism industry to a new height,” they said.
Prior to this, the NTB organised a promotional programme highlighting Nepal’s tourism destinations in collaboration with the Nepali Embassy in Spain.
The event aimed to enhance the tourism relations between Nepal and Spain was attended by tour and travel enterprenuers and media persons. On the occasion, Nepal’s ambassador to Spain, Sanil Nepal, talked about the long-standing relations between Nepal and Spain.
NTB senior manager Khadga Bikram Shah gave his presentation focusing on Nepal’s natural beauty, adventurous tourism, cultural heritages and hospitality services, suggesting that Nepal could be a major touristic destination for the Spaniards.
