The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Nepal Chapter in collaboration with Visit Nepal Year 2020 and Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) is organising the historical and first-of-its-kind Nepal India China Expo (NICE) in February 2020.
NICE is the first tri-nation tourism expo that will bring together tourism and hospitality stakeholders and organisations from public and private sectors of the three neighboring countries including Nepal, India and China, the chairman of PATA Nepal Chapter Sunil Shakya said at a press conference today.
“It will bring three countries on a single platform by facilitating with unparalleled networking and business opportunities, industry insights and inspiration,” he said, adding that the first of its kind event is expecting 1,000 plus delegates from three countries including 200 plus regional buyers, 100 exhibitors, 15 plus high-value speakers and hundreds of guests and delegates including government officials, trade visitors. “Nepal has not been able to tap the prospective tourists’ influx from these two important market nations.”
“We believe that NICE will play an instrumental role in strengthening the tourism ties between the three countries adding significant value in support of the target set by the government with the Visit Nepal Year 2020,” he added.
The organisers will be collaborating with different tourism organizations and stakeholders in Nepal, India and China. PATA has sought cooperation and support from sponsors, airlines, hotels, media and the travel-trade fraternity of Nepal. The event will take place from February 21 to 24, 2020 in Kathmandu.
Nepal is rightly and geopolitically placed between the two giant economies and can contribute hugely in bridging tourism development potentials of these countries which, have arranged bilateral trade but, have never organised a tri-nation’s event, according to PATA Nepal Chapter.
China and India are two of the largest outbound source markets in the world with Nepal as one of its immediate recipient nation. According to 2018 statistics, approximately 150 million Chinese traveled abroad, out of which only 0.1 per cent visited Nepal while only 0.75 per cent Indian tourists visited Nepal out of 25.85 million Indian outbound, the PATA data revealed.
NICE is the first tri-nation tourism expo that will bring together tourism and hospitality stakeholders and organisations from public and private sectors of the three neighboring countries including Nepal, India and China, the chairman of PATA Nepal Chapter Sunil Shakya said at a press conference today.
“It will bring three countries on a single platform by facilitating with unparalleled networking and business opportunities, industry insights and inspiration,” he said, adding that the first of its kind event is expecting 1,000 plus delegates from three countries including 200 plus regional buyers, 100 exhibitors, 15 plus high-value speakers and hundreds of guests and delegates including government officials, trade visitors. “Nepal has not been able to tap the prospective tourists’ influx from these two important market nations.”
“We believe that NICE will play an instrumental role in strengthening the tourism ties between the three countries adding significant value in support of the target set by the government with the Visit Nepal Year 2020,” he added.
The organisers will be collaborating with different tourism organizations and stakeholders in Nepal, India and China. PATA has sought cooperation and support from sponsors, airlines, hotels, media and the travel-trade fraternity of Nepal. The event will take place from February 21 to 24, 2020 in Kathmandu.
Nepal is rightly and geopolitically placed between the two giant economies and can contribute hugely in bridging tourism development potentials of these countries which, have arranged bilateral trade but, have never organised a tri-nation’s event, according to PATA Nepal Chapter.
China and India are two of the largest outbound source markets in the world with Nepal as one of its immediate recipient nation. According to 2018 statistics, approximately 150 million Chinese traveled abroad, out of which only 0.1 per cent visited Nepal while only 0.75 per cent Indian tourists visited Nepal out of 25.85 million Indian outbound, the PATA data revealed.
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