The
world's famous travel publisher – Lonely Planet – awarded Nepal 'Best in Travel
2015' award at World Travel Market 2014 (WTM 2014) today.
Khumbu
Region of Nepal has been awarded as one of the top 10 regions to travel by
Lonely Planet under Best in Travel 2015 category.
The
four-day long global travel and tourism exchange platform – WTM 2014 –
concluded in London yesterday.
World
Travel Market is the leading global event for the travel industry which caters
top travel trade companies and government tourism organisations from around the
world for promoting business and exchange new ideas and travel trend.
This year Nepal’s stand at the World Travel
Market 2014 was designed based on Nepali pagoda style temple having intricate
wooden carvings festooned with prayer flags around the stall showcasing its
nature and cultural products.
The
visitors asked about nature, culture, adventure at the Nepal stall.
Nepali
delegation – led by minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Deepak
Chandra Amatya – had joint secretary at the ministry Sadhu Ram Sapkota along
with senior officials of Nepal Tourism Board and 12 travel trade companies.
Meanwhile,
minister Amatya also attended UNWTO and World Travel Market Ministers' Summit
at the World Travel Market 2014.
Participants
at the UNWTO and World Travel Market Ministers' Summit stressed that 'immense
synergies' between mega-events as tourism should be used to generate long-term
benefits for the destinations and its people.
Speaking at the opening the
Summit, UNWTO secretary general Taleb Rifai stressed on infrastructure
development, investment, job-creation, involvement of local community for
organising mega events.