Lifetime Experiences! Highlighted at Montreal tourism showMonday, October 28th, 2019

Nepal Tourism Board
Press Release

October 28, 2019

NTB Montreal Oct. 28, Nepal Tourism Board coordinated Nepal´s participation at International Travel and Tourism Shows (ITTS), one of Canada´s biggest outbound travel show, at Montreal from Oct 25 to 27, 2019 with the definite brand slogan of Visit Nepal Year 2020.

From interaction with visitors, it was found that the experience of trekking at the foothills of Himalayas combined with cultural richness and hospitable people had resulted in a lifetime experience in the mind of visitors; and consequently, the destination recommendation to friends and relatives, has helped Nepal to sustain its arrival growth from Canada.

During the show NTB´s officials also met and interacted with media and invited them on a sponsored trip to Nepal for coverage and publicity while the major tour operators were personally met and briefed, as a gesture of courtesy and collaboration.

NTB officials also interacted with Ambassador of Nepal, Mr. Bhrigu Dhungana and his team, who had visited Nepal stall, for collaboration on consumer publicity and trade ties in different cities of Canada.

When winter begins after October, Canadian travel to warmer southern places like Mexico, Jamaica, Cuba to name a few, and when it comes to traveling to far- away places they prefer to combine at least regional destinations like Nepal- Bhutan, Nepal-Tibet, India-Nepal and so on for at least 3 weeks to cover the places.

Oman Airlines and Qatar Airways provide convenient connection with cities like Toronto and Montreal via Muscat and Doha to Kathmandu and some visitors even fly to Kathmandu by China Southern and Cathay Pacific from Guangzhou and Hongkong respectively.

Around 17000 plus Canadian tourists visited Nepal in 2018 and the number is likely to increase with the impending Visit Nepal Year and series of promotional activities to be carried out in 2020.

NTB officials representing the fair were Mr. Bimal Kadel, Manager and Janaki Upadhyay, Officer.