Himalayan News Service
KATHMANDU: Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) promoted Nepal Tourism Year (NTY) 2011 in the CITM 2010 in Shanghai.
“NTY 2011 is a campaign not only aimed at repositioning Nepal as the best holiday destination in the world but also an effort to translate the historic political changes into economic prosperity via tourism,” said Surya Thapaliya from NTB presenting a paper on the NTY 2011 campaign and Nepali tourism sector.
Stressing on the importance of China as a major market for Nepal he said that the ever growing economy of China and …

Standard Chartered Bank and China Unionpay (CUP) have announced an ATM alliance through which Standard Chartered’s global ATM network will provide ATM services to CUP cardholders in 20 countries and territories.
It is also a remarkable achievement for CUP’s internationalisation. The cooperation will provide payment convenience to CUP cardholders for their travel, business and study in Africa, Middle East and Asia.
Before 2009 CUP cardholders could withdraw cash and check account balance at SCB ATMs only in China and Hong Kong. Now these services have been extended to SCB ATMs in Kenya, …

The Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA) is going to organize China Road Show in various Chinese cities with the aim of promoting Nepal Tourism Year 2011, The Kathmandu Post reported on Friday.
According to the daily, the road show is scheduled to be held in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong on Aug. 29-Sept. 5.
Nepali tourism entrepreneurs will be showing documentaries about Nepali tourism products and selling various packages to Chinese travel agents.
“As many as 25 Nepali travel agencies will be participating in the promotional campaign which the Nepal …